{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/drug-trafficking-act-1994/section-63",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/drug-trafficking-act-1994/section-63.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1994/37",
  "legislation_title": "Drug Trafficking Act 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/drug-trafficking-act-1994",
  "path": "section/63",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "63",
  "heading": "General interpretation.",
  "text": "(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) Subject to section 66(2) and (6) of this Act—\n(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(b) any reference in this Act to “drug trafficking” includes a reference to drug trafficking carried out before the commencement of this Act.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 63(1)(2) repealed (24.3.2003) by Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (c. 29), s. 458(1), Sch. 11 para. 25(2)(h), Sch. 12; S.I. 2003/333, art. 2, Sch. (with arts. 10-13)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 63(3)(a) repealed (24.3.2003) by Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (c. 29), s. 458(1), Sch. 11 para. 25(2)(h), Sch. 12; S.I. 2003/333, art. 2, Sch. (with arts. 10-13)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 63 applied (with modifications) (E.W.) (1.1.1997) by S.I. 1996/2880, arts. 3(2), 4-6, Sch. 1S. 63 modified (E.W.) (1.1.1997) by S.I. 1996/2880, art. 3(2), Sch. 3"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/37/section/63",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:33:36.762597+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."
}