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Offensive weapons definition

What does Offensive weapons mean? An offensive weapon is an article that, in criminal law practice, engages offences concerning possession (often in a public place) and controls on manufacture, sale and supply. Across England and Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Ireland, the concept follows a broadly consistent three-part test: an item is an offensive weapon if it is (1) made to cause injury to a person (offensive per se), (2) adapted for that purpose, or (3) carried with the intention of being used to cause injury. In England and Wales this appears in the Prevention of Crime Act 1953, s 1(4); similar statutory wording exists...

Knives Act 1997: offences for unlawful marketing and publication of knives, definitions, defences, corporate liability, sentencing, warrants and forfeiture

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Under the Knives Act 1997

The Knives Act 1997 (KA 1997) sets out two offences concerning the unlawful marketing and publication of knives. These offences, created by KA 1997, ss 1 and 2, are triable either in the magistrates’ court or the Crown Court. Where a company commits an offence and it is proved that an officer consented to or connived in it, or it arose from that officer’s neglect, both the officer and the corporate body are guilty and subject to prosecution...

Meaning of knife under KA 1997

Under the KA 1997, a knife is defined as any instrument that has a blade or is sharply pointed...

Unlawful marketing of knives under KA 1997, s 1

This offence focuses on the marketing of knives and the way in which such marketing is carried out...

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