Commencement: 29 December 1989

REPUBLIC OF VANUATU

THE DANGEROUS DRUGS JOINT REGULATION (AMENDMENT) ACT
No. 29 OF 1989

1. Amendment of section 15 of Joint Regulation No. 12 of 1939.
2. Commencement.

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REPUBLIC OF VANUATU

THE DANGEROUS DRUGS JOINT REGULATION (AMENDMENT) ACT
No. 29 OF 1989

ASSENT: 18/12/89
COMMENCEMENT: 29/12/89

To amend the New Hebrides Dangerous Drugs Joint Regulation No. 12 of 1939.

BE IT ENACTED by the President and Parliament as follows:-

AMENDMENT OF SECTION 15 OF JOINT REGULATION No. 12 of 1939

1. The New Hebrides Dangerous Drugs Joint Regulation No. 12 of 1939, as amended, is further amended by deleting section 15 and substituting the following-

"PENALTIES FOR CONTRAVENTION OF REGULATION

15. Every contravention of this Regulation shall constitute an offence punishable by a fine not exceeding 100 million vatu or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding 20 years or to both such fine and imprisonment."

COMMENCEMENT

2. This Act shall come into force on the day of its publication in the Gazette.

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