New Zealand Acts

ARMS ACT 1983 - SECT 44A

44A Offence to sell or supply prohibited firearm or prohibited magazine

1 Every person commits an offence and is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years who, without reasonable excuse, sells or supplies a prohibited firearm or prohibited magazine to a person other than a person who holds—

a) a permit issued for the purposes of section 16(1) to bring or cause to be brought or sent into New Zealand that prohibited firearm or prohibited magazine; or

b) a permit issued under section 35A to possess that prohibited firearm or prohibited magazine.

2 It is not an offence against this section to sell or supply a semi-automatic pistol to a person in the person’s capacity referred to in section 29(2)(b), (c), (d), or (e) , if that person has been issued with—

a) a permit, under section 18 , to import a pistol; or

b) a permit, under section 35 , to possess a pistol.

History: Section 44A: inserted, on 12 April 2019, by section 48 of the Arms (Prohibited Firearms, Magazines, and Parts) Amendment Act 2019 (2019 No 12).   Section 44A(2): inserted, on 25 June 2020, by section 73 of the Arms Legislation Act 2020 (2020 No 23).