Criminal Justice Act 1988


The Criminal Justice Act 1988 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Section 141 - Prohibition of offensive weapons

This section creates an offence of manufacturing, selling, lending, giving, importing, hiring or exposing for hire offensive weapons, but does not itself define which weapons it applies to. Subsection 141 allows a statutory instrument to define them; the only order currently is the .
Specifically exempted from this section are crossbows and items subject to the Firearms Act 1968
Various amendments have been made to the Schedule to add new weapons, most recently an amendment to this order came into force to include zombie knives in the list of prohibited weapons.

Section 171 - Commencement

The power conferred by section 171 has been exercised by the following orders:
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