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PROHIBITED WEAPONS ACT 1996 (NO 75 OF 1996)


TABLE OF PROVISIONS

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   PART I--PRELIMINARY

   1.      This Act may be cited as the Prohibited Weapons Act 1996.  
   4.      A person is not guilty of an offence against this Act or the regulations only because of something done by the person while acting in the ordinary course of the person's duties as a member of—  

   PART II--PROHIBITED WEAPONS AND PROHIBITED ARTICLES

   5.      (1) A person shall not possess or use a prohibited weapon unless authorised to do so by a permit or the regulations.  
   6.      A person shall not possess or use a prohibited article unless authorised to do so by a permit or the regulations.  
   7.      (1) A person who possesses a prohibited weapon or prohibited article shall, on demand made by a police officer at any time, produce for inspection by that officer—  
   8.      (1) A person who—  

   PART III--PERMITS

   10.     A person shall not, in an application for a permit, make a statement or furnish information that is false or misleading in a material particular.  
   11.     A person to whom a permit is issued shall not contravene any requirement made by the conditions of a permit.  
   13.     If a permit is cancelled or expires, the person to whom it was issued shall within 7 days of that cancellation or expiry, surrender it to the Registrar.  
   14.     (1) Application may be made to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal for a review of a decision of the Registrar—  

   PART IV--MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION TO BE SUPPLIED

   15.     A person who has possession of a prohibited weapon or prohibited article acquired from another person shall, on demand made by a police officer at any time, inform the police officer of—  
   17.     A certificate signed by the Registrar certifying that—  
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