For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
CANNABIS.
(1) Marihuana, hashish and other substances which are identified as including any parts of the plant cannabis sativa, whether growing or not; the seeds thereof, the resin extracted from any part of such plant; and any compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture or preparation of the plant, its seeds or resin, including tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and all other cannabinol derivatives, including its naturally occurring or synthetically produced ingredients, whether produced directly or indirectly by extraction, or independently by means of chemical synthesis or by combination of extraction and chemical synthesis.
(2) CANNABIS shall not include the mature stalks of the plant, fiber produced from the stalks, oil or cake made from the seeds of the plants, any other compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture or preparation of the mature stalks, except the resin extracted therefrom, fiber, oil or cake or the sterilized seed of the plant which is incapable of germination.
CASUAL DELIVERY. The delivery of not more than ten grams of any substance containing cannabis without consideration.
DELIVERY. The actual, constructive or attempted transfer or possession of cannabis, with or without consideration, whether or not there is an agency relationship.
MANUFACTURE. The production, preparation, propagation, compounding, conversion or processing of cannabis, either directly or indirectly, by extraction from substances of natural origin, or independently by means of chemical synthesis, and includes any packaging or repacking of cannabis or labeling of its container, except that this term does not include preparation, compounding, packaging or labeling of cannabis as an incident to lawful research, teaching or chemical analysis and not for sale.
PERSON. Any individual, corporation, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association or any other entity.
PRODUCE or PRODUCTION. Planting, cultivating, tending or harvesting.
(ILCS Chapter 720, Act 550, § 3) (1981 Code, § 42.23, 23-703)