Firearms Act 1937
Firearms Act 1937 (1937 c. 12)
- Firearms Act 1937 (1937 c. 12)
- PART I Regulation of Purchase, Possession, Manufacture and Sale of certain Firearms and Ammunition and other transactions
- Purchase and Possession of certain Firearms and Ammunition
- 1 Penalty for purchasing or possessing firearms or ammunition without certificate
- 2 Grant, renewal, variation, and revocation of certificates
- 3 Fees in respect of certificates
- 4 Exemptions from holding a certificate
- 5 Application of foregoing provisions to Crown servants
- 6 Production of certificates
- Manufacture and sale of certain firearms and ammunition and other transactions
- 7 Penalty for manufacturing or dealing in firearms or ammunition without being registered
- 8 Registration of firearms dealers
- 9 Certificates of registration
- 10 Registration of places of business of firearms dealers
- 11 Restrictions on sale, repair, &c. of firearms and ammunition
- 12 Register of transactions in firearms
- 13 Powers of court in case of offences by registered firearms dealers
- 14 Penalty for taking in pawn firearms or ammunition
- Savings and application
- 15 Savings
- 16 Firearms and ammunition to which Part I applies
- PART II Miscellaneous Provisions as to Firearms and Ammunition
- 17 Prohibited weapons and ammunition
- 18 Power to prohibit removals of firearms and ammunition
- 19 Restriction on purchase and possession of firearms by young persons
- 20 Prohibition of sale, &c. of firearms to drunk or insane persons
- 21 Prohibition on persons convicted of crime purchasing or possessing firearms
- 22 Penalty for possessing firearms with intent to injure
- 23 Penalty for use and possession of firearms or imitation firearms in certain cases
- 24 Provisions as to shortening guns and converting imitation firearms into firearms
- PART III General
- 25 Provisions as to forfeiture of firearms and cancellation of certificates
- 26 Power to search for and dispose of firearms and ammunition
- 27 Time for commencing summary proceedings under Act
- 28 Application of Act to police
- 29 Service of notices
- 30 Power to Secretary of State to make rules
- 31 Transitional
- 32 Interpretation
- 33 General savings
- 34 Short title, repeal, extent and commencement
- SCHEDULES
- FIRST SCHEDULE Provisions as to Appeals from the Chief Officer of Police and Applications under Section Twenty-one of this Act
- SECOND SCHEDULE Particulars to be entered by Firearms Dealers in Register of Transactions
- THIRD SCHEDULE Offences to which Subsection (2) of Section Twenty-three Applies
- FOURTH SCHEDULE Enactments Repealed
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