New South Wales Consolidated Acts

WEAPONS PROHIBITION ACT 1998 - SECT 28

28 Disposal of prohibited weapons by unauthorised persons

(1) A person who comes into possession of a prohibited weapon, but is not authorised by or under this Act to possess the weapon, must immediately surrender the weapon to a police officer.

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

(2) A person does not contravene any other provision of this Act just by delivering or surrendering a prohibited weapon in accordance with this section.