Power to demand production of licence, etc
अध्याय 4: शक्तियाँ और प्रक्रिया
यह India Code पर उपलब्ध आधिकारिक अंग्रेज़ी पाठ है। आधिकारिक हिंदी पाठ बाद में जोड़ा जाएगा। धारा का शीर्षक भी अभी आधिकारिक अंग्रेज़ी में है।
(1) Any police officer or any other officer specially empowered in this behalf by the Central Government may demand the production of his licence from any person who is carrying any arms or ammunition.
(2) If the person upon whom a demand is made refuses or fails to produce the licence or to show that he is entitled by virtue of this Act or any other law for the time being in force to carry such arms or ammunition without a licence, the officer concerned may require him to give his name and address and if such officer considers it necessary, seize from that person the arms or ammunition which he is carrying.
(3) If that person refuses to give his name and address or if the officer concerned suspects that person of giving a false name or address or of intending to abscond, such officer may arrest him without warrant.
आयुध अधिनियम, 1959 (1959 का अधिनियम संख्यांक 54). India Code के अद्यतन पाठ से, बाद के संशोधनों सहित। आधिकारिक प्रति से मिलान जारी है; संशोधन नोट अभी नहीं दिखाए गए।
जुड़ी हुई धाराएँ
- 20Arrest of persons conveying arms, etc., under suspicious circumstances
- 21Deposit of arms, etc., on possession ceasing to be lawful
- 22Search and seizure by magistrate
- 23Search of vessels, vehicles for arms, etc
- 24Seizure and detention under orders of the Central Government
- 24AProhibition as to possession of notified arms in disturbed areas, etc