TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government Enacted1959

Arms Act 1959 Section 7

Prohibition of Acquisition or Possession, or of Manufacture or Sale of Prohibited Arms or Prohibited Ammunition

Section Text


No person shall--

(a) acquire, have in his possession or carry; or

(b)1[use, manufacture,] sell, transfer, convert, repair, test or prove; or

(c) expose or offer for sale or transfer or have in his possession for sale, transfer, conversion, repair, test or proof;

any prohibited arms or prohibited ammunition unless he has been specially authorised by the Central Government in this behalf.

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1. Substituted by Act 42 of 1988, Section 4 w.e.f. 27.5.1988.