Australian Capital Territory Current Acts Australian Capital Territory Current Acts(1) A person must not sell or give possession of a firearm to another person knowing that it is unsafe, except after giving an appropriate warning.
Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units, imprisonment for 6 months or both.
(2) A police officer may seize a firearm in the possession of a person if—
(a) the firearm is in a public place; and
(b) the officer suspects on reasonable grounds that the firearm is unsafe.
(3) For this section, a firearm is taken to be unsafe (apart from any other reason for which it may be unsafe) if, because of some mechanical defect or its general condition, it may reasonably be considered to be unsafe.