Short title:
The Cannabis Act
Long title:
An Act to provide for the regulation of the cultivation,
manufacture, production, storage, distribution, import and
export of cannabis for medicinal, scientific or research
purposes; designate the Lead Agency for the licensing of
cannabis for medicinal, scientific or research purposes;
provide for security measures for the cultivation,
manufacture, production, storage, distribution, import and
export of cannabis for medicinal, scientific or research
purposes; provide for the constitution of the National
Cannabis Coordinating Committee and provide for its
functions; domesticate the Single Convention on Narcotic
Drugs, 1961; and provide for matters connected with, or
incidental to, the foregoing.
Year of Act:
2021
Number of Act:
No.33 of 2021
Date of assent:
19 May 2021
Date of promulgation:
20 May 2021
Date of commencement:
20 May 2021
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