Interpretation

(1) In this Act, “dagger” means, (a) any instrument having a metal blade with an edge or the point sharpened or suitable for being sharpened fixed into a handle so that it cannot be folded into the handle other than an instrument suitable and intended to be used for the purposes of trade, hunting, industry or domestic use; (b) any knife which has a blade which opens automatically by hand pressure applied to a button spring or other device in or attached to the handle of the knife, sometimes known as a “flick knife” or “flick gun”; (c) any knife which has a blade which is released from the handle or sheath thereof by the force of gravity or the application of centrifugal force and which, when released, is locked in place by means of a button spring lever or other device sometimes known as a “gravity knife”. 5 (2) Any person may require the Commissioner of Police to give his opinion in writing whether any instrument produced to him is or is not a dagger within the meaning of this Act, and the opinion in writing of the Commissioner of Police, that any instrument is not a dagger within the meaning aforesaid shall be conclusive evidence of the fact. (3) The Commissioner of Police may, if he thinks fit, require a duplicate of any instrument on which his opinion is required to be deposited with him, and such duplicate may be detained for purposes of reference.