Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08
XII. No Arms or Am-munition, and no Sulphur or Saltpetre, shall be arms, ~,mmunition,[imported either by sea or by land into any part ][of ][the ] zlld not territories in .the possession and under the Government of to be iniported without Iiceuse. %lie East India Gornpany without the license of 6he &;overnofaenera1 in Council or of the Executive Governmen'c.
XHII. If ally person slidl import or attempt to import without such penalty for iml,ortalicense, either by sea or by land into any pa,rt of the said 5011 v, ithout licease. territories, aimy Arms or Ammunition, or any Sulphur or S z ~ l t p e t or shall aid or assist in such iniporta.tion or in such attempt to imyort ; or shall lcnomingly conceal or assist in concealing any Arms or Amm u~itiora, OP any Snlphur or Saltpetre, imported withoui sucll license--he sllall be liable, on conviction before a NIagistrate, to imprisonment with or i~7i'clnout hard labor for any term not exceeding two yeus, and also to a penalty not exceeding one thousand Rupees; and the articles so imported \l~rt!l be confiscated if the convicting Mzgistrate shall so adjudge.
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ACT No. XXVI'II aF 9867,
Source: India Code