Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) Except as provided
in subsections (2) and (3) and section 10, a person who —
(a)
brings or sends a prohibited weapon into the State;
(b)
carries or possesses a prohibited weapon;
(c)
purchases, sells or supplies a prohibited weapon; or
(d)
manufactures a prohibited weapon,
or attempts to do any
of those things, commits an offence.
Penalty: $8 000 or imprisonment for
2 years.
(2) A person does not
commit an offence under subsection (1)(b) if the person carries or
possesses the prohibited weapon only so as to deliver it into the custody
of —
(a) a
member of the Police Force; or
(b) an
employee in the Police Service.
(3) A person does not,
by doing or attempting to do something referred to in subsection (1),
commit an offence against that subsection if it is for the purpose of
fulfilling a contract for the provision of a prohibited weapon to a person who
may lawfully possess it.