The records of inmates who were charged before the legislation amending the decriminalisation of small quantities of cannabis or cannabis resin have not been expunged as no request was made to do so.
This was revealed by Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Senior Counsel Reginald Armour, while responding to an Oral Question in the Senate. The AG noted a number of non inmates applied to have their records expunged.
The Dangerous Drugs (Amendment) Act 2019 provides the decriminalisation of not more than 30 grammes of cannabis or not more than five grammes of cannabis resin. Persons charged previous to the enactment of the amendment who were charged with not more than 100 grammes of cannabis or cannabis resin can apply for their records to be expunged by the Commissioner of Police.