/

/

United States legal-change intelligence across legislation, regulation, and case law. Separate data plane, same Zoe spine.

Platform

Legislation
Cases
Ask Zoe
Recently analysed

Company

Pricing
API
X
LinkedIn
Instagram

Jurisdictions

Federal
Supreme Court

District of Columbia

© 2026 Zoe. All rights reserved.

Zoe is a legal information platform. Always consult the official source for authoritative text.

Section 5B - Control of Weapons Act 1990 - Recording sales of prohibited weapons — Zoe

Legislation Cases Absurdities Ask Zoe Graph Pricing

Home/Legislation/Control of Weapons Act 1990/5B

VICIn ForceAct

Control of Weapons Act 1990

5BRecording sales of prohibited weapons

Start here

Get a plain-English read of 5B

Turn the raw legal text into a practical explanation grounded in Control of Weapons Act 1990.

View in full context

5B Recording sales of prohibited weapons (1) A person who sells a prohibited weapon must keep a record of the sale in accordance with this section. (2) A record under this section— (a) must be in the form, and contain the information, prescribed by the regulations; and (b) must be kept for a period of 3 years after the sale to which it relates. S. 5B(3) amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 28.2). (3) A police officer, at any reasonable time, may require a person to produce for inspection a record kept under this section.

Previous section5AIdentifying persons purchasing prohibited weapons Next section6Control of controlled weapons