# Gun Barrel Proof Act 1868, Section 139: Detention of barrels with forged etc. marks brought to proof house.


Where a barrel bearing—
(a) a mark of a forgery or counterfeit of a stamp or part of a stamp which is or at any time was provided or used by either of the Two Companies or which is or at any time was a convention proof mark; or
(b) a forged or counterfeit mark or imitation of a mark of any such stamp or part of a stamp,
is brought to the proof house or any branch proof house of either of the Two Companies, the Company shall detain the barrel and any small arm or part of a small arm of which the barrel forms part.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukla/Vict/31-32/113/section/139 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/gun-barrel-proof-act-1868/section-139
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