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Arms Bill

Miscellaneous provisions - Identification marking of arms items

326: Identification markings by business licence holders

You could also call this:

"Adding ID markings to business items within 30 days"

If you get an item for your business that does not have the right identification marking, as required by section 324, you must add a marking to it within 30 days. You need to put the marking where it can be easily seen, like on the frame or receiver of the item. If you do not do this without a good reason, you can be charged with an offence. If you are charged, you could go to prison for up to 3 years or get a fine of up to $15,000. This is because you did not follow the rules set out in subsection 1. You must have a good reason for not following the rules to avoid getting in trouble.

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Business > Industry rules

325: Identification markings by manufacturers and importers, or

"Putting identification marks on guns and other items when making or importing them"

327: Marking status of permanently deactivated firearm, or

"Marking a firearm that cannot be used"

Part 8Miscellaneous provisions
Identification marking of arms items

326Identification markings by business licence holders

A business licence holder who receives an item that does not have an identification marking as required by section 324 must, within 30 days after the day on which the item is received, stamp, engrave, or cause to be stamped or engraved, in clear view (which must be on the frame or receiver, or upper and lower receiver, of the item if the item is an item referred to in section 324(1)(a) to (h)) a marking by which the item may be identified.
A business licence holder commits an offence and is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years, or to a fine not exceeding $15,000, if the business licence holder, without reasonable excuse, contravenes subsection (1).