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==Current affairs== | ==Current affairs== | ||
The Act has undergone many changes since 1959, the most recent being in 2010 through an amendment for the Arms Act.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/newdelhi/cabinet-approves-tougher-provisions-for-arms-act/article1-572716.aspx |title=Cabinet approves tougher provisions for Arms Act |work=[[Hindustan Times]] |date=15 July 2010 |access-date=25 April 2015}}</ref> There was also controversy around air guns to be included as part of this act which was rejected by the Supreme Court of India.<ref>{{cite news |first=Shreyas |last=Sharma |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/supreme-court-stays-order-classifying-air-guns-as-firearms/1/167363.html |title=Supreme Court stays order classifying air guns as firearms |location=New Delhi, India |date=5 January 2012 |work=India Today |access-date=25 April 2015}}</ref> | The Act has undergone many changes since 1959, the most recent being in 2010 through an amendment for the Arms Act.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/newdelhi/cabinet-approves-tougher-provisions-for-arms-act/article1-572716.aspx |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150425213303/http://www.hindustantimes.com/newdelhi/cabinet-approves-tougher-provisions-for-arms-act/article1-572716.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 April 2015 |title=Cabinet approves tougher provisions for Arms Act |work=[[Hindustan Times]] |date=15 July 2010 |access-date=25 April 2015}}</ref> There was also controversy around air guns to be included as part of this act which was rejected by the Supreme Court of India.<ref>{{cite news |first=Shreyas |last=Sharma |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/supreme-court-stays-order-classifying-air-guns-as-firearms/1/167363.html |title=Supreme Court stays order classifying air guns as firearms |location=New Delhi, India |date=5 January 2012 |work=India Today |access-date=25 April 2015}}</ref> | ||
==Previous legislation== | ==Previous legislation== | ||