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WEAPONS PROHIBITION ACT 1998 - SECT 19 Surrender and seizure of prohibited weapons when permit suspended or revoked

WEAPONS PROHIBITION ACT 1998 - SECT 19

Surrender and seizure of prohibited weapons when permit suspended or revoked

19 Surrender and seizure of prohibited weapons when permit suspended or revoked

(1) If a permit is suspended, revoked or otherwise ceases to be in force, the person to whom it was issued must immediately surrender to a police officer--
(a) any prohibited weapon in the person's possession, and
(b) the permit.
: Maximum penalty--50 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months, or both.
(2) A police officer is authorised to seize any prohibited weapon in the possession of a person if that person's permit is suspended, revoked or otherwise ceases to be in force.
(3) This section does not apply in relation to a permit that has expired if the authority conferred by the permit continues to have effect (as provided by the regulations) pending the determination of an application for a subsequent permit.