19. Whoever commits any of the following offences (namely):-(a) manufactures, converts or sells, or keeps, offers or exposes for sale, any arms, ammunition or military stores in contravention of the provisions of section 5;(b) fails to give notice as required by the same section;(c) imports or exports any arms, ammunition or military stores in contravention of the provisions of section 6;(d) transports any arms, ammunition or military stores in contravention of a regulation or prohibition issued under section 10;(e) goes armed in contravention of the provisions of section 13;(f) has in his possession or under his control any arms, ammunition or military stores in contravention of the provisions of section 14 or section 15; (g) intentionally makes any false entry in a record or account which, by a rule made under section 17, clause (c), he is required to keep;(h) intentionally fails to exhibit anything which, by a rule made under section 17, clause (e), he is required to exhibit; or(i) fails to deposit arms, ammunition or military stores, as required by section 14 or section 16;shall be punished with ¹[imprisonment for life or any other rigorous imprisonment which shall not be less then seven years,].

²[19A. Notwithstanding anything contained in section 19, whoever commits an offence under clause (a), (c), (e) or (f) of section 19 shall, if the offence is committed in respect of a pistol, revolver, rifle ³[shot gun or other fire-arm] be punished with ⁴[imprisonment for life or rigorous imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than ten years].]

20. Whoever does any act mentioned in clause (a), (c), (d) or (f) of section 19, in such manner as to indicate an intention that such act may not be known to any public servant as defined in the ⁵[* * *] Penal Code, or to any person employed upon a railway or to the servant of any public carrier,

and whoever, on any search being made under section 25 conceals or attempts to conceal any arms, ammunition or military stores, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to seven years, or with fine, or with both: Provided that if an offence committed under this section is in respect of a pistol, revolver, rifle or ⁶[shot gun or other fire-arm], the offender shall be punished with transportation for life on any shorter term, or with imprisonment for a term which may extend to fourteen years, or with fine.

⁷[20A. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, whoever goes armed with a pistol, revolver, rifle of ⁸[shot gun or other fire-arm] in contravention of the provision of section 13, or has any such fire-arm in his possession or under his control in contravention of the provisions of section 14 or section 15, under circumstances indicting that he intended that such fire-arm should be used for the commission of any offence of murder shall ⁹[* * *] be punished with death, or with transportation for life or any shorter term or with imprisonment for a term which may extend to fourteen years, to which fine may be added.]

21. Whoever, in violation of a condition subject to which a license has been granted, does or omits to do any act shall, when the doing or omitting to do such act is not punishable under section 19 or section 20, be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to five hundred taka or with both.

22. Whoever knowingly purchases any arms, ammunition or military stores from any person not licensed or authorized under the proviso to section 5 to sell the same; or delivers any arms, ammunition or military stores into the possession of any person without previously ascertaining that such person is legally authorized to possess the same, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to five hundred taka, or with both.

23. Any person violating any rule made under this Act, and for the violation of which no penalty is provided by this Act, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one month, or with fine which may extend to two hundred taka, or with both.

24. When any person is convicted of an offence punishable under this Act, committed by him in respect of any arms, ammunition or military stores, it shall be in the discretion of the convicting Court or Magistrate further to direct that the whole or any portion of such arms, ammunition or military stores, and any vessel, cart or baggage-animal used to convey the same, and any box, package or bale in which the same may have been concealed, together with the other contents of such box, package or bale, shall be confiscated.