New Zealand Acts

ARMS ACT 1983 - SECT 55G

55G Offences relating to removing or altering firearm markings

1 A person commits an offence if the person, without reasonable excuse, obliterates, removes, or alters a marking on a firearm or part.

2 A person who commits an offence against subsection (1) is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years.

3 If any mark is removed for a lawful and proper purpose, the firearm or part must be re-marked in accordance with the marking requirements of this Act and regulations made under section 74 .

History: Section 55G: inserted, on 25 June 2020, by section 83 of the Arms Legislation Act 2020 (2020 No 23).