Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 (As amended by the 1972 Protocol)
Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 (As amended by the 1972 Protocol)
Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961, as amended by the 1972 Protocol, May 25, 1967, 18 U.S.T. 1407, 30 T.I.A.S. No. 6298, 520 U.N.T.S. 151
Article 1 Definitions
Article 3 Changes in the Scope of Control
Article 3(1) “Where a Party or the World Health Organization has information which in its opinion may require an amendment to any of the Schedules, it shall notify the Secretary-General and furnish him with the information in support of the notification.”
Article 3(6)(b) “… the Commission … may … amend any of the Schedules by … deleting …”
Article 8 Functions of the Commission
Article 8(a) “the Commission is authorized … to amend the Schedules …”
Article 28 Control of cannabis
Article 28(2) convention does not apply to cultivation for industrial or horticultural purposes
Article 35 Action against the Illicit Traffic
Article 35 “Having due regard to their constitutional, legal and administrative systems, …”
Article 36 Penal Provisions
Article 36(1)(a) “Subject to its constitutional limitations, …”
Article 36(2) “Subject to the constitutional limitations of a Party, its legal system and domestic law, …”
Article 46 Denunciation (allowed after 2 years)
Article 47 Amendments (to this Convention)
Article 48 Disputes (relating to the interpretation or application of this Convention)