Act C of 2012 on the Criminal Code (as in force on 1 April 2022)
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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, a new psychoactive substance
is guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment for two to eight years.
(2) The punishment shall be imprisonment for five to ten 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,
c) 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 (2) shall be punished under the respective paragraph.
(4) A person who commits a criminal offence specified in paragraph (1) a) or (1) c) ca) with
a small quantity of a new psychoactive substance shall be punished by imprisonment for up to
three 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 one to
five years.
(5) A person who commits preparation for the criminal offence specified in
paragraph (1) or (2) is guilty of a misdemeanour and shall be punished by imprisonment for
up to two years.
Section 184/B (1) A person who
a) produces or imports to, exports from or transports through the territory of the country a
new psychoactive substance,
b) acquires or keeps more than a small quantity of a new psychoactive substance
is guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment for up to three years.
(2) The punishment shall be imprisonment for one to five years if the criminal offence is
committed
a) regularly for generating income,
b) in a criminal conspiracy,
c) by a public officer or a person performing public duties using that capacity.
(2a) The punishment shall be imprisonment for two to eight years if the criminal offence is
committed with a significant quantity of a new psychoactive substance.
(2b) The punishment shall be imprisonment for five to ten years if the criminal offence is
committed with a particularly 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 (2b) shall be punished under the respective paragraph.
(4) A person who commits preparation for a criminal offence specified in paragraphs (1)
to (2b) is guilty of a misdemeanour and shall be punished by imprisonment for up to two
years.
(5) If the criminal offence is committed with a small quantity of a new psychoactive
substance, the perpetrator is guilty of a misdemeanour and shall be punished by imprisonment
a) for up to one year in the case specified in paragraph (1) a),
b) is guilty of a misdemeanour and shall be punished by imprisonment for up to two years in
the cases specified in paragraph (2) a) and c).
Section 184/C (1) A person who has attained the age of eighteen years who
a) using a person who has not attained the age of eighteen years
aa) produces or imports to, exports from or transports through the territory of the country a
new psychoactive substance,
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