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Colombia. 2000 ‘Manufacture, Trafficking, Carrying and Ownership of Firearms (Fabricación, Tráfico, Porte o Tenencia de Armas de Fuego).’ Act No. 599 of July 24, 2000; Criminal Code; Title XII, Chapter II (Article 365), p. 254. Bogota: Republic of Colombia. 24 July

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Codigo Penal Colombiano, Ley 599 de 2000

Artículo 365. Fabricación, Tráfico, Porte o Tenencia de Armas de Fuego, Accesorios, Partes o Municiones

[Modificado por el artículo 19 de la ley 1453 de 2011] El que sin permiso de autoridad competente importe, trafique, fabrique, transporte, almacene, distribuya, venda, suministre, repare, porte o tenga en un lugar armas de fuego de defensa personal, sus partes esenciales, accesorios esenciales o municiones, incurrirá en prisión de nueve (9) a doce (12) años. En la misma pena incurrirá cuando se trate de armas de fuego de fabricación hechiza o artesanal, salvo las escopetas de fisto en zonas rurales.

La pena anteriormente dispuesta se duplicará cuando la conducta se cometa en las siguientes circunstancias:

1. Utilizando medios motorizados.
2. Cuando el arma provenga de un delito.
3. Cuando se oponga resistencia en forma violenta a los requerimientos de las autoridades.
4. Cuando se empleen máscaras o elementos similares que sirvan para ocultar la identidad o la dificulten.
5. Obrar en coparticipación criminal.
6. Cuando las armas o municiones hayan sido modificadas en sus características de fabricación u origen, que aumenten su letalidad.
7. Cuando el autor pertenezca o haga parte de un grupo de delincuencia organizado.

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Colombian Penal Code, Act 599 of 2000

Article 365. Manufacture, Trafficking, Carrying and Ownership of Firearms, Accessories, Parts or Ammunition

[Modified by article 19 of Act 1453 of 2011] Whoever, without the permit of a competent authority, imports, traffics, manufactures, transports, stores, distributes, sells, provides, repairs, carries or keeps in a place firearms for personal defence, their essential parts, essential accessories or ammunition, shall face a prison term from nine (9) up to twelve (12) years. The same penalty shall apply in the case of home-made firearms, or firearms of artisanal manufacture, except for traditional shotguns in rural areas.

The penalty aforementioned shall be doubled when the offence takes place in the following circumstances:

1. Using motorised vehicles.
2. When the firearm has been used to commit a crime.
3. When the concerned individual has resisted, using violence, the requirements of authorities.
4. When the concerned individual has used masks, or similar elements, to hide or make difficult his/her identification.
5. When involved in criminal activities.
6. When the firearms or ammunition have been modified in their manufacturing characteristics or origin, so as to increase their lethal powers.
7. Whenever the concerned individual is a member of an organised criminal group.

ID: Q9854

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