47 Powers of constables to stop and search
Firearms Act 1968 (1968 c 27) | Legislation

47  Powers of constables to stop and search

(1)     A constable may require any person whom he has reasonable cause to suspect—

(a)     of having a firearm, with or without ammunition, with him in a public place; or

(b)     to be committing or about to commit, elsewhere than in a public place, an offence relevant for the purposes of this section,

to hand over the firearm

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