{"ActName":"ARMS AND AMMUNITION ACT 2003","FootNoteRels":[],"IsFirstSection":"false","act_description":"<p><span id=\"15\">AN ACT TO REGULATE AND CONTROL THE MANUFACTURE, IMPORTATION, EXPORTATION, SALE, POSSESSION, USE AND STORAGE OF ARMS AND AMMUNITION AND FOR RELATED MATTERS</span></p>","act_last_updated":"01 August 2017","section_html":"<section title=\"[ARA 30] s 30 Carrying arms in public places\" class=\"section\"><div class=\"title\"><h3 class=\"sectiontitle\"><span class=\"edpnum\"><span class=\"hidden\" data-refpt_id=\"LOF.CAP188.AAAFJ03.S30\" daya-type=\"ext\"> </span><span id=\"67\">[ARA 30]&emsp;</span></span><span id=\"68\">Carrying arms in public places</span><span class=\"designum\"><span id=\"69\">30&emsp;</span></span></h3></div><div class=\"hiddendiv\" data-value=\"LOF_LOF.VOL5.SGM_LOF.CAP188.AAAFJ03.S30.1\"></div><div class=\"subsect\"><span class=\"designum\"><span class=\"hidden\" data-refpt_id=\"LOF.CAP188.AAAFJ03.S30.1\" daya-type=\"ext\"> </span><span id=\"70\">(1)&emsp;</span></span><span id=\"71\">A person (including a licensed or exempted person) who, without lawful excuse, carries in a public place any arms (whether loaded or not) commits an offence.</span></div><div class=\"hiddendiv\" data-value=\"LOF_LOF.VOL5.SGM_LOF.CAP188.AAAFJ03.S30.2\"></div><div class=\"subsect\"><span class=\"designum\"><span class=\"hidden\" data-refpt_id=\"LOF.CAP188.AAAFJ03.S30.2\" daya-type=\"ext\"> </span><span id=\"72\">(2)&emsp;</span></span><span id=\"73\">For the purposes of this section, arms are deemed to be loaded if there is ammunition in the chamber or barrel or in any magazine or other device which is in such a position that the ammunition can be fed into the chamber or barrel by the manual or automatic operation of some part of the gun or weapon.</span></div></section><div class=\"hiddendiv\" data-value=\"LOF_LOF.VOL5.SGM_LOF.CAP188.AAAFJ03.S31\"></div>"}