Act Number: 54

Act Name: The Arms Act, 1959

Year: 1959

Enactment Date: 1959-12-23

Long Title: An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to arms and ammunition.

Ministry: Ministry of Home Affairs

Department: Department of Internal Security

Section 7: Prohibition of acquisition or possession, or of manufacture or sale of prohibited arms or prohibited ammunition.
    No person shall--
         (a) acquire, have in his possession or carry; or
         (b) 1[use, manufacture] sell, transfer, convert, repair, test or prove; or
         (c) expose or offer for sale or transfer or have in his possession for sale, transfer, conversion, repair, test or proof,
     any prohibited arms or prohibited ammunition unless he has been specially authorised by the Central Government in this behalf.
    
Notes:
1. Subs. by Act 42 of 1988, s. 4, for "manufacture" (w.e.f. 27-5-1988).
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