Misuse of drugs act

Question 1

Section 5 (2) Misuse of drugs act 1971

Answer 1

A person who has possession of a controlled drug without lawful authority and has knowledge that they have a substance commits an offence of unlawful possession

Question 2

Section 23 Misuse of Drugs Act 1971

Answer 2

If a constable has reasonable grounds
to suspect that any person is in
possession of a controlled drug in
contravention of the Misuse of Drugs
Act 1971 or of any regulations made
under it, the constable may

Question 3

Section 6 Misuse of Drugs Act 1971

Answer 3

It shall not be lawful for a person to cultivate any plant of the genus Cannabis

It is an offence to cultivate any such plant in contravention of
subsection (1)

Question 4

Section 5 (4) misuse of drugs act 1917

Answer 4

A person found to have unlawful possession of a controlled drug, has a defence if it can be proved that

Question 5

Section 4 misuse of drugs act 1971

Answer 5

It is an offence for any person unlawfully you supply or offer to supply a controlled drug to another, be concerned in the supply of such drug to another, be concerned in the making of an offer to supply a drug to another

Question 6

Section 5 (3) Misuse of drugs act 1971

Answer 6

it is an offence for a person to have a controlled drug in their possession, whether lawfully or not, with intent to supply it unlawfully to another