The resolution of December 6, 1997 No. 10-11 is accepted at the tenth plenary session of Inter-parliamentary Assembly of the State Parties of the CIS

MODEL LAW

About weapon

This Law regulates the legal relationship arising in case of turnover of civil, office, and also military person-portable small and cold weapon in the territory of the country and is directed to protection of life and health of citizens, property, ensuring public safety, conservation and natural resources, development of international cooperation in fight against crime and illegal distribution of weapon.

Provisions of this law extend also to turnover of ammunition and cartridges.

Article 1. The basic concepts used in this Law

For use of this Law the following basic concepts have values:

weapon - the devices and objects which are structurally intended for defeat of live or other purpose and giving of signals;

firearms - the weapon intended for mechanical defeat of the purpose at distance by the shell receiving directed movement due to energy of powder or other charge;

the main parts of firearms - trunk, lock, drum, frame, receiver;

cold weapon - the weapon intended for defeat of the purpose by means of the muscular strength of the person in case of direct contact with object of defeat;

throwing weapon - the weapon intended for defeat of the purpose at distance by the shell receiving directed movement by means of the muscular strength of the person or the mechanical device;

pneumatic weapon - the weapon intended for defeat of the purpose at distance by the shell receiving directed movement due to energy of the compressed, liquefied or cured gas;

gas weapon - the weapon intended for temporary defeat of the live purpose by use of the tear or irritating substances;

ammunition - the objects of arms and metayemy equipment intended for defeat of the purpose and containing explosive, throwing, pyrotechnic or vyshibny charges or their combination;

the boss - the device intended for shot from weapon, combining in single whole by means of sleeve of means of initiation, propellant powder and metayemy equipment;

alarm weapon - the weapon which is structurally intended only for giving of light, smoke or sound signals;

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