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Table 9-7: Sentences and other measures imposed for drug-related offences in 2010, by Penal Code section
(Ministerstvo spravedlnosti ČR, 2011a; Ministerstvo spravedlnosti ČR, 2010)
Indicator
Sections Sections
Sections Sections
Section 285
187/283 187a/284
188/286 188a/287
Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Persons
sentenced
1,328 100.0 178 100.0 35 100.0 109 100.0 2 100.0 1,652 100.0
Total
unsuspended 440 33.1 27 15.2 1 2.9 40 36.7 1 50.0 509 30.8
sentences
– up to 1 year’s
imprisonment
48 3.6 13 7.3 0 0.0 16 14.7 0 0.0 77 4.7
– imprisonment
for 1–4 years
342 25.8 11 6.2 1 2.9 22 20.2 1 50.0 377 22.8
– imprisonment
for 5–14 years
52 3.9 3 1.7 0 0.0 2 1.8 0 0.0 57 3.5
– imprisonment
for over 15 years
0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Suspended
sentence
790 59.5 125 70.2 27 77.1 60 55.0 1 50.0 1,003 60.7
House arrest 1 0.1 0 0.0 1 2.9 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 0.1
Community
service
47 3.5 10 5.6 5 14.3 6 5.5 0 0.0 68 4.1
Prohibition on
undertaking a 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
specific activity
Fine 10 0.8 4 2.2 1 2.9 0 0.0 0 0.0 15 0.9
Sentence waived 30 2.3 5 2.8 0 0.0 3 2.8 0 0.0 38 2.3
Compulsory
treatment
45 3.4 3 1.7 0 0.0 2 1.8 0 0.0 50 3.0
Figure 9-3: Development in the number and structure of sentences imposed for drug-related offences in 2002–2009
(Ministerstvo spravedlnosti ČR, 2011a)
9.1.2 Misdemeanours Involving Drug Possession for Personal Use
The possession of a small quantity of drugs for personal use qualifies as a misdemeanour according to Section 30 of
Act No. 200/1990 Coll. on misdemeanours – misdemeanours against protection from alcoholism and abuse of other
substances. This concerns the unauthorised possession of small quantities of drugs for personal use according to
Section 30(1)(j) of the Misdemeanours Act and, effective from 1 January 2010, in connection with Act No. 40/2009,
the Penal Code, also the new provision of Section 30(1)(k) of the Misdemearnours Act regarding the unauthorised
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