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How many plants, Victoria?

AyahuascaSeeker13

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Quick question, does anyone know penalties for the following:

1 - 3 cannabis plants (hydro)

3 or more cannabis plants (hydro)

If discovered by the fuzz, what kind of penalty would you be looking at. Just a curious question, any REAL help would be great.
 
I'm pretty sure you claim 1-2 outdoor plants as personal use with a fine and probably a court date, but any hydro setup can't be. Depends on how good your lawyer is, but from my understanding any hydro carries harsh penalties
 
I thought that indoor plants were treated differently to outdoor plants as well. All I can find though is in the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act, which I have downloaded. It states that a traffickable quantity of Cannabis is 10 plants, or 250 grams. Anything less than 10 plants or 250 grams is a "small quantity".
 
Hmmmm it's a tricky one. Not much information around anywhere. I have emailed my solicitor the question, see if he gets back to me (ill post the answer if he gives me one). STILL, If anyone can help, be greatly appreciated.
 
Wouldnt it depend on various factors such as:

Judge
Type of set up ie how sophisticated
Persons previous record if any
How mature were the plants when seized

And you would obviously want no traffic-able paraphernalia to be around as well. ie scales, deal bags, cash etc
 
Pretty sure Sir Pacman nailed it, also what it comes down to is owning any amount of cannabis is illegal but having less than two plant's is classified as a lesser offense and will attract a on the spot fine/cannabis infringement.

Not sure if they let you keep the plants though.
 
lol doubt theyd let you keep the plants.
would be cool though :p.
 
sir pacman said:
Wouldnt it depend on various factors such as:

Judge
Type of set up ie how sophisticated
Persons previous record if any
How mature were the plants when seized

And you would obviously want no traffic-able paraphernalia to be around as well. ie scales, deal bags, cash etc
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and what suburb, how well off you are, your job/unemployed, tidness/access of the place you got raided.

Importantly....how you treated the coppers who are simply just doing the job that the government created the laws and told them to do.

Makes a big differences....Just be nice to the Coppers, no matter what, being abusive to them will just make yourself look like a twat on paper, seen it too many times on other people/mates.

The bigger the crop, get a good lawyer, the smaller the crop just be nice to them as much possible, might even get off with a caution depending what state you are in.
 
i've noticed when i've been in court the above is correct.

ie. people defending drink driving without a lawyer get almost max penalty, good lawyer who can spin shit and make the judge believe the person is of a good background with a good place in society etc makes for a better outcome.

having priors will be an uphill battle as will being unemployed with a bad attitude.

its as much about how you conduct yourself and the story is portrayed in court as anything, which isn't how it should be, but it is.
 
Hmm, I know the laws are different state to state on this one. I remember Canberra had lighter laws for amount of plants you were aloud to have. These questions come up every once in awhile on here but I can't remember the specifics. Verybuffed would be the man to ask.

I also believe that hydro is illegal under any circumstance here in Australia. I agree that being polite is your best option in the off shot that you might get busted, if you start to get paranoid about being busted the two best things you can do is tell as few people as possible. I had a mate's brother who was growing and it was meant to be on the down low, but it didn't take long for the word to spread. And seemed quickly everyone I know seemed to know.

The other thing you could consider is investing in a more efficient hydro system that doesn't take much electricity. Don't be suprised if your electric bills can tripple even from a small hydro system.

Party safe ;)
 
its as much about how you conduct yourself and the story is portrayed in court as anything, which isn't how it should be, but it is.
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To be fair though, if you are facing court and you can't be bothered to even get legal advice, look and act respectable and show some courtesy to the judge then you are just asking for trouble.
 
mmm except when you cant afford a lawyer and don't qualify for legal aid :p
had to rely on the duty lawyer at court which can be a game of chance, but i did get off quite lightly for a driving offense thankfully.

i would hate to see the outcome of someone doing as you said in a more harsh case such as a drugs related offense.
 
^ There must be something wrong with their means testing if you are unable to pay for a lawyer yet can't get legal aid. That's not very good at all.
 
You cannot apply for legal aid if you have had a history of sexual or major violent assault crimes or murder I thought? But my sousin who works for them up in QLD says she gets requests for rape cases all day long. I think its still up to discretion of the legal aid officer.

All drug offences should quality for legal aid. Drink driving doesn't, only through the duty lawyers in court I believe. Varies state from state.
 
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