Whoever having been convicted of an offence under this Act is again convicted of an offence under this Act shall be punishable with double the penalty provided for the latter offence.
(1) When any person is convicted under this Act of any offence committed by him in respect of any arms or ammunition, it shall be in the discretion of the convicting court further to direct that the whole or any portion of such arms or ammunition, and any vessel, vehicle or other means of conveyance and any receptacle or thing containing, or used to conceal, the arms or ammunition shall be confiscated:
Provided that if the conviction is set aside on appeal or otherwise, the order of confiscation shall become void.
(2) An order of confiscation may also be made by the appellate court or by the High Court when exercising its powers of revision.
Section 21 Deposit of arms, etc., on possession ceasing to be lawful
Section 22 Search and seizure by magistrate
Section 23 Search of vessels, vehicles for arms, etc
Section 24 Seizure and detention under orders of the Central Government
Section 24A Prohibition as to possession of notified arms in disturbed areas, etc
Section 25 Punishment for certain offences
Section 26 Secret contraventions
Section 27 Punishment for using arms, etc
Section 28 Punishment for use and possession of firearms or imitation firearms in certain cases
Section 30 Punishment for contravention of licence or rule
Section 31 Punishment for subsequent offences and Section 32 Power to confiscate
Section 33 Offences by companies
Section 34 Sanction of Central Government for warehousing of arms
Section 35 Criminal responsibility of persons in occupation of premises in certain cases.
Section 36 Information to be given regarding certain offences
Section 37 Arrest and searches
Section 42 Power to take census of firearms
Section 44 Power to make rules
Section 45 Act not to apply in certain cases, Section 46 Repeal of Act 11 of 1878