FIREARMS ACT 1996 - SECT 50 Acquisition of firearms

FIREARMS ACT 1996 - SECT 50

50 Acquisition of firearms

(cf APMC 7, 1989 Act s 6)

A person must not acquire a firearm unless the person is--

(a) authorised to possess the firearm by a licence or permit, and

(b) except in the case of a licensed firearms dealer, authorised to acquire the firearm by a permit (or the equivalent of any such permit that is issued under the law of another State or Territory in respect of the firearm concerned).

: Maximum penalty--imprisonment for 14 years if the firearm concerned is a pistol or prohibited firearm, or imprisonment for 5 years in any other case.

Note : Reference to a pistol includes a prohibited pistol.