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Article 36 Penal Provisions
2. Subject to the constitutional limitations of a Party, its legal system and domestic law,
Article 49 Traditional reservations
1. A Party may at the time of signature, ratification or accession reserve the right to permit temporarily in any one of its territories:
d) The use of cannabis, cannabis resin, extracts and tinctures of cannabis for non-medical purposes;
2. The reservations under paragraph 1 shall be subject to the following restrictions:
a) The activities mentioned in paragraph 1 may be authorized only to the extent that they were traditional in the territories in respect of which the reservation is made, and were there permitted on 1 January 1961.
f) The use of cannabis for other than medical and scientific purposes must be discontinued as soon as possible but in any case within twenty-five years from the coming into force of this Convention as provided in paragraph 1 of article 41.
Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961, Signatories
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)
Article 49 Transitional reservations
Article 50 Other reservations