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AR Code › Title 5 › Chapter 73 › Subchapter 2 › Section 5-73-202

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As used in this subchapter: (1) "Crime of violence" means any of the following crimes or an attempt to commit any of them: (A) Murder; (B) Manslaughter; (C) Kidnapping; (D) Rape; (E) Mayhem; (F) Assault to do great bodily harm; (G) Robbery; (H) Burglary; (I) Housebreaking; (J) Breaking and entering; and (K) Larceny; (2) "Machine gun" means a weapon of any description by whatever name known, loaded or unloaded, from which more than five (5) shots or bullets may be rapidly, or automatically, or semi-automatically, discharged from a magazine, by a single function of the firing device; and (3) "Person" includes a firm, partnership, association, or corporation. Acts 1935, No. 80, § 1; Pope's Dig., § 3514; A.S.A. 1947, § 41-3157.

As used in this subchapter:

(1) "Crime of violence" means any of the following crimes or an attempt to commit any of them: (A) Murder; (B) Manslaughter; (C) Kidnapping; (D) Rape; (E) Mayhem; (F) Assault to do great bodily harm; (G) Robbery; (H) Burglary; (I) Housebreaking; (J) Breaking and entering; and (K) Larceny;

(A) Murder;

(B) Manslaughter;

(C) Kidnapping;

(D) Rape;

(E) Mayhem;

(F) Assault to do great bodily harm;

(G) Robbery;

(H) Burglary;

(I) Housebreaking;

(J) Breaking and entering; and

(K) Larceny;

(2) "Machine gun" means a weapon of any description by whatever name known, loaded or unloaded, from which more than five (5) shots or bullets may be rapidly, or automatically, or semi-automatically, discharged from a magazine, by a single function of the firing device; and

(3) "Person" includes a firm, partnership, association, or corporation.

Acts 1935, No. 80, § 1; Pope's Dig., § 3514; A.S.A. 1947, § 41-3157.

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