20
For secret breaches of sections 5, 6, 10, 14 and 15
Act: Arms Act 1878
Section Provisions
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 20. For secret breaches of sections 5, 6, 10, 14 and 15.------Whoever does any act mentioned in clause (a), (c), (d) or (f) of section 19, in such manner as to indicate an intention that such act may not be known to any public servant as defined in the Pak istan Penal Code, or to any person employed upon a railway or to the servant of any public carrier, XLV of 1860 For concealing arms, etc.-----and whoever, on any search being made under section 25, con ceals or attempts to conceal any arms, ammunition or military stores, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to seven years, or with fine, or with both (A proviso, prescribing a heavier penalty for offences under this section in respect of certain arms, has been inserted in Bengal; see Ben. Act 21 of 1932, s. 4. After this section, a new s. 20A prescribing heavier penalty in certain cases has been inserted in Bengal; see Ben. Act 7 of 1934, s. 4.).