Firearms (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1924

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Punishments.

6.—Any person who commits an offence under this Act or commits a breach of any regulation made under this Act and in respect of which no punishment is prescribed by any such regulation shall be liable in respect of each such offence or breach—

(a) on summary conviction thereof to be sentenced to suffer imprisonment with or without hard labour for a term not exceeding six months and may in addition be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding twenty pounds and, in default of payment of such fine within one month after conviction, to suffer imprisonment without hard labour for a further term not exceeding two months to be added to and commence on the expiration of the first mentioned term of imprisonment; or

(b) on being found guilty thereof on indictment to be sentenced to suffer imprisonment with or without hard labour for a term not exceeding two years and may in addition be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds, and in default of payment of such fine within one month after sentence, to suffer imprisonment without hard labour for a further term not exceeding six months to be added to and commence on the expiration of the first-mentioned term of imprisonment.