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VI Dec. I 2011 (Smoking of Tobacco)

Enacted in the reign of .
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  1. In regards to the Third Imperial Decree of HIM Emperor Declan I, the possession or usage of tobacco and/or nicotine is no longer a misdemeanour (the production and dealing of tobacco and/or nicotine remain second-class felonies). Tobacco and/or nicotine may only be used within: [This subsection has been changed – see XLIX Jon. I 2015, Paragraph 2]

    1. Private property, with the permission of the owner

    2. Areas of public property which are not enclosed by walls or a roof of any kind

    3. Areas of Crown property which are not enclosed by walls or a roof of any kind, in which usage of said drugs is expressly permitted by the Monarch or respective Crown Steward(s).

  2. Usage of tobacco and/or nicotine in an area not permitted by Paragraph 1 of this same Act shall remain the misdemeanour of drug taking. Possession on the person of over 500g of tobacco and/or nicotine shall remain the misdemeanour of drug possession. Possession within the Empire (not necessarily on the person) of over 1kg of tobacco and/or nicotine shall also be classed as the misdemeanour of drug possession. [This subsection has been changed – see XLIX Jon. I 2015, Paragraph 2]

  3. Even if said drugs are not at that moment being used, persons displaying tobacco and/or nicotine in an area not listed in Paragraph 1 of this same Act shall be obliged to conceal them if requested to by a member of the Austenasian Police.

  4. It is hereby prohibited for a person to take across the border with the United Kingdom into Austenasia amounts of tobacco and/or nicotine with them totalling more than 300g in the same month. [This subsection has been changed – see XLIX Jon. I 2015, Paragraph 2]

  5. Drugs possessed by persons found guilty of drug possession shall be destroyed.