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Wildlife Act 1975
47EExemption from definition of prohibited person in Firearms Act 1996
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47E Exemption from definition of prohibited person in Firearms Act 1996
Despite anything to the contrary in the **Firearms Act 1996**, a person, in relation to whom not more than 12 months have expired since that person was found guilty by a court of an offence against section 41, 43 or 44(1), is deemed not to be a prohibited person (within the meaning of that Act) unless the Court, upon that finding of guilt, imposed a term of imprisonment (within the meaning of that Act).
S. 48 amended by Nos 9412
s. 4(2), 70/1990 s. 12(1)(a), substituted by No. 87/1997