Arms Act, 1959 · Chapter II: Acquisition, Possession, Manufacture, Sale, Import, Export and Transport of Arms and Ammunition
Section 12: Power to restrict or prohibit transport of arms
(1) The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette,
(a) direct that no person shall transport over India or any part thereof arms or ammunition of such classes and descriptions as may be specified in the notification unless he holds in this behalf a licence issued in accordance with the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder; or
(b) prohibit such transport altogether.
(2) Arms or ammunition trans-hipped at a seaport or an airport in India are transported within the meaning of this section.
Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in), the consolidated text published by the Legislative Department, Government of India. Text as updated on India Code on 15 October 2026. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here. Official text on India Code.
Supreme Court judgments citing the section 12
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Jay Kishan and Ors. v. The State of Uttar Pradesh and Ors.
Whether the High Court was justified in dismissing the writ petition filed by the appellants for quashing the FIR under Sections 2 and 3 of the Uttar Pradesh Gangsters & Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 1986.…