Arms Act, 1959
आयुध अधिनियम, 1959
Licences, restrictions, offences and punishments for arms and ammunition.
- 48 sections
- 6 chapters
- Act No. 54 of 1959
Chapters and sections
1PreliminarySections 1 to 2
2Acquisition, possession, manufacture, sale, import, export and transport of arms and ammunitionSections 3 to 12
- 3Licence for acquisition and possession of firearms and ammunition
- 4Licence for acquisition and possession of arms of specified description in certain cases
- 5Licence for manufacture, sale, etc., of arms and ammunition
- 6Licence for the shortening of guns or conversion of imitation firearms into firearms
- 7Prohibition of acquisition or possession, or of manufacture or sale of prohibited arms or prohibited ammunition
- 8Prohibition of sale or transfer of firearms not bearing identification marks
- 9Prohibition of acquisition or possession by, or of sale or transfer to, young persons and certain other persons of firearms, etc
- 10Licence for import and export of arms, etc
- 11Power to prohibit import or export of arms, etc
- 12Power to restrict or prohibit transport of arms
3Provisions relating to licencesSections 13 to 18
4Powers and procedureSections 19 to 24B
- 19Power to demand production of licence, etc
- 20Arrest of persons conveying arms, etc., under suspicious circumstances
- 21Deposit of arms, etc., on possession ceasing to be lawful
- 22Search and seizure by magistrate
- 23Search of vessels, vehicles for arms, etc
- 24Seizure and detention under orders of the Central Government
- 24AProhibition as to possession of notified arms in disturbed areas, etc
- 24BProhibition as to carrying of notified arms in or through public places in disturbed areas etc
5Offences and penaltiesSections 25 to 33
- 25Punishment for certain offences
- 26Secret contraventions
- 27Punishment for using arms, etc
- 28Punishment for use and possession of firearms or imitation firearms in certain cases
- 29Punishment for knowingly purchasing arms, etc., from unlicensed person or for delivering arms, etc., to person not entitled to possess the same
- 30Punishment for contravention of licence or rule
- 31Punishment for subsequent offences
- 32Power to confiscate
- 33Offences by companies
6MiscellaneousSections 34 to 46
- 34Sanction of Central Government for warehousing of arms
- 35Criminal responsibility of persons in occupation of premises in certain cases
- 36Information to be given regarding certain offences
- 37Arrest and searches
- 38Offences to be cognizable
- 39Previous sanction of the district magistrate necessary in certain cases
- 40Protection of action taken in good faith
- 41Power to exempt
- 42Power to take census of firearms
- 43Power to delegate
- 44Power to make rules
- 45Act not to apply in certain cases
- 46Repeal of Act 11 of 1878
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