Spear Guns Control Ordinance (Cap. 91)

2 CAP. 91 Spear Guns This e-version of the text is not authoritative for use in court. LAWS OF ST. HELENA CHAPTER 91 SPEAR GUNS CONTROL ORDINANCE (Ordinance 11 of 1994) AN ORDINANCE TO CONTROL THE USE OF SPEAR GUNS. Commencement [16 November 1994] Short title 1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Spear Guns Control Ordinance. Control of spear guns 2. (1) The Governor in Council may by order prohibit or restrict the use of spear guns in the whole or part of the territorial waters of St. Helena. (2) In subsection (1) “spear gun” includes a hand held spear or lance and a hand held weapon designed to discharge a spear or lance. Offence 3. (1) A person who uses a spear gun in contravention of an order made under section 2(1) is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £200. (2) Where a person is convicted of an offence under subsection (1) the court that convicts him may, in addition to imposing any fine in respect of the offence, order that the spear gun used in the commission of the offence and any other spear gun in his possession at the time of the offence be forfeited to the Crown.