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AIR GUNS AND SHOT GUNS ETC., ACT

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Index Section Page

1 [Repealed] ........................................................................................................................ 5
2 Shot guns .......................................................................................................................... 5
3 Offences ............................................................................................................................ 5
4 Interpretation ................................................................................................................... 6
5 [Amends section 4 of the Firearms Act 1947.] .............................................................. 6
6 Short title and commencement ..................................................................................... 6
ENDNOTES 7

TABLE OF LEGISLATION HISTORY 7
TABLE OF RENUMBERED PROVISIONS 7
TABLE OF ENDNOTE REFERENCES 7

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AIR GUNS AND SHOT GUNS ETC., ACT 1968

Received Royal Assent: 12 July 1968
Passed: 15 October 1968
Commenced: 15 October 1968
AN ACT
to restrict the use and possession of air guns, shot guns, and similar
weapons.
GENERAL NOTE:
The maximum fines in this Act are as increased by the Criminal
Justice (Penalties, Etc.) Act 1993 s 1.
1 [Repealed]
1

2 Shot guns

[1962/2]
No person under the age of fifteen shall have an assembled shot gun in his
possession except while under the supervision of a person of or over the age of
twenty-one or while the shot gun is so covered with a securely fastened gun
cover that it cannot be fired.
3 Offences

[1962/3; 1967]
(1) Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of this Act shall be
liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £200; and the court
by whom he is convicted may make such order as to the forfeiture or
disposal of the air weapon or ammunition in respect of which the offence
was committed or any firearm or ammunition found in his possession as
the court thinks fit.
(2) In any proceedings for an offence under this Act committed by giving or
parting with the possession of an air weapon or ammunition for an air
weapon to a person under the age of fourteen it shall be a defence to
prove that the person charged with the offence believed the other person
to be of or over that age and had reasonable ground for the belief.
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4 Interpretation

[1962/4; 1967]
(1) In this Act —
“air weapon
” means such a weapon as is specified in paragraph (b) of
subsection (1) of section sixteen of the Firearms Act, 1947 (that is to say,
an air gun, air rifle or air pistol not being of a type declared by rules
made by the Department under that Act to be specially dangerous);2

“the Department
” means the Department of Home Affairs;3

“firearm
” has the same meaning as in the said Act of 1947;
“premises
” includes any land;
“public place
” includes any highway and any other premises to which at the
material time the public have or are permitted to have access, whether on
payment or otherwise; and
“shot gun
” means such a weapon as is specified in paragraph (a) of
subsection (1) of section sixteen of the said Act of 1947, (that is to say, a
smooth-bore gun having a barrel not less than twenty inches in length).
(2) Any reference in this Act to a person having any description of firearm or
ammunition in his possession shall be construed as a reference to his
having it with him.
5 [Amends section 4 of the Firearms Act 1947.]

6 Short title and commencement

(1) This Act may be cited as the Air Guns and Shot Guns etc., Act, 1968.
(2) This Act shall come into operation when the Royal Assent thereto has
been by the Governor announced to Tynwald and a certificate thereof
has been signed by the Governor and the Speaker of the House of Keys.
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ENDNOTES

Table of Legislation History

Legislation Year and No Commencement






Table of Renumbered Provisions

Original Current






Table of Endnote References

1
S 1 repealed by Shot Guns, Air Weapons and Cross-bows Act 1994 Sch. 2
Definition of ‘air weapon’ amended by GC55/88. 3
Definition of ‘the Department’ inserted by GC55/88.