iii)
to protect the region from being used as a conduit for drugs destined for
international markets.
ARTICLE 3
INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS
Member States, which have not acceded to, inter alia,
Nations Conventions shall do so as soon as possible:
the undermentioned United
(a)
The 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs as amended by the 1972 Protocol
amending the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961;
(b)
The 1971 Convention on Psychotropic Substances; and
(c)
The 1988 UN Convention Against Illicit Trafficking of Narcotic Drugs and
Psychotropic Substances.
ARTICLE 4
DOMESTIC LEGISLATION
1.
Member States shall promulgate and adopt domestic legislation which shall satisfy
the provisions of the conventions referred to in Article 3.
2.
The legislation shall, inter-alia, make provision for:
a)
drug trafficking, money laundering, diversion of chemical precursors,
conspiracy, incitement and instigation and drug abuse to be illegal;
b)
maximum custodian sentencing which will serve both as punishment and
as a deterrent and would include provision for rehabilitation;
c)
the destruction of drugs seized, as appropriate;
d)
effective measures for dealing with the proceeds of illicit drug trafficking
including the tracing, freezing and seizure, confiscation and forfeiture of
the said proceeds, including instrumentalities;
e)
rendering of mutual assistance in respect of illicit drug trafficking,
investigations, confiscation, prosecutions and measures for the
proportionate sharing among concerned Member States of forfeited assets;
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Facilitation of laws and extradition between Member States;
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