Firearms Act 1937

Firearms Act 1937^[a]
Act of Parliament
	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to consolidate the provisions of the Firearms Acts, 1920 to 1936, relating to firearms, imitation firearms and other weapons and to ammunition.
Citation	1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6. c. 12
Territorial extent	England and Wales; Scotland;
Dates
Royal assent	18 February 1937
Commencement	1 May 1937
Repealed	1 August 1968
Other legislation
Amends	See § Repealed enactments
Repeals/revokes	See § Repealed enactments
Amended by	Criminal Justice Act 1948; Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1949; Sexual Offences Act 1956; Police Act 1964; Firearms Act 1965; Criminal Law Act 1967; Police (Scotland) Act 1967;
Repealed by	Firearms Act 1968
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Firearms Act 1937 (1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6. c. 12) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated enactments related to firearms, imitation firearms, and ammunition in Great Britain.^[1]

Provisions

Section 34(2) of the act repealed 4 enactments, listed in the fourth schedule to the act.^[2]

Citation	Short title	Extent of repeal
10 & 11 Geo. 5. c. 43	Firearms Act 1920	The whole act except section sixteen and subsection (1) of section nineteen.
23 & 24 Geo. 5. c. 50	Firearms and Imitation Firearms (Criminal Use) Act 1933	The whole act.
24 & 25 Geo. 5. c. 16	Firearms Act 1934	The whole act.
26 Geo. 5 & 1 Edw. 8. c. 39	Firearms (Amendment) Act 1936	The whole act.

The whole act was repealed by section 59(1) of, and schedule 7 to, the Firearms Act 1968 (1968 c. 27), which came into force on 1 August 1968.^[3]

Text of the Firearms Act 1937 as originally enacted or made within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.