Act IV of 1978 on the Criminal Code GENERAL ... - Legislationline

(1) Any person whoprepares, obtains, possesses or distributes firearms or ammunition without a license,exceeds the provisions <strong>of</strong> the license relating to the preparation, obtaining, possession <strong>of</strong> or trade in firearms orammunition,transfers his firearm or ammunition kept under license to a person who has no license;commits a felony <strong>of</strong>fense and shall be punishable with imprisonment between two to eight years.(2) Any person who commits the act described in Subsection (1)in a business-like manner,as part <strong>of</strong> a criminal conspiracy,shall be punishable with imprisonment between five to ten years.(3) Any person who commits the act described in Subsection (1)as a qualified recidivist,shall be punishable with imprisonment between five to ten years.(4) Any person whotransfers a small quantity <strong>of</strong> ammunition kept for his licensed sidearm, hunting gun or sporting gun to a personwith no license for such,obtains or possesses a small quantity <strong>of</strong> ammunition for his hunting gun or sporting gun without properauthorization,obtains or possesses a small quantity <strong>of</strong> ammunition supplied for his service sidearm or for a sidearm issued fortraining purposes for enlisted personnel serving in the armed forces, or transfers such ammunition to a person with nolicense or proper authorization for such,commits a misdemeanor <strong>of</strong>fense and shall be punishable with imprisonment <strong>of</strong> up to two years.(5) In respect <strong>of</strong> qualified recidivism, the following shall be construed as crimes <strong>of</strong> similar nature:criminal misuse <strong>of</strong> explosives and blasting-agents (Section 263), arms smuggling (Section 263/B), criminal misuse<strong>of</strong> weapons prohibited by international treaty (Section 264/C),violent acts against members <strong>of</strong> national, ethnic, racial or religious groups, armed kidnapping and breaking andentering [Paragraph a) <strong>of</strong> Subsection (2) <strong>of</strong> Section 174/B, Paragraph b) <strong>of</strong> Subsection (2) <strong>of</strong> Section 175/A, Paragraphb) <strong>of</strong> Subsection (2) and Subsections (3)-(4) <strong>of</strong> Section 176], causing public danger [Subsection (1)-(3) <strong>of</strong> Section 259],aggravated cases <strong>of</strong> breaching international legal obligation [Subsection (3) <strong>of</strong> Section 261/A], criminal misuse <strong>of</strong>radioactive materials (Section 264),criminal misuse <strong>of</strong> narcotic drugs, robbery, use <strong>of</strong> a vehicle without authority, escape and armed acts <strong>of</strong> violenceagainst a superior or a law enforcement <strong>of</strong>ficer [Paragraph a) <strong>of</strong> Subsection (3) and Paragraphs b)-c) <strong>of</strong> Subsection (4)<strong>of</strong> Section 321, Subsection (3) <strong>of</strong> Section 327, Paragraph a) <strong>of</strong> Subsection (2) and Subsections (4)-(5) <strong>of</strong> Section 343,Paragraph a) <strong>of</strong> Subsection (2) <strong>of</strong> Section 355], and destruction <strong>of</strong> property by the use <strong>of</strong> explosives or blasting-agents[Paragraph c) <strong>of</strong> Subsection (4) <strong>of</strong> Section 324].(1) Any person who imports to, exports from or transports through the territory <strong>of</strong> Hungary firearms, ammunitionexplosive, blasting-agent or equipment serving for the use <strong>of</strong> such, without license, or by superseding the scope <strong>of</strong> thelicense, commits a felony <strong>of</strong>fense and shall be punishable with imprisonment between five to ten years.(2) The punishment shall be imprisonment between five to fifteen years if the criminal act described in Subsection (1)is committedin a business-like manner,