Section 11 Restrictions on sale, repair, &c. of firearms and ammunition
No person shall sell or transfer to any other person in the United Kingdom, other than a registered firearms dealer, any firearm or ammunition to which this Part of this Act applies, unless that other person produces a firearm certificate authorising him to purchase or acquire it or shows that he is by virtue of this Act entitled to purchase or acquire it without holding such a certificate :
Provided that this subsection shall not prevent—
a person parting with the possession of a firearm or ammunition, otherwise than in pursuance of a contract of sale or hire or by way of gift or loan, to a person who shows that he is by virtue of this Act entitled to have possession of the firearm or ammunition without holding such a certificate; or
the delivery of a firearm or ammunition by a carrier or warehouseman, or a servant of a carrier or warehouseman, in the ordinary course of his business or employment as such.
Every person who sells, lets on hire, gives or lends a firearm or ammunition to which this Part of this Act applies to any other person in the United Kingdom, other than a registered firearms dealer, shall, unless that other person shows that he is by virtue of this Act entitled to purchase or acquire the firearm or ammunition without holding a firearm certificate, comply with any instructions contained in the certificate produced, and in the case of a firearm shall, within forty-eight hours from the transaction, send by registered post notice of the transaction to the chief officer of police by whom the certificate was issued.
No person shall undertake the repair, test or proof of a firearm or ammunition to which this Part of this Act applies for any other person in the United Kingdom, other than a registered firearms dealer as such, unless that other persoji produces or causes to be produced a firearm certificate authorising him to have-possession of the firearm or ammunition, or shows that he is by virtue of this Act entitled to have possession of the firearm or ammunition without holding such a, certificate.
If any person—
contravenes or fails to comply with any of the provisions of this section; or
with a view to purchasing or acquiring, or procuring the repair, test or proof of, a firearm or ammunition to which this Part of this Act applies, produces a false firearm certificate or a firearm certificate in which any false entry has been made, or personates a person to whom a firearm certificate has been granted, or makes any false statement;
he shall, for each offence, be liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds, or to both such imprisonment and fine.