Firearms (Amendment) Act (No. 22 of 1996)

Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts

Amendment of section 2 of Chapter 182

2. Section 2 of the Firearms Ordinance (Chapter 182) (hereinafter referred to as "the principal enactment") is hereby amended as follows :-

(1) by the insertion immediately after the definition of the expression "agricultural purpose" of the following new definition :-

(2) by the repeal of the definition of the expression "Government Agent" ;

(3) in the definition of the expression "gun" by the substitution for paragraph (d) thereof, of the following paragraph :-

	"(d) any weapon of whatever description designed or adopted for the discharge of any noxious substance ;

(4) by the substitution for the definition of the expression "licensing authority" of the following definition :-

(5) by the substitution for the definition of the expression "peace officer" of the following definition :-

(6) by the addition immediately after the definition of the expression "peace officer" of the following new definition :-