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Control of Weapons Act 1990
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4 Application and construction of Act
S. 4(1) amended by No. 52/2010 s. 27.
(1) This Act applies to weapons other than firearms.
(2) This Act is to be read and construed as in aid of and not in derogation from any other Act relating to weapons and firearms.
(3) This Act does not apply to or in relation to any weapon vested in, belonging to or in the possession or control of a person or body of persons by reason of that person or body of persons having the control and management of premises declared by Order of the Governor in Council published in the Government Gazette to be a museum for the purposes of this Act.
S. 4A inserted by No. 45/2017 s. 51.