(1) Whoever without such permission as may be required by law manufactures, exports, imports, keeps, transfers or sells any firearm or ammunition shall be punished with imprisonment for from 3 (three) months to 1 (one) year or with fine of from CFAF 50 000 (fifty thousand) to CFAF 300 000 (three hundred thousand), or with both such imprisonment and fine.
(2) The punishment shall be doubled for carriage of any such arm outside the offender's residence.
(3) Whoever delivers any such arm or ammunition to any person without ascertaining that he is licensed to keep it shall be punished as his accessory.
(4) Confiscation under section 35 of this Code shall be ordered in every case; and on any subsequent conviction within the meaning of section 88 the Court may impose the forfeitures described by section 30 and order the closure of the establishment to whatever other use it may be put.
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