WEAPONS PROHIBITION ACT 1998 - SECT 25A Unauthorised manufacture of prohibited weapons

WEAPONS PROHIBITION ACT 1998 - SECT 25A

25A Unauthorised manufacture of prohibited weapons

(1) A person who manufactures a prohibited weapon is guilty of an offence unless the person is authorised by a permit to manufacture the weapon.

: Maximum penalty--imprisonment for 14 years.

(2) A person who manufactures a military-style weapon is guilty of an offence unless the person is authorised by a permit to manufacture the weapon.

: Maximum penalty--imprisonment for 20 years.

(3) Without limiting the operation of subsection (1) or (2), this section applies to a person regardless of whether the prohibited weapon concerned was manufactured in the course of carrying on a business.