Section 21 Prohibition on persons convicted of crime purchasing or possessing firearms
Subject to the provisions of this section, a person who has been sentenced to penal servitude or to imprisonment for a term of three months or upwards for any crime shall not, at any time during a period of five years from the date of his release, have a firearm or ammunition in his possession.
Subject to the provision of this section, a person who—
is the holder of a licence under the Penal Servitude Acts, 1853 to 1891, or the 8 Edw. 7. c. 59.Prevention of Crime Act, 1908; or
is subject to the supervision of the police, or is subject to a recognizance to keep the peace or to be of good behaviour, a condition of which is that he shall not possess, use or carry a lirearm; or
has, in Scotland, been ordained to find caution a condition of which is as aforesaid;
shall not, at any time during which he holds the licence or is so subject or has been so ordained, have a firearm or ammunition in his possession.
A person prohibited under the foregoing provisions of this section from having in his possession a firearm or ammunition may apply for a removal of the prohibition—
in England, in accordance with so much of the provisions of the First Schedule to this Act as relates to applications, to the court of quarter sessions having jurisdiction in the county, borough or place in which the applicant resides; or
in Scotland, in accordance with Act of Sederunt, to the sheriff within whose jurisdiction the applicant resides, so, however, that not less than twenty-one days' notice of the application shall be given to the chief officer of police for the area in which the applicant resides;
and if the application is granted the said provisions of this section shall not apply to that person.
No person shall sell or transfer a firearm or ammunition to, or repair, test or prove a firearm or ammunition for, any person whom he knows, or has reasonable ground for believing, to be prohibited by this section from having a firearm or ammunition in his possession.
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.