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Myanmar. 1878 ‘Article 13.’ Arms Act (1878) [India Act XI, 1878] (1st October 1878); Part IV. Naypyidaw: People's Assembly. 1 October

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Article 13

No person shall go armed with any arms except under a licence and to the extent and in the manner permitted thereby.

Any person so going armed without a licence or in contravention of its provisions may be disarmed by any Magistrate, police-officer or other person empowered by the President of the Union in this behalf by name or by virtue of his office.

For the purposes of this section, "arms" includes also knives with pointed blades rigidly affixed, or capable of being rigidly affixed, to the handle, and measuring in all over five inches in length, which are intended exclusively for domestic, agricultural or industrial purposes.

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