25 May 2022
24 Shawwaal 1443
عربي
Article 37 - (Amended By Law 1 /2006) Starting Date : 25/01/2006 Article 37 Whoever imports, possesses, acquires, purchases, receives, transports, produces, extracts, separates or manufactures NDDPS, or who cultivates, possesses or purchases one of the plants listed in Schedule 4, with the intention of illicit consumption or personal use, unless he proves to be permitted to do so pursuant to the provisions of this Law, shall be liable to imprisonment for a term of up to fiveyears and not less than two years and a fine of not more than one-hundred thousand (100,000) Riyals and not less than fifty-thousand (50,000) Riyals, unless it can be established that he was authorized to do so in accordance with the provisions of this law. The court may, in lieu of imposing the sentence provided for in the preceding paragraph, order the commitment of the person, whose addiction to NDDPS has been established, to one of the sanatoriums established for this purpose, until such time as the Committee responsible for examining the cases of persons committed to such sanatoriums, to be appointed by decision of the Minister of Public Health, submits a report on his condition to the court, which shall then decide whether he is to be discharged from the sanatorium or to remain committed for a further period(s). The length of stay in the sanatorium may not be less than three months and not more than one year. A person may not be committed to a sanatorium if they have already been committed to a sanatorium twice previously, or when less than two years have elapsed since the last episode of treatment in a sanatorium.
Article 37 - (Amended By Law 1 /2006) Starting Date : 25/01/2006
Last Article Text Starting Date : 01/01/1987 Expiry Date: 25/01/2006