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Article 5 Possession

Northern Ireland

A person under the age of F1eighteen who has with him—

(a)

a crossbow which is capable of discharging a missile, or

(b)

parts of a crossbow, which together (and without any other parts) can be assembled to form a crossbow capable of discharging a missile,

is guilty of an offence, unless he is under the supervision of a person who is twenty‐one years of age or older.

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Textual amendments

F1

Word in art. 5 substituted (1.10.2007) by Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 (c. 38), ss. 51, 66(2), Sch. 2 para. 12(2)(c); S.I. 2007/2180, art. 4(d)(ii)