Where any person is found carrying or conveying any arms or ammunition whether covered by a licence or not, in such manner or under such circumstances as to afford just grounds of suspicion that the same are or is being carried by him with intent to use them, or that the same may be used, for any unlawful purpose, any magistrate, any police officer or any other public servant or any person employed or working upon a railway, aircraft, vessel, vehicle or any other means of conveyance, may arrest him without warrant and seize from him such arms or ammunition.
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Section 1 · Short title, extent and commencement.Section 2 · Definitions and interpretation.Section 3 · Licence for acquisition and possession of firearms and ammunition.Section 4 · Licence for acquisition and possession of arms of specified description in certain cases.Section 5 · Licence for manufacture, sale, etc., of arms and ammunition.Section 6 · Licence for the shortening of guns or conversion of imitation firearms into firearms.Section 7 · Prohibition of acquisition or possession, or of manufacture or sale of prohibited arms or prohibited ammunition.Section 8 · Prohibition of sale or transfer of firearms not bearing identification marks.India Code, Government of India. Text fetched 15 Oct 2026. Check the linked official text and subsequent notifications when applying a provision.