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Sentencing Act 2002

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111A: Firearms prohibition order

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"A court can ban you from having guns if you've committed a crime."

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When you are sentenced for a crime, the court can stop you from having firearms. This can happen if you are a type of offender described in the Arms Act 1983, which you can find on the New Zealand legislation website. The court can make this order under Part 7A of the Arms Act 1983.

You are this type of offender if you fit the description in section 39A(1) or (1A) of the Arms Act 1983. The court's order means you cannot have firearms. This order is called a firearms prohibition order.

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Part 2Sentences, orders, and related matters
Discharge and miscellaneous orders: Firearms prohibition orders

111AFirearms prohibition order

  1. When sentencing a specified offender, the court may make a firearms prohibition order against the offender under Part 7A of the Arms Act 1983.

  2. In this section, specified offender means an offender described in section 39A(1) or (1A) of the Arms Act 1983.

Notes
  • Section 111A: replaced, on , by section 11 of the Firearms Prohibition Orders Legislation Amendment Act 2024 (2024 No 34).