The deadline for the enactment of Cannabis legislation is extended

The deadline for the enactment of Cannabis legislation is extended

Last Friday, the Plenum of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation granted, in a private session, a second extension to the Congress of the Union to enact the new legislation on cannabis, which expires on December 15, 2020, the date on which the second ordinary period of sessions would conclude.

By instruction of the President of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation, Arturo Zaldívar Lelo de Larrea, the Secretary General of Agreements, Rafael Coello Cetina, notified the new deadline by means of official letter number SGA/MFEN/287/2020 to Mónica Fernández Balboa, President of the Board of Directors of the Chamber of Senators. For additional information, please contact our experts: Luis Miguel Jiménez, Partner: +52 (55) 5258 1058 | lmjimenez@vwys.com.mx Javier Lizardi, Partner: +52 (55) 5258 1021 | jlizardi@vwys.com.mx María de Lourdes Salazar y Vera, Associate: +52 (55) 5258 1058 | mlsalazar@vwys.com.mx