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Armenia. 2003 ‘Illegal Manufacture of Weapons.’ Criminal Code of the Republic of Armenia; Section 9 (Chapter 23). Yerevan: Republic of Armenia. 18 April
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Article 236
Illegal manufacture of weapons
1. Illegal manufacture or repair of fire-arms, fire-arm components or illegal manufacture of ammunition, explosives or explosive devices, is punished with imprisonment for the term of up to 3 years.
2. The same action, which was committed by a group with prior agreement, is punished with imprisonment for the term of 2 to 6 years.
3. The actions envisaged in part 1 of this Article which were committed by an organized group, are punished with imprisonment for the term of 4 to 8 years.
4. The person who voluntarily surrendered the items mentioned in this Article is exempted from criminal liability, if there are no other elements of crime in his actions.
Armenian and Russian-language versions of the Criminal Code were last found at:
http://www.parliament.am/legislation.php?sel=show&ID=1349&lang=arm&enc=utf8; and
http://www.parliament.am/legislation.php?sel=show&ID=1349&lang=rus
Last accessed at:
http://www.parliament.am/legislation.php?sel=show&ID=1349&lang=eng