Whoever acquires, has in his possession or carries any prohibited arms or prohibited ammunition in contravention of section 7 shall be punishable with imprisonment ... acquired, had in your possession or carried prohibited arms or prohibited ammunition, namely,..............., in contravention of section 7 of the Arms Act, 1959, and thereby
this Court on the said charge.
(2) Whoever uses any prohibited arms or prohibited ammunition in contravention of section 7 shall be punishable with imprisonment ... follows: That you,on or about the...............day of.............., at..............., used prohibited arms or prohibited ammunition, namely,..............., in contravention of section 7 of the Arms
notification in the Official Gazette, specify to be prohibited ammunition; (i) prohibited arms means (i) firearms so designed or adapted that, if pressure is applied ... Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify to be prohibited arms; (j) public servant has the same meaning as in section
Arms Act, 1959
7. Prohibition of acquisition or possession, or of manufacture or sale, of prohibited arms or prohibited ammunition.
- No person shall (a) acquire ... 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
section 5 where such licence is required in respect of any prohibited arms or prohibited ammunition; (b) a licence in any other case under Chapter ... prohibited by this Act or by any other law for the time being in force from acquiring, having in his possession or carrying any arms
respectively. Section 7 prohibits acquisition or
possession etc. of prohibited arms or prohibited ammunition unless spe-
cially authorized by the Central Government in this behalf ... Section 2 of the Arms Act define 'prohibited
ammunition' and prohibited arms' respectively. Section 11 of the Arms Act
empowers the Central
Government in
this behalf."
16. In the definition clause prohibited ammunitions
and prohibited arms have been defined respectively
under Section 2 , sub-Sections ... notification in the Official Gazette,
specify to be prohibited ammunition;"
"(i) "prohibited arms" means--
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(i) firearms so designed or adapted
arms."
Rule 3 of the Arms Rules, 1962 prescribes that for the
purposes of the Arms Act, 1959 and the Rules, "arms ... excluded from the classification of prohibited bore
weapons, import of which is prohibited under the Indian
Arms Act . Some doubts also been raised
Rules made thereunder....."
57. Section 7 prohibits acquiring, possessing or transferring prohibited arms except with the authority of the Government.
Sections ... makes it clear that there is no absolute prohibition against giving a licence for a prohibited arm, and whenever such an application is made
Section 7 of the Arms Act, 1959.
Contravention of Section 24-A of the Arms Act, 1959 relating to prohibition as to possession of notified ... possession of fire arms or imitation fire arms in certain cases.
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Knowingly purchasing arms from unlicensed person or for delivering arms, etc., the person
