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Migration Act 1958
197BManufacture, possession etc. of weapons by detainees
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197B Manufacture, possession etc. of weapons by detainees
(1) A detainee commits an offence if he or she manufactures, possesses, uses or distributes a weapon.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 5 years.
weapon includes:
(a) a thing made or adapted for use for inflicting bodily injury; or
(b) a thing where the detainee who has the thing intends or threatens to use the thing, or intends that the thing be used, to inflict bodily injury.