Gun Barrel Proof Act 1978

10 (1) In section 121 of the Act of 1868 for the words from " for every such offence " to " not more than " there shall be substituted the words " be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding " and for the words " a misdemeanour ", in the second place where they occur, there shall be substituted the words " an offence ".

(2) The said section 121 shall be renumbered as subsection (1) of that section and after that subsection there shall be inserted the following subsection—

“(2) Any person who, with respect to—

(a) any stamp or part of a stamp provided or used at any time by an official Proof House of any foreign State for impressing upon any barrel a mark which is or at any time was a convention proof mark;

(b) any mark of any such stamp or part of a stamp;

(c) any forgery, counterfeit or imitation of any such stamp or part of a stamp or of any such mark ; or

(d) any barrel marked with any such forged or counterfeit stamp or part of a stamp,

knowingly does anything which would be an offence under subsection (1) above if done with respect to any stamp or any part of a stamp provided or used at any time by either of the Two Companies for marking any barrel, or with respect to any mark of any such stamp or part of a stamp, shall be guilty of an offence under that subsection.”