Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29)

Section 209 - Discharging guns in town

(1) A person commits a criminal offence and is liable to a fine not exceeding twenty five penalty units who in a town without lawful and necessary occasion

(a) discharges a firearm, or

(b) being the occupier of a house, building, or yard, knowingly permits a fire-arm to be discharged from that place.

(2) A person who in a town, without lawful and necessary occasion, throws or sets fire to a firework in a public place or in a house, building or yard, commits a criminal offence and is liable to a fine not exceeding five penalty units.

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