New South Wales Consolidated Acts

WEAPONS PROHIBITION ACT 1998 - SECT 26

26 General requirement for safe keeping of prohibited weapons

A person who possesses a prohibited weapon must take all reasonable precautions to ensure:

(a) its safe keeping, and

(b) that it is not stolen or lost, and

(c) that it does not come into the possession of a person who is not authorised to possess the weapon.

Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years, or both.