(A) For the purpose of this section, the following definition shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
CANNABIS. Includes 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 the 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 a combination of extraction and chemical synthesis; but shall not include the mature stalks of the plant, fiber produced from the stalks, oil or cake made from the seeds of the plant, 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.
(B) It is unlawful for any person knowingly to possess cannabis.
(Prior Code, § 9-26) Penalty, see § 10.99
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, penalties, see ILCS Ch. 720, Act 550, §§ 3 and 4