Question

when arms Act was passed

Answer 1

Arms Act ,1959.An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to arms and ammunition .The Arms Act,1878 is an Act of the Parliament of India to consolidate and amend the law relating to arms and ammunition in order to promote illegal weapons and violence stemming from them on the sky.

Answer 2

the arms act of 1878 (passed during the viceroyship of Lytton) prevented the Indians to keep arms without appropriate licence. Its violation would be a criminal offence.

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