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This enactment amends the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act
and the Contraventions Act. It changes the type of proceedings and legal
regime governing the offences of possession, possession for the
purpose of trafficking and trafficking in one gram or less of cannabis
resin and thirty grams or less of cannabis (marihuana).
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Under this enactment, these offences are deemed to be
contraventions within the meaning of the Contraventions Act. Thus, an
enforcement authority who believes on reasonable grounds that a
person has committed a contravention may complete a ticket in respect
of that contravention and cause it to be served on the person. A person
may, within thirty days after being served with a ticket,
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(a) plead guilty and pay the amount of the fine set out in the ticket;
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(b) plead guilty but make representations concerning the penalty,
that is, the fine and fees imposed and whether the person ought to be
given time to pay them; or
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A person who has been convicted of a contravention has not been
convicted of a criminal offence, and a contravention does not constitute
an offence for the purposes of the Criminal Records Act.
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