§ 11-47-43 - Collectors and police officers exempt from § 11-47-42. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 11-47-43

   § 11-47-43  Collectors and police officersexempt from § 11-47-42. – The provisions of § 11-47-42, so far as they forbid the possession ofcertain instruments or weapons, shall not apply to any person who possesses oris making a collection of the weapons as curios or for educational,professional, scientific, or any other lawful purpose, without intent to usethe instrument or weapon unlawfully. Nor shall the provisions of §11-47-42, so far as they relate to the possession or carrying of any billy,apply to sheriffs, constables, police, or other officers or guards whose dutiesrequire them to arrest or to keep and guard prisoners or property, nor to anyperson summoned by those officers to aid them in the discharge of their dutieswhile actually engaged in their duties.