Schedule 4 Prosecution and Punishment of Offences
Section Creation Offence | General Nature of Offence | Mode of Prosecution | Punishment | |||
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Class A drug involved | Class B drug involved | Class C drug involved | General | |||
Section 4(2) | Production, or being concerned in the production, of a controlled drug. | (a) Summary | F33 months or £500, or both. | |||
(b) On indictment | F4Life or a fine, or both. | 14 years or a fine, or both. | 5 years or a fine, or both. | |||
Section 4(3) | Supplying or offering to supply a controlled drug or being concerned in the doing of either activity by another. | (a) Summary | F33 months or £500, or both. | |||
(b) On indictment | F4Life or a fine, or both. | 14 years or a fine, or both. | 5 years or a fine, or both. | |||
Section 5(2) | Having possession of a controlled drug. | (a) Summary | F53 months or £500, or both. | F53 months or £200, or both. | ||
(b) On indictment | 7 years or a fine, or both. | 5 years or a fine, or both. | 2 years or a fine, or both. | |||
Section 5(3) | Having possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply it to another. | (a) Summary | F63 months or £500, or both. | |||
(b) On indictment | F7Life or a fine, or both. | 14 years or a fine, or both. | 5 years or a fine, or both. | |||
Section 6(2) | Cultivation of cannabis plant. | (a) Summary | ||||
(b) On indictment | 14 years or a fine, or both. | |||||
Section 8 | Being the occupier, or concerned in the management, of premises and permitting or suffering certain activities to take place there. | (a) Summary | F83 months or £500, or both. | |||
(b) On indictment | 14 years or a fine, or both. | 14 years or a fine, or both. | 5 years or a fine, or both. | |||
Section 9 | Offences relating to opium. | (a) Summary | ||||
On indictment | 14 years or a fine, or both. | |||||
F9Section 9A. | F9Prohibition of supply etc. of articles for administering or preparing comtrolled drugs. | F9Summary | F96 months or level 5 on the standard scale, or both. | |||
Section 11(2) | Contravention of directions relating to safe custody of controlled drugs. | (a) summary | 6 months or F2the prescribed sum, or both. | |||
(b) On indictment | 2 years or a fine, or both. | |||||
Section 12(6) | Contravention of direction prohibiting practitioner etc. from possessing, supplying etc. controlled drugs. | (a) Summary | F103 months or £500, or both. | |||
(b) On indictment | 14 years or a fine, or both. | 14 years or a fine, or both. | 5 years or a fine, or both. | |||
Section 13(3) | Contravention of direction prohibiting practitioner etc. from prescribing, supplying etc. controlled drugs. | (a) Summary | F103 months or £500, or both. | |||
(b) On indictment | 14 years or a fine, or both. | 14 years or a fine, or both. | 5 years or a fine, or both. | |||
Section 17(3) | Failure to comply with notice requiring information relating to prescribing, supply etc. of drugs. | Summary | F11level 3 on the standard scale. | |||
Section 17(4) | Giving false information in purported compliance with notice requiring information relating to prescribing, supply etc. of drugs. | (a) Summary | 6 months or F2the prescribed sum, or both. | |||
(b) On indictment | 2 years or afine, or both. | |||||
Section 18(1) | Contravention of regulations (other than regulations relating to addicts). | (a) Summary | 6 months or F2the prescribed sum, or both | |||
(b) On indictment | 2 years or a fine, or both. | |||||
Section 18(2) | Contravention of terms of licence or other authority (other than licence issued under regulations relating to addicts). | (a) Summary | 6 months or F2the prescribed sum, or both | |||
(b) On indictment | 2 years or a fine, or both. | |||||
Section 18(3) | Giving false information in purported compliance with obligation to give information imposed under or by virtue of regulations. | (a) Summary | 6 months or F2the prescribed sum, or both | |||
(b) On indictment | 2 years or a fine, or both. | |||||
Section 18(4) | Giving false information, or producing document etc. containing false statement etc., for purposes of obtaining issue or renewal of a licence or other authority. | (a) Summary | 6 months or F2the prescribed sum, or both | |||
(b) On indictment | 2 years or a fine, or both. | |||||
Section 20 | Assisting in or inducing commission outside United Kingdom of an offence punishable under a corresponding law. | (a) Summary | ||||
(b) On indictment | 14 years or a fine, or both. | |||||
Section 23(4) | Obstructing exercise of powers of search etc. or concealing books, drugs etc. | (a) Summary | 6 months or F2the prescribed sum, or both | |||
(b) On indictment | 2 years or a fine, or both. |