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FIREARMS ACT 1996 - SECT 50AA

Acquisition of firearm parts

50AA Acquisition of firearm parts

(1) A person must not acquire a firearm part unless the person--
(a) is the holder of a licence or permit for the kind of firearm to which the firearm part relates, or
(b) is authorised by a permit to acquire the firearm part.
: Maximum penalty--imprisonment for 5 years.
(2) A person must not acquire a firearm part that relates to any kind of pistol or prohibited firearm unless the person--
(a) is the holder of a licence or permit for that kind of pistol or prohibited firearm, or
(b) is authorised by a permit to acquire the firearm part.
: Maximum penalty--imprisonment for 14 years.
Note : Reference to a pistol includes a prohibited pistol.
(3) If, on the trial of a person for an offence under subsection (2), the jury is not satisfied that the accused is guilty of the offence but is satisfied on the evidence that the person is guilty of an offence under subsection (1), it may find the person not guilty of the offence charged but guilty of an offence under subsection (1), and the accused is liable to punishment accordingly.



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