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The Indian Arms Act, 1878, 11 of 1878 (Rep., Pun Act 15 of 1961)

32 sections · As amended up to 2026-08

Sections

  1. 0Section 0
  2. 1The Local Government, with the previous sanction of the Governor General in Council, may, at any pla
  3. 2When any person is found carrying or conveying any arms, ammunition or military stores, whether cove
  4. 4In this Act, unless there be something repugnant in the subject or context,
  5. 5Section 5
  6. 6No person shall bring or take by sea or by land into or out of British India any arms, ammunition or
  7. 7Notwithstanding anything contained in the Sea Customs Act, 1878, no arms, ammunition or military sto
  8. 8In lieu of the duties imposed by the Indian Tariff Act, 1875, upon the articles mentioned in the sec
  9. 9The Governor General in Council may from time to time, by notification in the Gazette of India, dire
  10. 10The Governor General in Council may from time to time, by notification in the Gazette of India,
  11. 11The Local Government, with the previous sanction of the Governor General in Council, may, at any pla
  12. 12Arrest of persons conveying arms, &c., under suspicious circumstances
  13. 13No person shall go armed with any arms except under a license and to the extent and in the manner permitted thereby
  14. 14No person shall have in his possession or under his control any cannon or fire-arms, or any ammuniti
  15. 15Possession of arms of any description without license prohibited in certain places
  16. 16Arms of which possession has become unlawful to be deposited at Police-station
  17. 17The Governor General in Council may from time to time, by notification in the Gazette of India, make
  18. 18Any license may be cancelled or suspended
  19. 19Whoever commits any of the following offences (namely):
  20. 20For secret breaches of sections 5, 6, 10, 14 and 15
  21. 21Whoever, in violation of a condition subject to which a license has been granted, does or omits to d
  22. 22For knowingly purchasing arms, &c., from unlicensed person
  23. 23Any person violating any rule made under this Act, and for the violation of which no penalty is prov
  24. 24When any person is convicted of an offence punishable under this Act, committed by him in respect of
  25. 25Whenever any Magistrate has reason to believe that any person residing within the local limits of hi
  26. 26The Local Government may at any time order or cause to be seized any arms, ammunition or military st
  27. 27The Governor General in Council may from time to time, by notification published in the Gazette of India,
  28. 28Every person aware of the commission of any offence punishable under this Act shall, in the absence
  29. 29Where an offence punishable under section nineteen, clause (f), has been committed within three mont
  30. 30Searches in the case of offences against section 19, clause (f), how conducted
  31. 31Nothing in this Act shall be deemed to prevent any person from being prosecuted under any other law
  32. 32The Local Government may from time to time, by notification in the local official Gazette, direct a