A.D. 1900.]
ARMS AND AMMUNITION.
[No. 2.
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(2.) Every person who is convicted of failing or refusing to make a return of arms or ammunition shall be liable to the punishment prescribed by section 28, and any arms or ammunition found upon his premises may, if the Magistrate thinks fit, be forfeited to the Crown; and every person who is convicted of furnishing a false or incorrect return of arms or ammunition, or of either not keeping the said books or else of keeping the said books in a false or incorrect manner, shall be liable to the same punishment and to the same forfeiture of arms and ammunition, and shall also, in addition thereto, be liable to a penalty not exceeding ten dollars in respect of every arm which was, at the date referred to in such return or books, in excess of or below the quantity specified in such return or books.
16. Every purchaser of arms or ammunition who knowingly furnishes any false information to any importer of, or dealer in, or vendor of arms or ammunition concerning any particulars which such importer, dealer, or vendor is required to record under section 13 shall, on summary conviction before a Magistrate, be liable to the punishment prescribed by section 28.
17. No arms or ammunition shall be imported into the Colony except at the Port of Victoria, and the master of every vessel (not being a ship of war or hired armed vessel in the service of Her Majesty or of any foreign nation) having on board as cargo any arms or ammunition, whether in transitu or for transshipment or otherwise, shall, on arrival, forthwith furnish to the Harbour Master a manifest of all such arms and ammunition.
Prohibition of importation of arms and ammunition except at the Port of Victoria.
18. All arms not consigned to or to the order of any person licensed as an importer of, or dealer in, or vendor of arms, brought into the Colony under through bills of lading for any port not in the Colony, in a vessel the agents of which are not licensed as aforesaid, shall, if landed in the Colony prior to transshipment, be stored only in such godowns or places as may be approved in writing by the Captain Superintendent of Police: Provided that this enactment shall not apply in the case of arms or ammunition consigned to any officer in Her Majesty's service, for the use of Her Majesty's Naval or Military Forces, Imperial or Colonial.
19.-(1.) No person shall move or cause to be moved within the Colony or the waters thereof any arms or ammunition exceeding altogether twenty-five dollars in value, unless such arms or ammunition are or is enclosed in secure wooden boxes and distinctly marked or labelled with the words "arms" or "ammunition," as the case may be, in the English or Chinese language: Provided that this prohibition shall not apply to arms or ammunition...
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A.D. 1900.]
ARMS AND AMMUNITION.
[No. 2.
575
(2.) Every person who is convicted of failing or refusing to make a return of arms or ammunition shall be liable to the punishment pre- scribed by section 28, and any arms or ammunition found upon his premises may, if the Magistrate thinks fit, be forfeited to the Crown; and every person who is convicted of furnishing a false or incorrect return of arms or ammunition, or of either not keeping the said books or else of keeping the said books in a false or incorrect manner, shall be liable to the same punishment and to the same forfeiture of arms and ammunition, and shall also, in addition thereto, be liable to a penalty not exceeding ten dollars in respect of every arm which was, at the date referred to in such return or books, in excess of or below the quantity specified in such return or books.
16. Every purchaser of arms or ammunition who knowingly furnishes Punishment any false information to any importer of, or dealer in, or vendor of arms
of purchaser or ammunition concerning any particulars which such importer, dealer, false informa
furnishing for vendor is required to record under section 13 shall, on summary registration. conviction before a Magistrate, be liable to the punishment prescribed by section 28.
17. No arms or ammunition shall be imported into the Colony except at the Port of Victoria, and the master of every vessel (not being a ship of war or hired armed vessel in the service of Her Majesty or of any foreign nation) having on board as cargo any arms or ammunition, whether in transitu or for transshipment or otherwise, shall, on arrival, forthwith furnish to the Harbour Master a manifest of all such arms and ammunition.
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18. All arms not consigned to or to the order of any person licensed as an importer of, or dealer in, or vendor of arms, brought into the Colony under through bills of lading for any port not in the Colony, in vessel the agents of which are not licensed as aforesaid, shall, if landed in the Colony prior to transshipment, be stored only in such godowns or places as may be approved in writing by the Captain Superintendent of Police: Provided that this enactment shall not apply in the case of arms or ammunition consigned to any officer in Her Majesty's service, for the use of Her Majesty's Naval or Military Forces, Imperial or Colonial.
19.-(1.) No person shall move or cause to be moved within the Labelling of Colony or the waters thereof any arms or ammunition exceeding altogether twenty-five dollars in value, unless such arms or ammunition for removal. are or is enclosed in secure wooden boxes and distinctly marked or labelled with the words "arms or "ammunition," as the case may be, the English or Chinese language: Provided that this prohibition shall not apply to arms or ammunition-
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