Professional statute overview
Enactment structure, operative effect and source provenance
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Purpose and legislative effect
“This provision grants an indulto for certain crimes committed up to 2 May 2006, with limits of up to 3 years for custodial sentences and up to EUR 10,000 for monetary penalties, and lists many exclusions.”
This provision grants an indulto for certain crimes committed up to 2 May 2006, with limits of up to 3 years for custodial sentences and up to EUR 10,000 for monetary penalties, and lists many exclusions. Amnesty extinguishes the offence and, if there was a conviction, ends the sentence and accessory penalties. This article bans unauthorized production, trade, transport, import/export, possession, and related conduct involving narcotic or psychotropic substances, and sets prison and fine penalties. This article punishes forming or joining a drug-trafficking association, with higher penalties for armed associations and other aggravating factors. Penalties for article 73 drug offences are increased, with higher increases for large quantities and a 30-year sentence in one aggravated case.
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Enacted 31 Jul 2006 · Published 31 Jul 2006 · Record updated 31 Jul 2006. The date shown identifies this source expression and should not be treated as proof that no later change exists.
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This provision grants an indulto for certain crimes committed up to 2 May 2006, with limits of up to 3 years for custodial sentences and up to EUR 10,000 for monetary penalties, and lists many exclusions.
Section preamble
This article bans unauthorized production, trade, transport, import/export, possession, and related conduct involving narcotic or psychotropic substances, and sets prison and fine penalties.
Section 73
Penalties for article 73 drug offences are increased, with higher increases for large quantities and a 30-year sentence in one aggravated case.
Section 80
For certain crimes committed for terrorist purposes or to subvert the democratic order, the penalty is increased by half, unless that circumstance is an element of the offence.
Section 1
For certain non-life-imprisonment offences committed for discriminatory or hate-based purposes, the penalty is increased by up to one half.
Section 3
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Source and current-law status
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Source record from www.normattiva.it · Enacted 31 Jul 2006 · Published 31 Jul 2006 · Record updated 31 Jul 2006
The source record does not state a definitive current-law status. Check the official publisher and later amendments before relying on this text.