Section 7: Prohibition of acquisition or possession, or of manufacture or sale of prohibited arms or prohibited ammunition.

The Arms Act, 1959Central Act · Act 54 of 1959

No person shall--

(a) acquire, have in his possession or carry; or

(b) [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.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Arms Act, 1959
Section	7
Marginal note	Prohibition of acquisition or possession, or of manufacture or sale of prohibited arms or prohibited ammunition.
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	In force as published by the source
Judgments citing it	6

Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

substituted, Act 42 of 1988. . Subs. by Act 42 of 1988, s. 4, for "manufacture" (w.e.f. 27-5-1988).

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