Section 46: Other offences and penalties

46. Other offences and penalties (1) Any person who contravenes— (a) section 3, 4 (1), (2) and (3), 20 (1), 21 (1), 24 (1) or 25 (1) and (2) shall commit an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding 200,000 rupees and to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 15 years; (b) section 4 (5), 5 (3), 7 (3), 14 (3) (b), 27, 30, 32 (1), 33 or 34 shall commit an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding 100,000 rupees and to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years, and the firearm and ammunition in respect of which the offence was committed shall be liable to forfeiture. (2) Any person who— (a) for the purpose of procuring, whether for himself or any other person, the grant of a firearm licence or import licence, export licence or permit under this Act or the registration of himself or any other person as a dealer in firearms or gunsmith, makes any statement which he knows to be false; (b) with a view to purchasing, acquiring or procuring the repair, test or proof of a firearm or ammunition produces a false firearm licence or a firearm licence in which a false entry has been made; or (c) personates a person to whom a firearm licence has been granted, shall commit an offence, and, shall be liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding 50,000 rupees and to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months.