Arms Act · 3
Licence for acquisition and possession of firearms and ammunition
No person shall acquire, have in possession or carry any firearm or ammunition unless holding a licence; a person may hold up to two firearms (post-2019).
Library
Criminal
Arms Act, 1959
1959 · Ministry of Home Affairs · 46 sections
Regulates acquisition, possession, manufacture, sale and carrying of arms and ammunition through licensing, and penalises unlicensed possession and use.
Most-invoked sections
Arms Act · 25
Punishment for certain offences
Unlicensed possession, manufacture, sale or transfer — imprisonment of three to seven years and fine; higher tiers for prohibited arms and illicit trafficking.
Arms Act · 27
Punishment for using arms
Using a firearm in contravention of s. 5 — three to seven years; using a prohibited arm — seven years to life; using a prohibited arm resulting in death — life imprisonment or death (as read down in Dalbir Singh, 2012).
Arms Act · 39
Previous sanction of the District Magistrate necessary in certain cases
No prosecution shall be instituted against any person in respect of an offence under s. 3 without the previous sanction of the District Magistrate.
The text shown is a working summary used inside Nyaya for grounding and UI preview. For verbatim reproduction, refer to the bare Act published on indiacode.nic.in.