51 Prosecution and punishment of offences
Firearms Act 1968 (1968 c 27) | Legislation

51  Prosecution and punishment of offences

(1)     Part I of Schedule 6 to this Act shall have effect with respect to the way in which offences under this Act are punishable on conviction.

(2)     In relation to an offence under a provision of this Act specified in the first column of the Schedule (the general nature of the offence being described in the second column),—

(a)     the third column shows whether the offence is punishable on summary conviction or on indictment or either in one way or the other; and

(b)     the fourth column shows the maximum punishment

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