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12 1990

FIREARMS AND OFFENSIVE WEAPONS ACT, 1990

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PART I

Preliminary

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Short title and commencement.

1. —(1) This Act may be cited as the Firearms and Offensive Weapons Act, 1990.

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(2) This Act (other than Part II ) shall come into operation on the date of its passing.

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(3) Part II of this Act shall come into operation on such day or days as may be fixed therefor by order or orders of the Minister either generally or with reference to any particular provision, and different days may be so fixed for different provisions of that Part.

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Interpretation.

2. —(1) In this Act “the Minister” means the Minister for Justice.

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(2) In this Act a reference to a section is a reference to a section of this Act unless it is indicated that reference to some other enactment is intended and a reference to a subsection is a reference to the subsection of the section in which the reference occurs, unless it is indicated that reference to some other section is intended.

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(3) A reference in this Act to any enactment shall be construed as a reference to that enactment as amended or adapted by or under any subsequent enactment.