License for arms other than firearms

[penpusher]

No license is required for arms other than firearms unless the Central Govt. issues a notification under Section 4 of the Arms Act, requiring these to be licensed.

This has been upheld in the courts as well.

[dev]

You mean our air guns are safe for the moment?

Dev

[penpusher]

SCHEDULE I

V Arms other than firearms:

Sharp-edged and deadly weapons,namely-Swords(including sword-stick),daggers,bayonets,spears (including lances and javelins);battle-axes,knives(including kirpans and khukries) and other such weapons with blades longer than 9" or wider than 2" other than those designed for domestic,agricultural,scientific or industrial purposes,steel batton;"Zipo" and other such weapons called "life preservers";machinery for making arms,other than category II and any other arms which the Central Government may notify under Section 4

[mundaire]

Zipo? Life preservers? I am presuming that they are not talking about Zippo lighters and floatation devices here, does anyone know what these terms refer to?

Cheers!
Abhijeet

[penpusher]

Various state govt.'s have issued notifications making the licensing of these arms mandatory for specific areas or for the whole state (Haryana-1978,UP-1971,Rajasthan for Banswara-1982.....)from time to time.So please check if you are covered by any such notification or not.

-- Fri Apr 24, 2009 12:27 pm --

Zipo? Life preservers? I am presuming that they are not talking about Zippo lighters and floatation devices here, does anyone know what these terms refer to?

Probably to spring actuated knives

[nagarifle]

zipos are like collapsible batons also know as asp etc, life persveres i believe referring to baton and such like instruments. this type of weapons are known by different words, like asp, folding batons, saps, zaps etc

but then again its the arms act we are dealing with so who knows what they are referring to and since it was written in eons passed and in some funny languages which is not only outdated but vague. on the positive side it makes an interesting reading.

[penpusher]

Naga,

Thanks for the information

[nagarifle]

Life preservers

is a short havey ended stick to be precise,

thats all folks