Article 196 Ter Federal Criminal Code
BOOK TWO · TITLE SEVEN. Crimes Against Health · CHAPTER I. Of production, possession, trafficking, proselytism and other acts in matters of narcotics
Current text · last reform published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF) on 13 March 2026
Five to fifteen years of imprisonment and one hundred to three hundred days fine, as well as forfeiture of the instruments, objects and products of the crime, shall be imposed on whoever diverts or by any means contributes to diverting chemical precursors, essential chemical products or machines, to the cultivation, extraction, production, preparation or conditioning of narcotics in any form prohibited by law.
The same penalty of imprisonment and fine, as well as disqualification from holding any public employment, office or commission for up to five years, shall be imposed on the public official who, in the exercise of their functions, permits or authorizes any of the conducts comprised in this article.
Chemical precursors, essential chemical products and machines are those defined in the law on the matter.