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31A Use of firearms in the commission of offences

(1)A person who is found guilty of an indictable offence and who carried— when committing the offence is guilty of a further offence and is liable to level 6 imprisonment (5 years maximum).

S. 31A(1) substituted by No. 50/2007 s. 57.

(a)a firearm (within the meaning of the Firearms Act 1996); or

(b)an imitation firearm (within the meaning of section 29(3)(b))—

(2)Despite anything to the contrary in the Sentencing Act 1991 or in any other law, a court, in imposing a penalty under subsection (1)—

(a)must direct that the sentence not be served concurrently with any other sentence; and

(b)must not make an order suspending the whole or any part of the sentence.