{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-act-1937/section-20",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-act-1937/section-20.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Edw8and1Geo6/1/12",
  "legislation_title": "Firearms Act 1937",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-act-1937",
  "path": "section/20",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Prohibition of sale, &c. of firearms to drunk or insane persons",
  "text": "(1) No person shall sell or transfer any firearm or ammunition to, or repair, prove or test any firearm or ammunition for, any other person whom he knows or has reasonable ground for believing to be drunk or of unsound mind.\n(2) If any person contravenes any provision of this section, 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.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Edw8and1Geo6/1/12/section/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:34:41.618363+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}