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FIREARMS ACT 1996 - SECT 230

Use of mail for sending firearms outside ACT

A person must not send a firearm or firearm part to another person by mail unless—

        (a)     the person sending the firearm or firearm part is a licensed firearms dealer; and

        (b)     the address to which the firearm or firearm part is sent is outside the ACT; and

        (c)     the firearm or firearm part is sent by security mail; and

        (d)     the other person would not, because of receiving the firearm or firearm part or being in possession of it at the place to which it is sent, commit any offence under any law that applies at that place; and

        (e)     the other person is a licensed firearms dealer under the law of that other place.

Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units, imprisonment for 1 year or both.



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