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Consumption of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances without a doctor’s prescription or new potentially dangerous psychoactive substances, with the exception of cases provided for by part 2 of Article 20.20 , Article 20.22 of this Code, or failure to comply with the legal requirement of an authorized official to undergo a medical examination for intoxication by a citizen in respect of which there are sufficient grounds to believe that he has consumed narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances without a doctor’s prescription, or new potentially dangerous psychoactive substances, –
(as amended by the Federal Laws of December 5 , 2005 N 156-FZ , of December 21, 2013 N 365-FZ , of February 3, 2015 N 7-FZ , of July 13, 2015 N 230-FZ )
(see text in previous edition )
shall entail the imposition of an administrative fine in the amount of four thousand to five thousand rubles or an administrative arrest for a term of up to fifteen days.
(see text in previous edition )
2. The same action committed by a foreign citizen or a stateless person, –
shall entail the imposition of an administrative fine in the amount of four thousand to five thousand rubles with administrative expulsion from the Russian Federation or administrative arrest for a term of up to fifteen days with administrative expulsion from the Russian Federation.
(Part 2 was introduced by Federal Law No. 417-FZ of December 28, 2010)
Note: A person who voluntarily applied to a medical organization for treatment in connection with the consumption of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances without a doctor’s prescription is exempted from administrative liability for this offense. A person who is recognized as a drug addict in accordance with the established procedure may, with his consent, be sent to medical and (or) social rehabilitation and, in this regard, is exempted from administrative responsibility for committing offenses related to the consumption of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances. This note applies to administrative offenses provided for by Part 2 of Article 20.20 of this Code.
