Arms and Explosives Act 1913 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5 · Search, Seizure and Arrest
28. Search for arms, etc.
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The Licensing Officer may authorise, by writing —
Licensing Officer
“Licensing Officer” means the person appointed by the Minister under section 4 and includes an Assistant Licensing Officer;
any police officer to search any house for any guns, arms, explosives, explosive precursors or poisonous or noxious gas or noxious substance; and
the police officer to require any person to produce the person’s licence for the possession of guns, arms, explosives, explosive precursors or poisonous or noxious gas or noxious substance, and to produce or account for the things covered thereby.
A person who fails to give a satisfactory account to the police officer for any guns, arms, explosives, explosive precursors or poisonous or noxious gas or noxious substance in the person’s possession or under the person’s control during the existence or after the expiry, suspension or cancellation of a licence shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000.
arms
“arms” means —(a)firearms, air-guns, air-pistols, stun guns, electronic dart guns, automatic guns, automatic pistols, guns or any other kind of gun from which any shot, bullet or other missile can be discharged or noxious fumes or noxious substance can be emitted, and any component part of any such arms;(b)bayonets, swords, daggers, spears and spearheads; and(c)such weapon, accessory, or other article or thing, as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, specify to be arms for the purposes of this Act or any part thereof;