s.8Restrictions on acquisition or disposal of firearms, ammunition and bullet-proof vests
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Section 8Part 3 — Sale, purchase and repair of firearms

Restrictions on acquisition or disposal of firearms, ammunition and bullet-proof vests

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No person shall purchase or accept the gift of any firearm from or give away any firearm to any other person if that person has reasonable cause to believe such person to be under the age prescribed for that type of firearm by any regulations made hereunder.
No person shall purchase or accept the gift of any firearm unless —
that person is the holder of a Firearm User’s (Restricted) Licence in relation to a firearm of the type so acquired by that person; and
the person from whom that said person purchases or accepts the gift of the firearm is the holder of a Firearm Disposal Permit in respect of the firearm so sold or given away by such person.
No person shall sell or give away any firearm unless —
that person is the holder of a Firearm Disposal Permit in respect of the firearm so sold or given away by that person; and
the person to whom that said person sells or gives away the firearm is the holder of a Firearm User’s (Restricted) Licence in respect of a firearm of the type so sold or given away to such person.
A person shall not sell, give away, purchase or accept the gift of ammunition unless the person is the holder of a licence or permit which authorises that person to possess, use, import, export, transfer or dispose of that ammunition.
No person shall accept the delivery of any firearm or ammunition pursuant to any sale or gift of the firearm or ammunition except in accordance with section 9.
No person shall deliver any firearm or ammunition pursuant to any sale or gift of the firearm or ammunition to any person except in accordance with section 9.
No person shall sell, give away, purchase or accept the gift of a bullet-proof vest except with the prior written approval of the Commissioner.
A person who contravenes this section commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine of one hundred thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term of twenty years, or to both.

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