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Summary Offences (Amendment) Act 1993

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Summary Offences (Amendment) Act 1993

No. 16 of 1993
Certified on: 5.5.93

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

1. Carrying weapons (Amendment of Section 12).
2. Disguises (Amendment of Section 17).
3. Use of Missiles, Firearms, etc., (Amendment of Section 28).

AN ACT

entitled

Summary Offences (Amendment) Act 1993,

Being an Act to amend the Summary Offences Act (Chapter 264),

MADE by the National Parliament.

1. CARRYING WEAPONS (AMENDMENT OF SECTION 12).

Section 12 of the Principal Act is amended in Subsection (1) by repealing the penalty provision and replacing it with the following:-

"Penalty: A fine not exceeding K2 000.00 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years.".

2. DISGUISES (AMENDMENT OF SECTION 17).

Section 17 of the Principal Act is amended by repealing the penalty provision and replacing it with the following:-

"Penalty: A fine not exceeding K500.00 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years.".

3. USE OF MISSILES, FIREARMS, ETC. (AMENDMENT OF SECTION 28).

Section 28 of the Principal Act is amended by repealing Subsection (3) and replacing it with the following:-

"(3) A person -

• (a) who without reasonable cause, discharges a firearm with intent to, or in a manner likely to -
  • (i) injure, annoy or frighten any person; or
  • (ii) damage any property; or
• (b) who makes, possesses or sells a firearm, without being the holder of a valid licence under the Firearms Act (Chapter 310),

is guilty of an offence.
Penalty: A fine not exceeding K1 000.00 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years.".

I hereby certify that the above is a fair print of the Summary Offences (Amendment) Act 1993 which has been made by the National Parliament.

Clerk of the National Parliament.

I hereby certify that the Summary Offences (Amendment) Act 1993 was made by the National Parliament on 5 May 1993.

Speaker of the National Parliament.