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1984 Ed.]

Weapons

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(a) on behalf of Her Majesty's Government, including posses- sion by an officer or member of any of Her Majesty's forces who is in possession of any prohibited weapon or martial arts weapon in his capacity as such; or

(b) on behalf of the Government of Hong Kong or the Urban Council, including possession by an officer or member of any of the following in his capacity as such-

(i) the Royal Hong Kong Regiment;

(ii) the Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force:

(iii) the Royal Hong Kong Police Force;

(iv) the Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Police Force;

(v) the Customs and Excise Service;

(vi) the Prisons Department; and

(vii) the Independent Commission Against Corruption.

PART II

PROHIBITED AND MARTIAL ARTS WEAPONS

4. Any person who has possession of any prohibited weapon commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $10.000 and to imprisonment for 3 years.

5. (1) No martial arts association or member shall have possession of any martial arts weapon unless notice thereof has been given to the Commissioner in such form and in such manner as the Commissioner may from time to time specify.

(2) Every martial arts association or member who obtains possession of a martial arts weapon shall, within 48 hours of obtaining possession, give notice thereof to the Commissioner in such form and in such manner as the Commissioner may from time to time specify.

6. (1) Every martial arts association or member who disposes of any martial arts weapon shall, within 48 hours of the disposal, give notice to the Commissioner of such details of the disposal in such form and in such manner as the Commissioner may from time to time specify.

(2) Where any martial arts weapon is disposed of, in a case where subsection (1) applies, the martial arts association or person to whom the weapon was disposed shall provide the martial arts association or member who disposed of the weapon with any information necessary to enable subsection (1) to be complied with.

7. (1) Subject to subsection (2), a martial arts association or member shall not remove or allow to be removed any martial arts weapon from the premises in which it was located at the time possession of the weapon was notified to the Commissioner, except in accordance with the permission in writing given for that purpose by the Commissioner.

Possession of prohibited weapons.

Possession of martial arts weapons.

Disposal of martial arts weapons.

Martial arts weapons not to be removed from premises.