{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1988/section-70",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1988/section-70.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1988/33",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Justice Act 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1988",
  "path": "section/70",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "70",
  "heading": "Forfeiture for drug offences.",
  "text": "In section 27(1) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (forfeiture on conviction of an offence under that Act) after the words “under this Act\" there shall be inserted the words “or a drug trafficking offence, as defined in section 38(1) of the Drug Trafficking Offences Act 1986\".",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1971 c. 38."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1986 c. 32."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/33/section/70",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:47:56.668542+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}