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Arms Act 1959 Chapter II

Title: Acquistion, Possession, Manufacture, Sale, Import, Export, and Transport of Arms and Ammunition

State: Central

Year: 1959

.....he holds in this behalf a licence issued in accordance with the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder. Section 5 - Licence for manufacture, sale, etc., of arms and ammunition 1 [(1)] No person shall-- (a)2 [use, manufacture,] sell, transfer, convert, repair, test or prove, or (b) expose or offer for sale or transfer or have in his possession for sale, transfer, conversion, repair, test or proof, any firearm or any other arms of such class or description as may be prescribed or any ammunition, unless he holds in this behalf a licence issued in accordance with the provisions of this behalf a licence issued in accordance with the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder: 1 [*****] 3 [(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), a per-son may, without holding a licence in this behalf, sell or transfer any arms or ammunition which he lawfully possesses for his own private use to another person who is entitled by virtue of this Act, or any other law for the time being in force to have, or is not prohibited by this Act or such other law from having in his possession such arms or ammunition: Provided that no firearm or ammunition.....

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Arms Act 1959 Complete Act

Title: Arms Act 1959

State: Central

Year: 1959

.....and ammunition Section4 - Licence for acquisition and possession of arms of specified description in certain cases Section5 - Licence for manufacture, sale, etc., of arms and ammunition Section6 - Licence for the shortening of guns or conversion of imitation firearms into firearms Section7 - Prohibition of acquisition or possession, or of manufacture or sale of prohibited arms or prohibited ammunition Section8 - Prohibition of sale of transfer of firearms not bearing identification marks Section9 - Prohibition of acquisition or possession by, or of sale or transfer to, young persons and certain other persons of firearms, etc Section10 - Licence for import and export of arms, etc Section11 - Power to prohibit import or export of arms, etc Section12 - Power to restrict or prohibit transport of arms Chapter III Section13 - Grant of licences Section14 - Refusal of licences Section15 - Duration and renewal of licence Section16 - Fees, etc. for licence Section17 - Variation, suspension and revocation of licences Section18 - Appeals Chapter IV Section19 - Power to demand production of licence, etc Section20 - Arrest of persons conveying arms, etc., under suspicious.....

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Armed Forces (Jammu and Kashmir) Special Powers Act, 1990 Section 4

Title: Special Powers of the Armed Forces

State: Central

Year: 1990

.....giving such due warning as he may consider necessary, fire upon or otherwise use force, even to the causing of death, against any person who is acting in contravention of any law or order for the time being in force in the disturbed area prohibiting the assembly of five or more persons or the carrying of weapons or of things capable of being used as weapons or of fire-arms, ammunition or explosive substances; (b) if he is of opinion that it is necessary so to do, destroy any arms dump, prepared or fortified position or shelter from which armed attacks are made or are likely to be made or are attempted to be made, or any structure used as a training camp for armed volunteers or utilised as a hide-out by armed gangs or absconders wanted for any offence; (c) arrest, without warrant, any person who has committed a cognizable offence or against whom a reasonable suspicion exists that he has committed or is about to commit a cognizable offence and may use such force as maybe necessary to effect the arrest; (d) enter the search, without warrant, any premises to make any such arrest as aforesaid or to recover any person believed to be wrongfully restrained or confined or any.....

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Arms Act 1959 Section 10

Title: Licence for Import and Export of Arms, Etc

State: Central

Year: 1959

.....clause is applicable to him, or as to the reasonableness of the quantities of arms or ammunition in the possession of any person referred to in such clause, or as to the use to which such arms or ammunition may be put by such person, may detain the arms or ammunition in the possession of such person until he receives the orders of the Central Government in relation thereto. (3) Arms and ammunition taken from one part of India to another by sea or air or across any intervening territory not forming part of India, are taken out of, and brought into, India within the meaning of this section. ____________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 22 of 1995, Section 89 w.e.f. 1-4-1995

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Arms Act 1959 Section 24A

Title: Prohibition as to Possession of Notified Arms in Disturbed Areas, Etc.

State: Central

Year: 1959

.....so specified being hereafter in this section referred to as notified arms, shall, notwithstanding anything contained in any other provisions of this Act (except section 41) or in any other law for the time being in force, as from the date of publication such notification in the Official Gazette be deemed to have ceased to be lawful; (c ) declare that as from the commencement of, and until the expiry of, the period specified in the notification, it shall not be lawful for any person to have in his possession in such area any notified arms; (d) authorise any such officer subordinate to the Central Government or a State Government as may be specified in the notification,-- (i) to search at any time during the period specified in the notification any person in, or passing through, or any premises in , or any animal or vessel or vehicle or other conveyance of whatever nature in or passing through or any premises in or other container of whatever nature in, such area if such officer has reason to believe through, or any receptacle or other container of whatever nature in, such area if such officer has reason to believe that any notified arms are secreted by such person or in such.....

