(1) No
person shall acquire, retain, stockpile, use or carry such arms as may
be allowed by law to be acquired, held, stockpiled, used or carried,
without obtaining a license or in a manner to be contrary to the terms
and restrictions specified in the license, even if, obtained.
Provided that nothing shall bar any officer and personnel of
the Nepal Army, Nepal Police, Armed Police Force, Nepal
concerned with security work or other security personnel who are
entitled to use arms lawfully from holding, using or carrying such
arms in the course of discharging their respective duties.
(2) A person who commits, or causes to be committed, the
offence referred to in sub-section (1) shall be liable to a sentence of
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imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years and a fine not
exceeding fifty thousand rupees.