Section 192 - Possession of explosives, firearms and ammunition

(1) Despite the provisions of any other enactment, a person who has in possession, custody or control, without lawful excuse, the proof of which lies on that person, an explosive, a firearm or an ammunition commits a first degree felony.

(2) A prosecution under subsection (1) shall not be instituted without the consent in writing of the Attorney-General.

(3) For the purposes of subsection (1),

“ammunition” includes ammunition for a firearm, and grenades, bombs and any other similar missiles;

“explosive” means gunpowder, nitro-glycerine, dynamite, gun-cotton, blasting powder, fulminate of mercury or of other metals, and every other substance, whether similar to the above-mentioned or not, used or manufactured with a view to producing a practical effect by explosion;

“firearm” includes a lethal barrelled weapon from which a shot, bullet or any other missile can be discharged or which can be adapted for the discharge of a shot, bullet or any other missile, and a component part of that weapon.