Licensing of cannabis production and distribution; defense · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 222.20 Licensing of cannabis production and distribution; defense.
In any prosecution for an offense involving cannabis under this article or an authorized local law, it is a defense that the defendant was engaged in such activity in compliance with the cannabis law.
In a prosecution for a cannabis offense under this article or an authorized local law, it is a defense that the defendant’s activity complied with the Cannabis Law. ★
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 4 — The Court Clerk: Penal Law; Volume 1 — The Court Officer in Plain English; Volume 3 — The Court Officer: Penal Law; Volume 3 — Your Career: Penal Law in Plain English.