New South Wales Consolidated Acts

WEAPONS PROHIBITION ACT 1998 - SECT 19

19 Surrender and seizure of prohibited weapons when permit suspended or revoked

(1) If a permit is suspended, revoked or otherwise ceases to be in force, the person to whom it was issued must immediately surrender to a police officer--

(a) any prohibited weapon in the person's possession, and

(b) the permit.

: Maximum penalty--50 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months, or both.

(2) A police officer is authorised to seize any prohibited weapon in the possession of a person if that person's permit is suspended, revoked or otherwise ceases to be in force.

(3) This section does not apply in relation to a permit that has expired if the authority conferred by the permit continues to have effect (as provided by the regulations) pending the determination of an application for a subsequent permit.