Firearms and Imitation Firearms (Criminal Use) Act 1933
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1933 c. 50 |
Firearms and Imitation Firearms (Criminal Use) Act, 1933
(23 & 24 Geo. 5.) CHAPTER 50.
An Act to impose penalties for the use, attempted use and possession of firearms and imitation firearms in certain cases, to amend certain provisions of the Larceny Act, 1916, relating to offensive weapons or instruments, and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.
[17th November 1933]
Be it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—
1 Penalty for use or attempted use of firearms or imitation firearms to avoid arrest.
(1) If any person makes or attempts to make any use whatsoever of a firearm or imitation firearm with intent to resist or prevent the lawful apprehension or detention of himself or any other person, he shall be guilty of an offence under this section, and on conviction thereof on indictment shall be liable to penal servitude for a term not exceeding fourteen years.
(2) Where any person commits an offence under this section in respect of the lawful apprehension or detention of himself for any other offence committed by him, he shall be liable to the penalty provided by this section in addition to any penalty to which he may be sentenced for that other offence.
2 Penalty for possession of firearms or imitation firearms in certain cases.
(1) If any person, at the time of his committing, or at the time of his apprehension for, any offence to which this section applies, has in his possession any firearm or imitation firearm, he shall, unless he shows that he had it in his possession for a lawful object, be guilty of an offence under this section, and on conviction thereof on indictment shall be liable to penal servitude for a term not exceeding seven years in addition to any penalty to which he may be sentenced for the first-mentioned offence.
(2) This section applies to the offences specified in the Schedule to this Act.
3 General provisions as to offences under Act.
(1) If on the trial of an indictment for an offence under section one of this Act the jury are not satisfied that the defendant is guilty of that offence but are satisfied that he is guilty of...
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