34Effect of weapons prohibition order

#### 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 \[26\].