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Law No. 9 of 1987 on Control and Regulation of Control and Regulation of Narcotic Drugs and Dangerous Psychotropic Substances (NDDPS)

Law Summary Record Type: LawNumber: 9Date: 06/04/1987 Corresponding to 07/08/1407 HijriNumber of Articles: 65Status: In force

Official Gazette :Issue: 4Offcial Journal Issue Publication Date: 01/01/1987 Corresponding to 01/05/1407 HijriPage from: 2899

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Article 35 ( Amended By Law 7 / 1998 )
Starting Date: 01/01/1987 Expiry Date : 26/04/1998
Article 35
Starting Date: 26/04/1998

Article 35

Whoever commits any of the following actions shall be punished with imprisonment for a term up to fifteen years and not less than seven years with an accompanying fine of up to two-hundred thousand (200.000) Riyals and not less than one-hundred thousand (100.000) Riyals.
1. Possesses, acquires, purchases or sells NDDPS, or one of the plants listed in Schedule 4, or who, delivers, receives, transports, administers, and exchanges thereof; or dispenses such substances in whatever capacity or intermediates in any of such transaction, for commercial purposes, or traffics therein, in any form other than the situations authorized under this Law;
2. Provides, for a consideration, NDDPS for illicit consumption, or facilitates this consumption in situations other than authorized under this Law;
3. Licenced to possess NDDPS to use for a specific purpose(s) and dispenses such substance for a consideration, in any capacity, in any form whatsoever for purposes other than those specified;
4. Manages, prepares or makes ready, for a consideration, a place for the illicit use of NDDPS.
Where the offences covered by subparagraphs (b), (c) and (d) herein are committed without a consideration, the penalty shall be imprisonment for a term up to seven years and not less than three years and a fine of not more than one-hundred thousand (100,000) riyals and not less than (50,000) riyals.

The punishment shall be imprisonment for a term of not more than twenty years and not less than ten years with an accompanying fine of not more than four-hundred thousand (400,000 Riyals) and not less than two-hundred thousand (200,000) Riyals in the case of recidivism. In establishing recidivism, account shall be taken of all the judgments handed down by foreign courts carrying a conviction for an offence similar to those provided for in this law.
The same penalty shall be applied where the offender has taken part in the commission of an offence covered by this article involving a minor under 18 years of age, or where the person to whom the NDDPS was supplied was a minor under 18 years of age, or where the offender was a public official or servant responsible for controlling NDDPS, or supervising the circulation or possession thereof.

Article 35 - (Amended By Law 7 /1998)
Starting Date : 26/04/1998

Article 35

Whoever commits any of the following actions shall be punished with imprisonment for a term up to fifteen years and not less than seven years with an accompanying fine of up to two-hundred thousand (200.000) Riyals and not less than one-hundred thousand (100.000) Riyals.

Possesses, acquires, purchases or sells NDDPS, or one of the plants listed in Schedule 4, or who, delivers, receives, transports, administers, and exchanges thereof; or dispenses such substances in whatever capacity or intermediates in any of such transaction, for commercial purposes, or traffics therein, in any form other than the situations authorized under this Law;
Provides, for a consideration, NDDPS for illicit consumption, or facilitates this consumption in situations other than authorized under this Law;
Licenced to possess NDDPS to use for a specific purpose(s) and dispenses such substance for a consideration, in any capacity, in any form whatsoever for purposes other than those specified;
Manages, prepares or makes ready, for a consideration, a place for the illicit use of NDDPS.

Where the offences covered by subparagraphs (b), (c) and (d) herein are committed without a consideration, the penalty shall be imprisonment for a term up to seven years and not less than three years and a fine of not more than one-hundred thousand (100,000) riyals and not less than (50,000) riyals.

The punishment shall be imprisonment for a term of not more than twenty years and not less than ten years with an accompanying fine of not more than four-hundred thousand (400,000 Riyals) and not less than two-hundred thousand (200,000) Riyals in the case of recidivism. In establishing recidivism, account shall be taken of all the judgments handed down by foreign courts carrying a conviction for an offence similar to those provided for in this law.

The same penalty shall be applied where the offender has taken part in the commission of an offence covered by this article involving a minor under 18 years of age, or where the person to whom the NDDPS was supplied was a minor under 18 years of age, or where the offender was a public official or servant responsible for controlling NDDPS, or supervising the circulation or possession thereof.

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Starting Date : 01/01/1987 Expiry Date: 26/04/1998