The practical guide to the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act / Theresa M. Brucker.

Part I: Offences and punishment
Chapter 1. An overview of the act
Chapter 2. Definition and interpretation sections: section 1 to 3
1. Definitions
2. Interpretation sections
Chapter 3. The substantive offences: sections 4 through 10
1. Section 4: possession and "Double doctoring"
2. Section 5: Trafficking offences
3. Section 6: Import and export offences
4. Section 7: Production: cultivation and manufacturing offences
5. Section 8: Possession of property obtained by crime
6. Section 9: Laundering proceeds of crime
7. The concepts of recklessness and wilful blindness
8. Section 10: The purpose of sentencing
Part II: Enforcement
Chapter 4. Enforcement: sections 11 through 23
1. Sections 11 and 12 search and seizure provisions
2. Section 13: detention of things seized
3. Sections 14 and 15: restraint orders
4. Section 16: Foreiture of seized property
5. Section 17: In rem forfeiture provisions Re: Offence-related property where accused dead or absconded
6. Section 18: Setting aside transfers which relate to seized property
7. Section 19: Restoration of property to third parties pre-forfeiture order
8. Section 20: Third party applications post-forfeiture order
9. Sections 21 and 22: Appeals of subsection 17(2) forfeiture orders
10. Section 23: Application of Part XII.2 of the Criminal Code
Part III: Disposal
Chapter 5. Disposal of controlled substances: sections 24 to 29
1. Introduction
2. Section 24: Restoration of seized controlled substances
3. Section 25: Disposal of controlled substances by the minister
4. Section 26: Security, health and safety disposals
5. Section 27: Disposal of controlled substances at the conclusion of the proceedings
Section 28: Disposal with the consent of the owner
29: Destruction of plants containing controlled substances
8. Appendix A
9. Appendix B
Parts IV and VI: Administration/General
Chapter 6. General provisions: Part IV and part VI
1. Introduction
2. Section 31 of Part IV: Administration and compliance
3. Provisions for analysis and certificates of analyst of part VI: sections 44, 45 and 51
4. Sections 47-50 and sections 52-54: Evidentiary provisions
5. Section 55: Regulations, exemptions an dis qualifications
Part VII: Transitional provisions, consequential amendments, repeal and coming into force
Chapter 7. Transitional provisions, consequential amendments, repeal and coming into force: sections 61 to 95
1. Sections 61 to 63: Transitional amendments
2. Sections 64 to 92: Consequential amendments
Part VIII: The schedules to the act
1. Introduction
2. Schedule I
3. Schedule II: Cannabis, its preparations, derivatives and similar synthetic preparations
4. Schedule III
5. Schedule IV
6. Schedule v: "Look-alike" substances
7. Schedule VI: Precursors
8. Schedule VII: Amounts of cannabis Re: section 5 offences
9. Schedule VIII: Amounts of cannabis Re: section 4 offences
10. Regulatory amendments to the schedules
11. Health Canada resource personnel
12. Appendix A
13. Appendix B
Part IX: Alleged police wrongdoing: the law enforcement regulations under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act
Chapter 9. Alleged police wrongdoing: the law enforcement regulations unde the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act
1. Introduction
2. An historical perspective
3. The "defences"
4. The case law
5. Immunity from prosecution in other jurisdictions
6. The Crown's obligations under international conventions
7. Conclusion
Index.