Arms Act 1960 s 27

s 27 Deposit of arms and ammunition at police station

(1) Any person whose possession of any arms or ammunition has become unlawful in consequence of the expiry, suspension or revocation of a licence or permit shall, without unnecessary delay, deposit the arms or ammunition at the nearest police station. (2) Subject to any regulations made under this Act, if the owner of any arms or ammunition deposited at any police station does not, within six months from the date of deposit, produce a licence authorizing him to possess the same and apply for the delivery thereof, the arms or ammunition shall be forfeited. (3) Every person licensed to possess arms or ammunition under this Act shall, upon leaving Malaysia for any period exceeding three months, unless he exports the arms or ammunition on so leaving— (a) deposit the same with any person who holds a valid permit in respect of the same; (b) transfer the same to some person authorized under section 11 to take delivery thereof; or (c) deposit the same for safe keeping at a police station.

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Text as at 1 January 2006 (LOM reprint); amendments made after that date may not be incorporated.

Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).

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