(1) Subject to subsection (2), a person who is convicted of ¾

(a) an indictable offence under section 6(1) or 7(1) is liable to a fine not exceeding $100 000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 25 years or both;

(b) conspiring with another to commit an indictable offence under section 6(1) or 7(1) is liable to a fine not exceeding $75 000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 20 years or both;

(c) an indictable offence under section 18(2) is liable to a fine not exceeding $20 000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years or both;

(d) a simple offence under section 5(1) (other than a simple offence under section 5(1)(e)), 8, 15(2), 20, 25(2) or 29 is liable to a fine not exceeding $3 000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or both; or

(e) a simple offence under section 5(1)(e), 6(2), 7(2) or 31(4) is liable to a fine not exceeding $2 000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or both.

(2) A person who is convicted of an indictable offence referred to in subsection (1)(a) ¾

(a) being an indictable offence ¾

(i) relating only to cannabis; and

(ii) not relating to cannabis resin or any other cannabis derivative or to any prohibited drug or a prohibited plant other than cannabis,

is liable, if sentenced by the District Court or the Supreme Court, to a fine not exceeding $20 000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years or both; or

(b) is liable, if sentenced by a summary court, to a fine not exceeding $5 000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 4 years or both.

[Section 34 amended by No. 44 of 1995 s. 12.]