Firearms and Offensive Weapons Act, 1990
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Extension of Firearms Acts to crossbows and stun guns. |
4.—(1) In the Firearms Acts, 1925 to 1990, “firearm” means— | |
(a) a lethal firearm or other lethal weapon of any description from which any shot, bullet or other missile can be discharged; | ||
(b) an air gun (which expression includes an air rifle and an air pistol) or any other weapon incorporating a barrel from which metal or other slugs can be discharged; | ||
(c) a crossbow; | ||
(d) any type of stun gun or other weapon for causing any shock or other disablement to a person by means of electricity or any other kind of energy emission; | ||
(e) a prohibited weapon as defined in section 1 (1) of the Firearms Act, 1925 ; | ||
(f) any article which would be a firearm under any of the foregoing paragraphs but for the fact that, owing to the lack of a necessary component part or parts, or to any other defect or condition, it is incapable of discharging a shot, bullet or other missile or of causing a shock or other disablement (as the case may be); | ||
(g) save where the context otherwise requires, any component part of any article referred to in any of the foregoing paragraphs and, for the purposes of this definition, the following articles shall be deemed to be such component parts as aforesaid: | ||
(i) telescope sights with a light beam, or telescope sights with an electronic light amplification device or an infra-red device, designed to be fitted to a firearm specified in paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (e), and | ||
(ii) a silencer designed to be fitted to a firearm specified in paragraph (a), (b) or (e). | ||
(2) The following provisions are hereby repealed: | ||
(a) the definition of “firearm” in section 1 (1) of the Firearms Act, 1925 , and in section 1 of the Firearms (Proofing) Act, 1968 , and | ||
(b) section 2 of the Firearms Act, 1964 , and section 2 of the Firearms Act, 1971 . |