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Monday, January 22, 1973

By section 4 of the same Ordinance, no person shall, except

under and in accordance with a licence issued for this purpose under

the Ordinance, carry or have in his possession or under his control any arms

ammunition.

(Certain special classes of person such as Her Majesty's Armed

Forces, the Police Force and ships and aircraft of war, are exempt

from this requirement).

The maximum penalties for contravention of the law are a fine

of two thousand dollars and imprisonment for three years on summary

conviction and imprisonment for life on conviction on indictment.

Fuller details of the amesty will appear in the press later.

It is hoped that anyone who has unlicensed arms or ammunition

or any explosives or fireworks in his possession will take this opportunity

to put himself within the law.

He will also, by handing them in, be doing a service to the

community at large by putting them out of the reach of those persons who

might use them for criminal activities.

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