{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:penal:2015:article:233","workId":"law:eri:code:penal:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:penal:2015:en","title":"Possession of Firearms or Explosives","number":"233","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/penal-code-2015/article/233/","hierarchy":{"part":"PART II — THE SPECIAL PART","book":"BOOK II — OFFENCES AGAINST THE INTERESTS OF THE STATE","title":null,"chapter":"Chapter 11. — Offences against Public Safety"},"paragraphs":[{"id":"lead","number":"","text":"A person who intentionally without lawful authority, carries or possesses a firearm or explosive,","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/penal-code-2015/article/233/#lead","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"penal-code-2015-en","pdfPage":179,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/penal-code-2015/page/179/?article=233&paragraph=lead#article-233-lead"}]},{"id":"u2","number":"","text":"is guilty of unlawful possession of a firearm or explosive, a Class 8 serious offence, punishable with a definite term of imprisonment of not less than 3 years and not more than 5 years.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/penal-code-2015/article/233/#u2","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"penal-code-2015-en","pdfPage":179,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/penal-code-2015/page/179/?article=233&paragraph=u2#article-233-u2"}]}],"caution":"English-language 2015 Ministry of Justice edition. Refworld catalogues this English expression as an unofficial translation; Eri Atlas has not independently verified the translation."}