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FIREARMS ACT 1996 - SECT 115

Notice of bringing into the State

    (1)     A person who brings a firearm into the State for the purpose of keeping it in the State must give notice of the bringing in of that firearm to the Chief Commissioner.

Penalty:     240 penalty units or 4 years imprisonment.

    (2)     A notice under subsection (1) must be—

        (a)     in the form approved by the Chief Commissioner; and

        (b)     given within 7 days after the firearm has been brought into the State.

Penalty:     30 penalty units.

S. 115(3) inserted by No. 22/1998 s. 26.

    (3)     This section does not apply a person who brings a firearm into the State for the purpose of disposing of that firearm in the State where that person is—

        (a)     the holder of an inter-State licence which authorises the possession, carriage or use of that firearm; and

        (b)     the holder of an inter-State permit to acquire a firearm, being a permit in respect of which not more than 28 days have expired since its issue.



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