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Automate Compliance TodayThe Illicit Drugs Control Act 2004 defines 'cultivate' to include planting, sowing and scattering seed of the cannabis plant, so dealing in viable marijuana seeds is prosecuted as an illicit-drug offence. The Illicit Drugs Control (Budget Amendment) Act 2022 (Act 41 of 2022) removed industrial hemp with THC not exceeding 1% from the illicit list, permitting its importation, possession, cultivation, sale and supply, but the Attorney-General confirmed growing requires a government licence and the Ministry of Agriculture's pilot remains embryonic. A 2024 Ministry of Trade feasibility study and 2025 Cabinet review of export-led medicinal cannabis have not yet changed the law on high-THC seeds.