Arms Act, 1959
Bare Act · 1959
An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to Arms and Ammunition.
In the syllabus of: Andhra Pradesh APO · Bihar APO · CG APO · Goa APO · Jharkhand APO · Meghalaya APO · MP APO · Odisha APO · Rajasthan APO · Tamil Nadu APO · Telangana APO · Telangana Higher Judiciary · UP APO · UP Higher Judiciary · Uttarakhand APO
- Act number
- 54 of 1959
- Enacted
- 23 December 1959
- Contents
- 48 sections · 6 chapters
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Contents
Chapter I — Preliminary
Chapter II — Acquisition, Possession, Manufacture, Sale, Import, Export And Transport Of Arms And Ammunition
- Section 3 – Licence for acquisition and possession of firearms and ammunition
- Section 4 – Licence for acquisition and possession of arms of specified description in certain cases
- Section 5 – Licence for manufacture, sale, etc., of arms and ammunition
- Section 6 – Licence for the shortening of guns or conversion of imitation firearms into firearms (preview)
- Section 7 – Prohibition of acquisition or possession, or of manufacture or sale of prohibited arms or prohibited ammunition (preview)
- Section 8 – Prohibition of sale or transfer of firearms not bearing identification marks (preview)
- Section 9 – Prohibition of acquisition or possession by, or of sale or transfer to, young persons and certain other persons of firearms, etc (preview)
- Section 10 – Licence for import and export of arms, etc (preview)
- Section 11 – Power to prohibit import or export of arms, etc (preview)
- Section 12 – Power to restrict or prohibit transport of arms (preview)
Chapter III — Provisions Relating To Licences
- Section 13 – Grant of licences (preview)
- Section 14 – Refusal of licences (preview)
- Section 15 – Duration and renewal of licence (preview)
- Section 16 – Fees, etc., for licence (preview)
- Section 17 – Variation, suspension and revocation of licences (preview)
- Section 18 – Appeals (preview)
Chapter IV — Powers And Procedure
- Section 19 – Powers to demand production of licence, etc (preview)
- Section 20 – Arrest of persons conveying arms, etc., under suspicious circumstances (preview)
- Section 21 – Deposit of arms, etc., on possession ceasing to be lawful (preview)
- Section 22 – Search and seizure by magistrate (preview)
- Section 23 – Search of vessels, vehicles for arms, etc (preview)
- Section 24 – Seizure and detention under orders of the Central Government (preview)
- Section 24A – Prohibition as to possession of notified arms in disturbed areas, etc (preview)
- Section 24B – Prohibition as to carrying of notified arms in or through public places in disturbed areas etc (preview)
Chapter V — Offences And Penalties
- Section 25 – Punishment for certain offences (preview)
- Section 26 – Secret contraventions (preview)
- Section 27 – Punishment for using arms, etc (preview)
- Section 28 – Punishment for use and possession of firearms or imitation firearms in certain cases (preview)
- Section 29 – Punishment for knowingly purchasing arms, etc., from unlicensed person or for delivering arms, etc., to person not entitled to possess the same (preview)
- Section 30 – Punishment for contravention of licence or rule (preview)
- Section 31 – Punishment for subsequent offences (preview)
- Section 32 – Power to confiscate (preview)
- Section 33 – Offences by companies (preview)
Chapter VI — Miscellaneous
- Section 34 – Sanction of Central Government for warehousing of arms (preview)
- Section 35 – Criminal responsibility of persons in occupation of premises in certain cases (preview)
- Section 36 – Information to be given regarding certain offences (preview)
- Section 37 – Arrest and searches (preview)
- Section 38 – Offences to be cognizable (preview)
- Section 39 – Previous sanction of the district magistrate necessary in certain cases (preview)
- Section 40 – Protection of action taken in good faith (preview)
- Section 41 – Power to exempt (preview)
- Section 42 – Power to take census of firearms (preview)
- Section 43 – Power to delegate (preview)
- Section 44 – Power to make rules (preview)
- Section 45 – Act not to apply in certain cases (preview)
- Section 46 – Repeal of Act 11 of 1878 (preview)