Jamaica Ganja amendment law comes into effect
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They will be issued instead with a ticket for $500 payable within a 30-day period at a revenue centre.
Justice Minister, Senator Mark Golding has indicated that he will bring the Dangerous Drugs (Amendment) Act 2015 into operation today by a notice published in the gazette.
This follows the governor general's assent to the far-reaching piece of legislation.
Under the new regulations, a person who is ticketed for smoking ganja in public or for possession of two ounces or less of marijuana and fails to pay the ticket will be required to attend a Petty Sessions Court and may be ordered to do community service or pay a fine of $2,000.
Senator Golding has made it clear that
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