Cannabis & hemp regulatory news and information about

Central African Republic

Recreational Marijuana Status:
Illegal
Medical Marijuana Status:
Illegal

Seed Legality

Cannabis fully illegal under 2010 Penal Code narcotics provisions; no seed-specific or hemp rules could be verified.
Hemp seeds
Unclear / Unregulated
Marijuana seeds
Illegal
Sale
Illegal
Transacting
Illegal
Gifting
Illegal

Cannabis is illegal in the Central African Republic, and the Penal Code (Law No. 10.001 of 6 January 2010) penalizes using, producing or distributing narcotic and psychotropic drugs with up to five years' imprisonment and fines of 100,000 to 1,000,000 francs, leaving no lawful route for selling, acquiring or giving away viable cannabis seeds. No provision expressly addressing seeds as propagative material could be located, and available documentation on CAR drug law is extremely thin owing to prolonged instability. There is no industrial-hemp statute, grower licensing or certified-variety system, and because the scope of the Code's cannabis definition could not be verified in primary text, the treatment of low-THC hemp seed is genuinely unclear.

Key law:
Penal Code, Law No. 10.001 of 6 January 2010 (narcotics provisions)
Last reviewed:
July 3, 2026
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Central African Republic

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