Short title:
The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act
Long title:
An Act to provide for the functions of the Drug Enforcement
Commission; revise and consolidate the law relating to
drugs and precursor chemicals; provide for special
measures relating to the prevention, treatment and
rehabilitation of victims of drug abuse; domesticate the
Convention on Psychotropic Substances 1971, the United
Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Nacortic Drugs
and Psychotropic Substances, 1988 and the United Nations
Convention against Transnational Organised Crime, 2003
repeal and replace the Nacortic Drugs and Psychotropic
Substances Act, 1993, and provide for matters connected
with, or incidental to, the foregoing.
Year of Act:
2021
Number of Act:
No.35 of 2021
Date of assent:
19 May 2021
Date of promulgation:
20 May 2021
Date of commencement:
20 May 2021
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