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FIREARMS ACT 1996 - SECT 57 Permits to possess, carry or use silencers or prescribed items

FIREARMS ACT 1996 - SECT 57

Permits to possess, carry or use silencers or prescribed items

    (1)     A non-prohibited person must not possess, carry or use a—

        (a)     silencer; or

        (b)     prescribed item—

unless that person does so under and in accordance with a permit issued under this section.

Penalty:     120 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment.

    (2)     The Chief Commissioner may grant a permit to a person who is of or over the age of 18 years to possess, carry or use—

        (a)     a silencer; or

        (b)     a prescribed item.

    (3)     The Chief Commissioner may impose any conditions on the permit that the Chief Commissioner thinks fit.

S. 57(3A) inserted by No. 78/2005 s. 31.

    (3A)     The conditions that the Chief Commissioner may impose on a permit granted under this section may include conditions for or with respect to—

        (a)     the circumstances in which the Chief Commissioner may cancel or suspend the permit and any other matters related to any such cancellation or suspension; and

        (b)     the length or term of the permit and any related matters.

    (4)     An application for a permit must be in the form approved by the Chief Commissioner.

    (5)     The applicant must pay the prescribed fee for such a permit.

    (6)     The holder of the permit must comply with the permit.

Penalty:     120 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment.

S. 57A inserted by No. 78/2005 s. 65 (as amended by No. 50/2007 s. 58).