Section 30 of the Arms Act, 1959, is reproduced below:
“30. Punishment for contravention of licence or rule.—Whoever contravenes any condition of a licence or any provision of this Act or any rule made thereunder, for which no punishment is provided elsewhere in this Act, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to two thousand rupees, or with both.”
Specific punishment has been prescribed for various violations of the Arms Act. Section 30 of the Arms Act is the general provision which makes it punishable contravention of any provision of the Act, of the rules or of any conditions of a licence, for which no specific punishment is prescribed.
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