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harmful article
means—
a) any ammunition as defined in section 1 of the Firearms Control Act, 2000 (Act No. 60 of 2000), and includes any cartridge or projectile intended for use in the discharge of a fire-arm in terms of that Act;
b) any firearm as defined in section 1 of the Firearms Control Act, 2000 (Act No. 60 of 2000), and includes any firearm referred to in terms of that Act, any grenade, bomb or similar missile and any article which has the appearance ofsuch a firearm or a grenade, bomb or similar missile, whether capable of being discharged or exploded or not;
c) explosives as defined in section 1 of the Explosives Act, 1956 (Act No. 26 of 1956), including explosives as defined in Article 1 of the Convention on the Marking of Plastic Explosives for the Purpose of Detection, 1999, and includes any article which has the appearance of an explosive or which is marked or labelled that it is or contains an explosive, whether such article is capable of explosion or of being exploded or not;
d) any cartridge as defined in section 1 of the Firearms Control Act, 2000 (Act No. 60 of 2000);
e) any device as contemplated in section 5 of the Firearms Control Act, 2000 (Act No. 60 of 2000); or
f) any other article, device or instrument which is reasonably believed to be capable of being used to endanger life or property or any other article which is a dangerous weapon as defined in section 1 of the Dangerous Weapons Act, 1968 (Act No. 71 of 1968);