Firearms Act 1937
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19 Restriction on purchase and possession of firearms by young persons
(1) No person under the age of seventeen years shall purchase or hire any firearm or ammunition, and no person shall sell or let on hire any firearm or ammunition to any other person whom he knows or has reasonable ground for believing to be under the age of seventeen years. (2) No person under the age of fourteen years shall accept as a gift or borrow any firearm or ammunition to which Part I of this Act applies, and no person shall give or lend any such firearm or ammunition to any other person whom he knows or has reasonable ground for believing to be under the age of fourteen years. (3) No person under the ago of fourteen years shall have in his possession any firearm or ammunition to which Part I of this Act applies except in circumstances where be is entitled to have possession thereof without holding a firearm certificate by virtue of subsections (7), (8) or (9) of section four of this Act, and no person shall part with the possession of any such firearm or ammunition to any other person whom he knows or has reasonable ground for believing to be under the age of fourteen years, except in circumstances where that other person is entitled to have possession thereof as aforesaid. (4) If any person contravenes any provision of this section, he shall for each offence be liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months, or to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds or to both such imprisonment and fine.
19 Restriction on purchase and possession of firearms by young persons
(1) No person under the age of seventeen years shall purchase or hire any firearm or ammunition, and no person shall sell or let on hire any firearm or ammunition to any other person whom he knows or has reasonable ground for believing to be under the age of seventeen years. (2) No person under the age of fourteen years shall accept as a gift or borrow any firearm or ammunition to which Part I of this Act applies, and no person shall give or lend any such firearm or ammunition to any other person whom he knows or has reasonable ground for believing to be under the age of fourteen years. (3) No person under the ago of fourteen years shall have in his possession any firearm or ammunition to which Part I of this Act applies except in circumstances where be is entitled to have possession thereof without holding a firearm certificate by virtue of subsections (7), (8) or (9) of section four of this Act, and no person shall part with the possession of any such firearm or ammunition to any other person whom he knows or has reasonable ground for believing to be under the age of fourteen years, except in circumstances where that other person is entitled to have possession thereof as aforesaid. (4) If any person contravenes any provision of this section, he shall for each offence be liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months, or to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds or to both such imprisonment and fine.
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