Section 7 Penalty for manufacturing or dealing in firearms or ammunition without being registered

(1)

Subject to the provisions of this section, no person shall, by way of trade or business—

(a)

manufacture, sell, transfer, repair, test or prove; or

(b)

expose for sale or transfer, or have in his possession for sale, transfer, repair, test or proof;

any firearm or ammunition to which this Part of this Act applies, unless he is registered as a firearms dealer:

Provided that it shall be lawful for an auctioneer to sell by auction, expose for sale by auction and have in his possession for sale by auction any such firearm or ammunition without being registered as aforesaid, if he has obtained from the chief officer of police for the area in which the auction is held a permit for that purpose in the prescribed form and complies with the terms of the permit.

(2)

If any person contravenes the provisions of this section, or makes any statement which he knows to be false for the purpose of procuring, whether for himself or any other person, the grant of a permit under 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, or to both such imprisonment and fine.