Section 81Part 3 — Offences Against Public Order
Restriction on carrying restricted weapons by night
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Subject to subsection (2), a person who without any lawful excuse (the proof of which excuse shall be on such person) has or carries any restricted weapon, not being a prohibited weapon, by night —
in a cinema, theatre or other place of public assembly;
in a club, restaurant, recreation hall or bar;
in a place of public entertainment of any kind or a place of general resort, admission to which is obtained by payment or to which the public have access;
in or upon the car park, parking lot or precincts of a place referred to in paragraph (a), (b) or (c); or
in or on a vehicle that is in or upon the car park, parking lot or precincts of a place referred to in paragraph (a), (b) or (c),
commits an offence and is liable to a fine of five thousand dollars and to imprisonment for four years.
If the restricted weapon is a machete or knife, no person shall be deemed to have committed an offence against this section if the person shall prove that that person had or was carrying such machete or knife for some lawful purpose for which such machete or knife was necessary.