Weapons Prohibition Act 1998
34Effect of weapons prohibition order
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34 Effect of weapons prohibition order
34 Effect of weapons prohibition order
(1) A person must not possess or use a prohibited weapon in contravention of a weapons prohibition order that is in force.
Maximum penalty—imprisonment for 10 years.
(2) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1) and for the purposes only of that subsection, a prohibited weapon found in or on any premises is, in the absence of proof to the contrary, taken to be in the possession of any person subject to a weapons prohibition order who at the time of the finding or around that time was in or on or in occupation of the premises.
(3) A person must not sell or give possession of a prohibited weapon to another person, knowing that the other person is prohibited from possessing prohibited weapons by a weapons prohibition order.
Maximum penalty—imprisonment for 10 years.
(4) In this section, premises includes any structure, vehicle, vessel or aircraft or any place, whether built on or not.
s 34: Am 2010 No 40, Sch 1 [26].