FIREARMS ACT 1996 - SECT 50B Giving possession of firearms or firearm parts to unauthorised persons

FIREARMS ACT 1996 - SECT 50B

50B Giving possession of firearms or firearm parts to unauthorised persons

(1) A person must not give possession of a firearm to another person unless the other person is authorised to possess the firearm by a licence or permit or is otherwise authorised to have possession of the firearm.

: 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 : Offences relating to "supply" (ie transferring ownership) are set out elsewhere in this Part.

(2) A person must not give possession of a firearm part to another person unless the other person is the holder of a licence or permit for the kind of firearm to which the firearm part relates or is otherwise authorised to have possession of the firearm part.

: Maximum penalty--imprisonment for 14 years if the firearm part relates solely to any kind of pistol or prohibited firearm, or imprisonment for 5 years in any other case.

Note : Reference to a pistol includes a prohibited pistol.