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India. 1959 ‘Power to Restrict or Prohibit Transport of Arms.’ Arms Act (1959), Act No. 54, An Act to Consolidate and Amend the Law Relating to Arms and Ammunition; Chapter 2 (Section 12). New Delhi: Parliament of the Republic of India. 23 December
Relevant contents
12. Power to restrict or prohibit transport of arms.
(1) The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, --
(a) direct that no person shall transport over India or any part thereof arms or ammunition of such classes and descriptions as may be specified in the notification unless he holds in this behalf a licence issued in accordance with the provisions of this Act and the rules made there-under; or
(b) prohibit such transport altogether.
(2) Arms or ammunition trans-shipped at a seaport or an airport in India are transported within the meaning of this section.
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