s 11M Arranging or planning gatherings where psychoactive substances are to be consumed or trafficked
11M.—(1) Where there is a gathering of 2 or more persons in any place, any person who arranges or plans the gathering with the knowledge that any psychoactive substance is, or is to be, smoked, administered or consumed in contravention of section 11I(1)(b) or unlawfully trafficked at that gathering shall be guilty of an offence. (2) Subject to subsection (3), a person who is guilty of an offence under subsection (1) shall on conviction —(a) be punished with imprisonment for a term of not less than 3 years and not more than 20 years; and (b) be liable to caning of not more than 10 strokes. (3) If a person of or above 21 years of age is convicted of an offence under subsection (1) and the gathering consists of any young person or vulnerable person, that person so convicted shall be punished with —(a) imprisonment for a term of not less than 5 years and not more than 20 years; and (b) not less than 3 strokes and not more than 10 strokes of the cane. (4) A person may be guilty of an offence under subsection (1) even though he or she does not supply any psychoactive substance to be consumed or trafficked at that gathering.[Act 12 of 2023 wef 01/06/2024]