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Armed Forces Punjab & Chandigarh Special Powers Act, 1983 Section 4

Title: Special Powers of the Armed Forces

State: Central

Year: 1983

.....giving such due warning as he may consider necessary, "fire upon or otherwise use force, even to the causing of death, against any person who is acting in contravention of any law or order for the time being in force in the disturbed area prohibiting the assembly of five or more persons or the carrying of weapons or of things capable of being used as weapons or of firearms, ammunition or explosive substances; (b) if he is of opinion that it is necessary so to do, destroy any arms dump, prepared or fortified position or shelter from which armed attacks are made or likely to be made or are attempted to be made, or any structure used as a training camp for armed volunteers or, utilised as a hide-out by armed gangs or absconders wanted for any offence; (c) arrest, without warrant, any person who has committed a cognizable offence or against whom a reasonable suspicion exists that he has committed or is about to commit a cognizable offence and may use such force as may be necessary to effect the arrest; (d) enter and search, without warrant, any premises to make any such arrest as aforesaid or to recover any person believed to be wrongfully restrained or confined or any.....

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Arms Act 1959 Section 24B

Title: Prohibition as to Carrying of Notified Arms in or Through Public Places in Disturbed Areas, Etc.

State: Central

Year: 1959

.....offences involving the use of arms in such area it is necessary or expedient so to do. (3) The provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, (2 of 1974), relating to searches and seizures shall, so far as may be, apply to any search or seizure made under sub-section (1). (4) For the purposes of this section,-- (a) arms includes ammunition; (b) public place means any place intended for use by, or accessible to , the public or any section of the public; and (c) where the period specified in a notification, as originally issued under sub-section (1), is extended under sub-section (2) , then, in relation to such notification, references in sub-section (1) to the period specified in the notification shall be construed as references to the period as so extended.]

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Armed Forces Special Powers Act 1958 Section 4

Title: Special Powers of the Armed Forces

State: Central

Year: 1958

.....after giving such due warning as he may consider necessary fire upon or otherwise use force, even to the causing of death, against any person who is acting in contravention of any law or order for the time being in force in the disturbed area prohibiting the assembly of five or more persons or the carrying of weapons or of things capable of being used as weapons or of fire-arms, ammunition or explosive substances; (b) if he is of opinion that it is necessary so to do, destroy any arms dump, prepared or fortified position or shelter from which armed attacks are made or are likely to be made or are attempted to be made, or any structure used as training camp for armed volunteers or utilised as a hide-out by armed gangs or absconders wanted for any offence; (c) arrest, without warrant, any person who has committed a cognizable offence or against whom a reasonable suspicion exists that he has committed or is about to commit a cognizable offence and may use such force as may be necessary to effect the arrest; (d) enter and search without warrant any premises to make any such arrest as aforesaid or to recover any person believed to be wrongfully restrained or confined or any.....

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Arms Act 1959 Section 5

Title: Licence for Manufacture, Sale, Etc., of Arms and Ammunition

State: Central

Year: 1959

.....he holds in this behalf a licence issued in accordance with the provisions of this behalf a licence issued in accordance with the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder: 1 [*****] 3 [(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), a per-son may, without holding a licence in this behalf, sell or transfer any arms or ammunition which he lawfully possesses for his own private use to another person who is entitled by virtue of this Act, or any other law for the time being in force to have, or is not prohibited by this Act or such other law from having in his possession such arms or ammunition: Provided that no firearm or ammunition in respect of which a licence is required under section 3 and no arms in respect of which a licence is required under section 4 shall be sold or transferred by any person unless-- (a) he has informed in writing the district magistrate having jurisdiction or the officer in charge of the nearest police station, of his intention to sell or transfer such firearms, ammunition or other arms and the name and address of the person to whom he intends to sell or transfer such firearms, ammunition or the other arms, and (b) a period.....

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Railways (Employment of Members of the Armed Forces) Act, 1965 Section 3

Title: Employment of Members of Armed Forces of the Union to Assist a Railway Administration in Connection with the Service of a Railway

State: Central

Year: 1965

.....service of a railway, then, whether such employment was before or is after the commencement of this Act,- (a) Any provision of the Indian Railways Act, 1890(9 of 1890), or of the rules made thereunder, which confers a power, status or immunity, or imposes a duty or liability, upon a railway servant, in connection with the working use, management and maintenance of railways, shall be construed as conferring the same power, status or immunity or imposing the same duty or liability, as the case may be, upon such member of the Armed Forces of the Union when so employed; (b) The employment of a member of the Armed Forces of the Union, in addition to or in the place of any railway servant, shall not affect any liability that would have attached to the railway administration had such member been a railway servant. (2) Nothing in sub-section (1) shall be construed as making applicable to the members of the Armed Forces of the Union employed to assist a railway administration the provisions of Chapter VIA of the Indian Railways Act, 1890(9 of 1890), or as derogating from any provision of a law regulating the governance, control and discipline of the members of the Armed Forces of.....

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