Selling or supplying edged weapons to children
6B Selling or supplying edged weapons to children
A person who sells an edged weapon to a child commits an offence.
Penalty for this subsection: imprisonment for 3 years and a fine of $36 000.
A person who supplies an edged weapon to a child commits an offence.
Penalty for this subsection: imprisonment for 3 years and a fine of $36 000.
It is a defence to a charge of an offence under subsection (2) to prove the accused believed on reasonable grounds that, at the time the edged weapon was supplied, the child had a lawful excuse to carry or possess the weapon.
Note for this section:
The Young Offenders Act 1994 section 22(1) does not allow a member of the Police Force to caution a young person (as defined in section 3(1) of that Act) instead of laying a charge in relation to an offence under this section.
[Section 6B inserted: No. 33 of 2024 s. 15.]
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