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CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 383 Sale of knife to person under 16

CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 383

Sale of knife to person under 16

    (1)     A person shall not sell a knife to a person under 16 years old.

Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units, imprisonment for 6 months or both.

    (2)     In this section:

"sell" includes—

        (a)     barter or exchange; and

        (b)     offer or expose for sale, barter or exchange; and

        (c)     supply, or offer to supply, in circumstances in which the supplier derives, or would derive, a direct or indirect pecuniary benefit; and

        (d)     supply, or offer to supply, gratuitously but with a view to gaining or maintaining custom, or otherwise with a view to commercial gain.