# Firearms Act 1965, Section 7: Increase in severity of sentences under principal Act


A person who after the coming into operation of this section commits an offence under any of the provisions of the principal Act specified in column 1 of Schedule 2 to this Act shall (instead of being liable to be given, on conviction as mentioned in column 2 of that Schedule, a sentence specified in that column) be liable to be given, on conviction as mentioned in column 3 of that Schedule, a sentence specified in the said column 3.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1965/44/section/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-act-1965/section-7
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