CANNABIS REGULATION

CHAPTER 65:03
CANNABIS REGULATION

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

    SECTION

PART I
PRELIMINARY

    1.    Short title

    2.    Interpretation

PART II
THE CANNABIS REGULATORY AUTHORITY

    3.    Establishment of Cannabis Regulatory Authority

    4.    Composition

    5.    Tenure and vacancies

    6.    Committees of the Board

    7.    Allowances and expenses

    8.    Functional independence of the Authority

    9.    Functions of the Authority

    10.    Powers of the Authority

    11.    Meetings

    12.    Personal attendance of meetings

    13.    Disclosure of interest

    14.    Oath of confidentiality

    15.    Protection from liability

PART III
ADMINISTRATION

    16.    Secretariat

    17.    Director General

    18.    Duties and responsibilities of Director General

    19.    Removal of Director General

    20.    Secretary and Registrar of the Authority

    21.    Staff of the Authority

PART IV
FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

    22.    Funds of the Authority

    23.    Accounting and audit

PART V
LICENCES AND PERMITS

    24.    Requirement for a licence

    25.    Application for a licence

    26.    Grant or refusal of application

    27.    Particulars of licence or permit

    28.    Licensing of legal persons

    29.    Annual returns to be submitted

    30.    Cancellation on other grounds

    31.    Cessation of activities

    32.    Permits for scientific research purposes

PART VI
OBLIGATIONS OF LICENSEE

    33.    Compliance with security measures

    34.    Production practices

    35.    Processing of cannabis

    36.    Packaging

    37.    Accuracy in product description

    38.    Product labeling

    39.    Net weight for containers

    40.    Shipping, import and export

PART VII
LABORATORY, POSSESSION AND USAGE OF CANNABIS

    41.    Persons authorized to handle medicinal cannabis

    42.    Record keeping

    43.    Destruction or disposal

    44.    Prohibition of misleading advertisement or conducting a pharmacy

PART VIII
INSPECTION

    45.    Inspectors

    46.    Powers of an inspector

    47.    Non-compliance with an inspector

PART IX
MISCELLANEOUS

    48.    Decriminalization of cannabis

    49.    Fees, cess and levy

    50.    Offences    

    51.    General and other penalties

    52.    Appeals

    53.    Review by the High Court

    54.    Annual reports and reporting

    55.    Powers of the Minister

        SCHEDULE

6 of 2020
G.N. 69/2020

    An Act to make provision for regulation of research, cultivation, production, processing, possession, storage, exportation, importation, sale, distribution, and use of cannabis and its products for medicinal, industrial or scientific purposes under prescribed conditions and to provide for matters connected therewith and incidental thereto

PART I
PRELIMINARY

1.    Short title

    This Act may be cited as the Cannabis Regulation Act.

2.    Interpretation

    In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—

    “Authority” means the Cannabis Regulatory Authority as established under section 3 of this Act;

    “cannabis” means medicinal cannabis or industrial hemp;

    “cannabis crude oil” means a concentrated crude oil after processing of the cannabis flowers, in liquid form at room temperature of twenty-two degrees Celsius or negative two degrees Celsius that will contain concentrated amounts of cannabinoids and terpenes in their natural form;

    “cannabis isolate” means a powder or crystal, in solid form at room temperature of twenty-two degrees Celsius or negative two degrees Celsius that contains isolated elements of any cannabinoid compound in its natural form;

    “caregiver” means a person who is providing care to a minor qualified patient or a critically ill qualified patient and is permitted to access medicinal cannabis on behalf of the qualified patient;

    “Chairperson” means a Chairperson of the Authority appointed pursuant to section 4;

    “child” has the meaning ascribed to that term under the Constitution;

    “Deputy Chairperson” means the Deputy Chairperson of the Authority appointed pursuant to section 4;

    “industrial hemp” means a cannabis plant, or any part thereof, with a delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) concentration of no more than one per cent in the plant material or such other concentration as may be prescribed by the Minister by order published in the Gazette, and may include—

    (a)    any fibre extracted from the plant for use as or in the manufacture of cordage, canvas or similar products;

    (b)    any seed which has been crushed, comminuted or otherwise processed in such a manner as to prevent germination;

    (c)    the fixed oil obtained from the seed; and

    (d)    any flowers that has been processed into extracts or isolates for use in industrial applications;

    “inspector” means a person appointed or designated as an inspector pursuant to section 45;

    “licensee” means a person licensed under this Act and includes a permit holder issued under this Act;

    “marijuana (chamba)” means all parts of the cannabis plant from which resin has not been extracted and includes any resin obtained from that plant but does not include—

    (a)    medicinal preparations made from that plant; or

    (b)    industrial hemp;

    “medical practitioner” bears…