The Arms Act, 1959

Central Act · Act 54 of 195948 provisions895 citing judgments

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• Section 1 Short title, extent and commencement.2 citing judgments
• Section 2 Definitions and interpretation.6 citing judgments
• Section 3 Licence for acquisition and possession of firearms and ammunition.84 citing judgments
• Section 4 Licence for acquisition and possession of arms of specified description in certain cases.47 citing judgments
• Section 5 Licence for manufacture, sale, etc., of arms and ammunition.6 citing judgments
• Section 6 Licence for the shortening of guns or conversion of imitation firearms into firearms.1 citing judgment
• Section 7 Prohibition of acquisition or possession, or of manufacture or sale of prohibited arms or prohibited ammunition.6 citing judgments
• Section 8 Prohibition of sale or transfer of firearms not bearing identification marks.
• Section 9 Prohibition of acquisition or possession by, or of sale or transfer to, young persons and certain other persons of firearms, etc.2 citing judgments
• Section 10 Licence for import and export of arms, etc.2 citing judgments
• Section 11 Power to prohibit import or export of arms, etc.1 citing judgment
• Section 12 Power to restrict or prohibit transport of arms.4 citing judgments
• Section 13 Grant of licences.1 citing judgment
• Section 14 Refusal of licences.1 citing judgment
• Section 15 Duration and renewal of licence.
• Section 16 Fees, etc., for licence.2 citing judgments
• Section 17 Variation, suspension and revocation of licences.5 citing judgments
• Section 18 Appeals.3 citing judgments
• Section 19 Powers to demand production of licence, etc.
• Section 20 Arrest of persons conveying arms, etc., under suspicious circumstances.1 citing judgment
• Section 21 Deposit of arms, etc., on possession ceasing to be lawful.
• Section 22 Search and seizure by magistrate.
• Section 23 Search of vessels, vehicles for arms, etc.1 citing judgment
• Section 24 Seizure and detention under orders of the Central Government.1 citing judgment
• Section 24A Prohibition as to possession of notified arms in disturbed areas, etc.
• Section 24B Prohibition as to carrying of notified arms in or through public places in disturbed areas etc.
• Section 25 Punishment for certain offences.384 citing judgments
• Section 26 Secret contraventions.9 citing judgments
• Section 27 Punishment for using arms, etc.250 citing judgments
• Section 28 Punishment for use and possession of firearms or imitation firearms in certain cases.
• Section 29 Punishment for knowingly purchasing arms, etc., from unlicensed person or for delivering arms, etc., to person not entitled to possess the same.7 citing judgments
• Section 30 Punishment for contravention of licence or rule.26 citing judgments
• Section 31 Punishment for subsequent offences.
• Section 32 Power to confiscate.
• Section 33 Offences by companies.
• Section 34 Sanction of Central Government for warehousing of arms.6 citing judgments
• Section 35 Criminal responsibility of persons in occupation of premises in certain cases.7 citing judgments
• Section 36 Information to be given regarding certain offences.
• Section 37 Arrest and searches.25 citing judgments
• Section 38 Offences to be cognizable.
• Section 39 Previous sanction of the district magistrate necessary in certain cases.4 citing judgments
• Section 40 Protection of action taken in good faith.
• Section 41 Power to exempt.
• Section 42 Power to take census of firearms.
• Section 43 Power to delegate.1 citing judgment
• Section 44 Power to make rules.
• Section 45 Act not to apply in certain cases.
• Section 46 Repeal of Act 11 of 1878.