Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current ActsS. 59(1) amended by No. 78/2005 s. 34.
(1) A person must not carry on the business of being a firearms dealer in category A or B longarms or paintball markers unless that person does so under and in accordance with a licence issued under this Part.
Penalty: 120 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment.
S. 59(2) amended by No. 44/2015 s. 4(1).
(2) A person must not carry on the business of being a firearms dealer—
(a) in category C, D or E longarms or handguns; or
(b) in any other firearms to which subsection (1) does not apply—
unless that person does so under and in accordance with a licence issued under this Part.
Penalty: 240 penalty units or 4 years imprisonment.
S. 59(2A) inserted by No. 44/2015 s. 4(2).
(2A) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to the manufacturing of firearms.
Note
Higher penalties apply to a person who manufactures a firearm other than in accordance with a licence issued under this Part—see section 59A.
S. 59(3) amended by No. 22/1998 s. 43(Sch. item 5), repealed by No. 2/2018 s. 18.
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S. 59A (Heading) substituted by No. 2/2018 s. 19(1).
S. 59A inserted by No. 44/2015 s. 5.