Narcotics Bill

‘Narcotics Bill’: We’re Not Reviewing Supreme Court Ruling, We’re Only Correcting An Error – Bagbin

‘Narcotics Bill’: We’re Not Reviewing Supreme Court Ruling, We’re Only Correcting An Error – Bagbin

The Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin has said that a decision by the Supreme Court that the Clause in the bill that is seeking to amend the Narcotics Control Commission Act, 2020 (Act 1019) to empower the Minister for the Interior to grant a license for the cultivation of cannabis for industrial use or for medicinal purposes, was unconstitutional. He said Parliament is only correcting an error. Speaker Bagbin said these after the presentation and the first reading of the Narcotics Regulation Commission Amendment Bill, 2023, by the Minister for the Interior, Ambrose Dery on the floor of Parliament on…
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