Article 42 of Law on Combating Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances

Anyone who commits any of the following acts, outside the cases authorised by law, shall be punished by death or life imprisonment coupled with a fine of not less than one hundred thousand dinars and not exceeding two million dinars, or the equivalent of the total value of the substances, preparations, or plants forming the subject matter of the offence, whichever is higher: 1- Imports or smuggles narcotic or psychotropic substances or preparations with intent to traffic. 2- Produces or manufactures narcotic or psychotropic substances or preparations with intent to traffic. 3- Cultivates, with intent to traffic, a plant listed in Schedule No. (5) annexed to this Decree-Law.