Act C of 2012 on the Criminal Code (as in force on 1 April 2022) This document has been produced for informational purposes only. c) on the premises of the Hungarian Defence Forces, a law enforcement organ or the National Tax and Customs Administration. (3) The punishment shall be imprisonment for five to twenty years or life if the criminal offence is committed with a significant quantity of drugs. (4) A person who provides material means for the commission of a criminal offence specified in paragraphs (1) to (3) shall be punished under the respective paragraph. (5) A person who offers or hands over a small quantity of drugs a) is guilty of a misdemeanour and shall be punished by imprisonment for up to two years in the case specified in paragraph (1), b) shall be punished by imprisonment for one to five years in the cases specified in paragraphs (2) b) to c). (6) A person who a) commits preparation for a criminal offence specified in paragraph (1) or (2) shall be punished by imprisonment for up to three years, b) commits preparation for a criminal offence specified in paragraph (3) shall be punished by imprisonment for one to five years. Section 177 (1) A person who has attained the age of eighteen years who a) offers or hands over drugs to a person who has not attained the age of eighteen years, b) places on the market or trades in drugs using a person who has not attained the age of eighteen years, c) within a building used for educational, public upbringing, child welfare or child protection activities or within the direct vicinity of such a building, ca) offers, hands over, cb) places on the market or trades in drugs is guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment for five to ten years. (2) The punishment shall be imprisonment for five to twenty years or life if the criminal offence is committed a) with a significant quantity of drugs, b) in a criminal conspiracy, c) by a public officer or a person performing public duties using that capacity. (3) A person who provides material means for the commission of a criminal offence specified in paragraphs (1) to (2) shall be punished under the respective paragraph. (4) A person who commits a criminal offence specified in paragraph (1) a) or ca) with a small quantity of drugs shall be punished by imprisonment for one to five years; a person who commits that criminal offence as a public officer or a person performing public duties using that capacity shall be punished by imprisonment for two to eight years. (5) A person who commits preparation for a criminal offence specified in paragraph (1) or (2) shall be punished by imprisonment for up to three years. Drug possession Section 178 (1) A person who cultivates, produces, acquires, keeps or imports to, exports from or transports through the territory of the country any drug is guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment for one to five years. (2) The punishment shall be imprisonment a) for two to eight years if the criminal offence is committed aa) regularly for generating income, ab) in a criminal conspiracy, ac) by a public officer or a person performing public duties using that capacity, 50 Contact: eu-forditas@im.gov.hu