7. Offences relating to scheduled weapons

carries or has in his possession or under his control;

manufactures, sells or hires or offers or exposes for sale or hire; or

lends or gives to any other person,any scheduled weapon shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years and shall also be liable to caning and, in the case of a second or subsequent offence, to imprisonment for a term of not less than 2 years and not more than 8 years and shall also be liable to caning.

the person does so involving a scheduled weapon intending to —

injure, or endanger the safety of, another person;

cause reasonable fear of the infliction of injury to another person;

destroy or damage any property; or

facilitate another person to injure, or endanger the safety of, another person, cause reasonable fear of the infliction of injury to another person, or destroy or damage any property, using the scheduled weapon; and

the person’s possession of the scheduled weapon is then —

not authorised by a licence or a class licence under the Guns, Explosives and Weapons Control Act 2021;

not in accordance with the conditions of a licence or a class licence mentioned in sub‑paragraph (i); and

not exempt from the Guns, Explosives and Weapons Control Act 2021 with respect to possession of that scheduled weapon.

is convicted, or found guilty, of such an offence (called the current offence); and

has been convicted or found guilty of any of the following on at least one other earlier occasion within the period of 5 years immediately before the date on which the person is convicted or found guilty of the current offence:

the same offence under subsection (1);

an offence under subsection (1) as in force before the date of commencement of section 94(g) of the Guns, Explosives and Weapons Control Act 2021 and that involved a scheduled weapon.