Gun Barrel Proof Act 1950
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1950 c. iii |
14
GEO. 6
Gun Barrel Proof
Act,
1950
Ch.
iii
CHAPTER
iii
An
Act to
confer further the Master
powers upon
Wardens
and
Society
of the
Mystery
of
Gunmakers
of
the
City
of
London
and the
Guardians
of the
Birmingham Proof House
to
amend
the Gun
Barrel
Proof
Act 1868 and for
other purposes.
[23rd
May
1950.]
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HEREAS—
(1)
The
Master Wardens
and
Society
of the
Mystery
of Gun-
makers
of the
City
of
London (hereinafter called
" the Gun-
makers Company
") and the
Guardians
of the
Birmingham Proof
House (hereinafter called
" the
Guardians
")
respectively carry
on undertakings
in
London
and
Birmingham
for the
purpose
of proving
and
marking
the
barrels
of
hand guns
and
other
small arms with
a
view
to
ensuring good workmanship
and
reducing the risk
of
accident
and for
this purpose
the
Gunmakers
Company
and the
Guardians respectively have provided
and
maintain
and
carry
on
proof houses
and
employ proof masters
and other persons having
the
necessary qualifications
for the
work involved:
(2)
The
Gunmakers Company were constituted
and
incor-
porated
by
royal charter dated
the
fourteenth
day of
March
sixteen hundred
and
thirty-seven which charter
was
amended
by
a
supplemental charter dated
the
nineteenth
day of
August
eighteen hundred
and
ninety-two:
(3)
The
Guardians were originally constituted
and
incor-
porated
by an Act
passed
in 1813
under
the
name
of "the
53
Geo.
3
Guardians Trustees
and
Wardens
of the Gun
Barrel
Proofc-cxv*
House
of the
Town
of
Birmingham
" and by an Act
passed
55
Geo.
3
in
1815
they were re-incorporated under that name
and
certain c,llx*
provisions were enacted with respect
to the
proving
and
marking
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