Australian Capital Territory Current Acts Australian Capital Territory Current Acts(1) A person commits an offence if the person cultivates a controlled plant other than a cannabis plant.
Maximum penalty: 200 penalty units, imprisonment for 2 years or both.
(2) A person commits an offence if the person—
(a) cultivates (artificially or otherwise) 3 or more cannabis plants; or
(b) artificially cultivates 1 or 2 cannabis plants.
Maximum penalty: 200 penalty units, imprisonment for 2 years or both.
Note Non-artificial cultivation of 1 or 2 cannabis plants is a summary offence under the Drugs of Dependence Act 1989
, s 162.
(3) In this section:
"artificially cultivate" means—
(a) hydroponically cultivate; or
(b) cultivate with the application of an artificial source of light or heat.