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PUBLIC ORDER (AMENDMENT) ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1970 - SECT 8

Prohibition of the carrying of offensive weapons without lawful authority or reasonable excuse.

8.(1) Any person who without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, the proof
whereof shall lie on him, has with him in any public place any
offensive weapon shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable

(a)on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months
or to a fine not exceeding two hundred pounds or to both such imprisonment and
such fine; or

(b)on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two
years or to a fine not exceeding five hundred pounds or to both such
imprisonment and such fine.

(2) Where any person is convicted of an offence under subsection (1), the
court may make an order for the forfeiture or disposal of any weapon in
respect of which the offence was committed.

(3) A constable may arrest without warrant any person whom he has reasonable
cause to believe to be committing an offence under subsection (1), if the
constable is not satisfied as to that person's identity or place of residence,
or has reasonable cause to believe that it is necessary to arrest him in order
to prevent the commission by him of any other offence in the course of
committing which an offensive weapon might be used.

(4) In this section "offensive weapon" means any article made or adapted for
use for causing injury to the person, or intended by the person having it with
him for such use by him; and "public place" has the same meaning as in the Act
of 1951.

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