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THE ARMS ACT, 1878 THE ARMS ACT, 1878 ACT No. XI OF 1878 [15th March, 1878] An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to Arms, Ammunition and Military Stores. WHEREAS it is expedient to consolidate and amend the law relating to arms, ammunition and military stores ; It is hereby enacted as follows:‑ VI.‑PENALTIES 19. For breach of sections 5, 6, 10, 13 to 17.------( Offences under this section are bailable, see Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (Act 5 of 1898), Sch. II.)Whoever commits any of the following offences (namely):‑ (a) manufactures, converts or sells, or keeps, offers or ex poses for sale, any arms, ammunition or military stores in contravention of the provisions of section 5; (b) fails to give notice as required by the same section ; (c) imports or exports any arms, ammunition or military stores in contravention of the provisions of section 6; (d) transports any arms, ammunition or military stores in contravention of a regulation or prohibition issued under section 10; (e) goes armed in contravention of the provisions of section 13; (f) has in his possession or under his control any arms, ammunition or military stores in contravention of the provisions of section 14 or section 15 ; (g) intentionally makes any false entry in a record or ac count which, by a rule made under section 17, clause (c), he is required to keep ; (h) intentionally fails to exhibit anything which, by a rule made under section 17, clause (e), he is required to exhibit ; or (i) fails to deposit arms, ammunition or military stores, as required by section 14 or section 16 ; shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both (After this section, a new s 19A, prescribing a heavier penalty for offences under cl. (a) (c), (e) or (f) of s. 19 in respect of certain arms, has been inserted in Bengal. See the Bengal Criminal Law (Arms and Explosives) Act, 1932 (Ben 21 of 1932), s. 3 and the Bengal Criminal Law Arndt. Act, 1934 (Ben. 7 of 1934), s. 3.).