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Section 37

Causing injury with an arm without lawful excuse

of ARMS ACT 1960

ActIn forceProvision 37 of 63
Section 37

Any person who discharges an arm and injures any person thereby, whether fatally or not, shall, unless he satisfies the court that he had some lawful justification or excuse for causing such injury or that he took all reasonable precautions to ensure that no person was injured by such discharge, on conviction, be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine not exceeding five thousand ringgit or to both.