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Section 30-31-27 - Bar to prosecution.

30-31-27. Bar to prosecution.

If a violation of the Controlled Substances Act [30-31-1 NMSA 1978] is a violation of a federal law, the law of another state or the ordinance of a municipality, a conviction or acquittal under federal law, the law of another state or the ordinance of a municipality for the same act is a bar to prosecution.