New Zealand Acts

ARMS ACT 1983 - SECT 42A

42A Offence to breach firearms prohibition order

1 A person commits an offence if the person breaches a firearms prohibition order by—

a) accessing, possessing, or using any firearm, pistol, pistol carbine conversion kit, restricted weapon, airgun, imitation firearm, magazine, part of a firearm or restricted weapon, prohibited item, or ammunition; or

b) failing, without reasonable excuse, to comply with any condition of the order.

2 A person who is convicted of an offence under subsection (1)(a) is liable,—

a) if the person accesses, possesses, or uses a prohibited firearm, to a term of imprisonment not exceeding 7 years:

b) in any other case, to a term of imprisonment not exceeding 5 years.

3 A person who is convicted of an offence under subsection (1)(b) is liable to a term of imprisonment not exceeding 2 years.

History: Section 42A: inserted, on 15 November 2022, by section 10 of the Firearms Prohibition Orders Legislation Act 2022 (2022 No 41).