Section 35: Offering or selling for personal consumption
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35. Offering or selling for personal consumption
(1) Any person who unlawfully offers, offers to buy, sells, offers to sell,
distributes or offers to distribute any dangerous drug to a person for his personal consumption shall commit an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable
to a fine not exceeding 500,000 rupees and to imprisonment for a term not
exceeding 15 years.
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(2) Nothing in this section shall render unlawful the act of a police officer
in the execution of his duty for the detection of offences, in offering to buy
any dangerous drug.
[S. 35 amended by s. 8 of Act 30 of 2008 w.e.f. 20 February 2009.]
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Questions this section answers
- What is the penalty for selling or giving drugs to someone for their personal use?
- Is offering to buy drugs from someone an offence?