Every person commits an offence who, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, the proof of which shall be on him, has with him in any public place any offensive weapon.

Every person who commits an offence against this section is liable on conviction on indictment to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year, or to both.

The offence created by this section is hereby declared to be an offence that may be dealt with by a Magistrate’s Court presided over by a Magistrate under and subject to the provisions of the Summary Jurisdiction Act 1952, and the provisions of that Act shall apply accordingly.

Where any person is convicted of an offence against this section the Court may make an order for the forfeiture or disposal of any weapon in respect of which the offence was committed.

Any constable who has reasonable cause to believe that any person is committing an offence against this section may arrest that person without warrant, if the constable—

Nothing in section sixty or section seventy-three of this Act shall be construed to authorise the arrest without warrant of any person, under either of those sections, in respect of any offence against this section.

For the purposes of this section, the expression ‘offensive weapon’ means any article made or altered for use for causing bodily injury, or intended by the person having it with him for such use; but does not include any tool of trade in the possession of any person in the course of his employment or while he is going to or returning from his work.”

Every person commits an offence who, unlawfully and without colour of right but not so as to be guilty of theft, as defined in section two hundred and forty of the Crimes Act 1908, takes or converts to his use or to the use of any other person any of the following things, namely:

Every person commits an offence who attempts to commit the offence referred to in subsection one of this section, or who, unlawfully and without colour of right, interferes with or gets into or upon or attempts to get into or upon any of the things referred to in paragraphs (a) to (d) of that subsection.

Every person who commits an offence against this section is liable on conviction on indictment to a fine not exceeding two hundred pounds or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or to both.

Every offence under this section is hereby declared to be an offence that may be dealt with by a Magistrate’s Court presided over by a Magistrate under and subject to the provisions of the Summary Jurisdiction Act 1952, and the provisions of that Act shall apply accordingly.

No proceedings for an offence against this section shall be commenced except on an information laid by a member of the Police Force.

If on the trial of any person on a charge of theft the jury or the Magistrate’s Court, as the case may be, is of opinion that the accused is not guilty of theft but is guilty of an offence against this section he may be found guilty of that offence and shall thereupon be punishable under this section.

In addition to imposing any penalty for an offence against this section the convicting Court may order the person convicted of the offence to pay to the owner of anything or animal destroyed or damaged a sum not exceeding the estimated value of that thing or animal by way of compensation for the destruction or damage. The making or enforcement of an order under this subsection shall not affect the right of the owner or of any other person to recover by civil proceedings any damages in excess of the amount specified in the order.

In addition to imposing any such penalty as aforesaid, the convicting Court, whether or not it makes an order under subsection seven of this section,—

The provisions of section thirty-one of the Transport Act 1949, except subsections one and three thereof, shall apply, so far as they are applicable and with the necessary modifications, in every case where the Court makes an order of cancellation or suspension or disqualification under subsection eight of this section.

Any constable may arrest without warrant—

This section is in substitution for section two of the Police Offences Amendment Act 1935 and section sixty-two of the Statutes Amendment Act 1945, and those sections, and section three of the Justices of the Peace Amendment Act 1948, are hereby repealed.”