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Getting knives posted

  • 27-05-2016 7:52pm
    #1
    Shanereaction
    Registered Users Posts: 1 ✭


    Is it legal to buy knives that get posted to you from abroad?


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  • #2
    my3cents
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,764 ✭✭✭my3cents


    Shanereaction wrote: »
    Is it legal to buy knives that get posted to you from abroad?

    Where is abroad and what type and size of knife?


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    wolfeye
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 428 ✭✭wolfeye


    What are the laws on importing knives?
    The only type of weapons prohibited for importation are those listed under the 1991 Order on offensive weapons and the 2009 amendment to it. This order includes flick knives and several types of disguised knives among other weapons. Other type of knives can be imported, however an individual could be charged for possession of same in public without a lawful reason as set out in Section 9 of the Firearms and Offensive Weapons Act 1990.

    What are Offensive Weapons?
    Offensive weapons include flick-knives, knuckledusters, swordsticks, sword umbrellas, hand and foot claws, belt buckle knives, pushdaggers, hollow kubotans, shurikens, butterfly knives, telescopic truncheons, blowpipes, kusari gama, kyoketsu shoge, manrikigusari, sap gloves, and machetes.

    Katanas or 'samurai swords' were added with effect from 1 September 2009, though there are exceptions to the ban designed for collectors and martial artists. You can read the full text of the 1991 Order on offensive weapons here. and the 2009 amendment to it here.

    The Firearms and Offensive Weapons Act 1990. prohibits the manufacture, importation, sale, hire or loan of offensive weapons and penalties of up to seven years imprisonment can apply.




    http://www.justice.ie/en/JELR/Pages/FAQ


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