Act C of 2012 on the Criminal Code (as in force on 1 April 2022)
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b) acquires by making any false statement
a drug precursor as defined in a legal act of the European Union is guilty of a felony and
shall be punished by imprisonment for up to three years.
(2) A person who violates his notification obligation regarding the placing on the market or
transport of a drug precursor, as defined in a legal act of the European Union, or the pursuit of
any related intermediary activity is guilty of a misdemeanour and shall be punished by
imprisonment for up to two years.
(3) For the purposes of this section:
a) legal act of the European Union means Regulation (EC) No 273/2004 on drug precursors
(for the purposes of this section “Regulation (EC) No 273/2004”) and Council Regulation
(EC) No 111/2005 laying down rules for the monitoring of trade between the Community and
third countries in drug precursors (for the purposes of this section “Regulation (EC)
No 111/2005”),
b) placing on the market means the term defined in Article 2(c) of Regulation (EC)
No 273/2004,
c) transport means the term defined in Article 2(c) and (d) of Regulation (EC) No 111/2005,
d) intermediary activity means the term defined in Article 2(e) of Regulation (EC)
No 111/2005,
e) notification obligation means the obligations specified in Article 8(1) of Regulation (EC)
No 273/2004 and in Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC) No 111/2005.
Abuse of new psychoactive substances
Section 184 (1) A person who offers, hands over, places on the market, or trades in, a new
psychoactive substance is guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment for one to
five years.
(2) The punishment shall be imprisonment for two to eight years if the criminal offence is
committed
a) in a criminal conspiracy,
b) by a public officer or a person performing public duties using that capacity, or
c) on the premises of the Hungarian Defence Forces, a law enforcement organ or the
National Tax and Customs Administration.
(2a) The punishment shall be imprisonment for five to ten years if the criminal offence is
committed with a significant quantity of a new psychoactive substance.
(3) A person who provides material means for the commission of a criminal offence
specified in paragraphs (1) to (2a) shall be punished under the respective paragraph.
(4) A person who offers or hands over a small quantity of a new psychoactive substance
a) is guilty of a misdemeanour and shall be punished by imprisonment for up to one year in
the case specified in paragraph (1),
b) is guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment for up to three years in the
cases specified in paragraph (2) b) to c).
(5) A person who commits preparation for the criminal offence specified in
paragraphs (1) to (2a) is guilty of a misdemeanour and shall be punished by imprisonment for
up to two years.
Section 184/A (1) A person who has attained the age of eighteen years who
a) offers or hands over a new psychoactive substance to a person who has not attained the
age of eighteen years,
b) places on the market, or trades in, a new psychoactive substance using a person who has
not attained the age of eighteen,
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