NOT GENERALLY KNOWN
4 ItESPONSIDTLITIES REGARDING FIREARMS, By Telegraph.— Press Association. Auckland, December 17. “It does not seem to be generally known,’’ said Senior-Sergeant Edwards, in the Police Court, “that even when a person merely borrows a gun he must register it hen it has been in his possession seven days.” The senior-sergeant added that in the case of a rifle it was necessary to obtain a permit even before borrowing it. Defendant in the case before the Court stated that the gun in.question had been left in his care by a man who stated that he would call for it in a few days. He had not returned, and after a time witnesii had gone to the police to register the gun. -As a result he was charged with having it in his possession longer than seven days without registering it. A. fine of 10s. was imposed.
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Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 72, 18 December 1926, Page 12
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