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Firearms (Amendment) Act (No. 22 of 1996) - Sect 26

Insertions of new sections 44A and 44B in the principal enactment

26 The following new sections are hereby inserted immediately after section 44 of the principal enactment and shall have effect as sections 44A and 44B of that enactment respectively :-
44A. Notwithstanding anything in this Ordinance or any other law, any person who uses a gun in the commission of an offence specified in Schedule c of this Ordinance, shall be punished on conviction for such offence with death or imprisonment for life, and shall also be liable to a fine not exceeding twenty thousand rupees.
44B. Notwithstanding anything in this Ordinance or any other law, any person who uses a gun in the commission of an offence specified in Schedule D of this Ordinance shall be punished on conviction for such offence with imprisonment for a period of not less than fifteen years, or a fine not exceeding twenty thousand rupees, or both.",


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