Federal Act
on War Materiel
(War Mat Act, WMA)

¹ Any per­son who wil­fully com­mits any of the fol­low­ing acts is li­able to a cus­todi­al sen­tence or a mon­et­ary pen­alty:³⁶

a.

the man­u­fac­ture, im­port, trans­it, ex­port, trade in, or broker­age of war ma­ter­i­el, or the con­clu­sion of con­tracts for the trans­fer of in­tel­lec­tu­al prop­erty in­clud­ing know-how re­lat­ing to war ma­ter­i­el, or for the grant­ing of rights thereto without the rel­ev­ant li­cence or in vi­ol­a­tion of the con­di­tions or re­quire­ments stip­u­lated in a li­cence;

b.

the pro­vi­sion of in­cor­rect or in­com­plete in­form­a­tion in an ap­plic­a­tion when such in­form­a­tion is es­sen­tial for the grant­ing of a li­cence or the use of such an ap­plic­a­tion that has been com­pleted by a third party;

c.³⁷

the fail­ure to re­port war ma­ter­i­el for im­port, ex­port or trans­it or the mak­ing of a in­cor­rect de­clar­a­tion in re­spect of its im­port, ex­port or trans­it;

d.

the de­liv­ery, trans­fer or broker­age of war ma­ter­i­el for a re­cip­i­ent or des­tin­a­tion oth­er than that named in the li­cence;

e.

the trans­fer of in­tel­lec­tu­al prop­erty, in­clud­ing know-how, re­lat­ing to war ma­ter­i­el, or the grant­ing of rights thereto to a re­cip­i­ent or des­tin­a­tion oth­er than that named in the li­cence;

a.

the par­ti­cip­a­tion in fin­an­cial deal­ings re­lat­ing to an il­leg­al war ma­ter­i­el trans­ac­tion or the pro­cure­ment fund­ing for such a trans­ac­tion as an in­ter­me­di­ary.

² In ser­i­ous cases the pen­alty is a cus­todi­al sen­tence of between one and ten years.³⁸

³ If the act is com­mit­ted through neg­li­gence, a mon­et­ary pen­alty shall be im­posed.³⁹

⁴ In the case of un­au­thor­ised im­port or trans­it, an act com­mit­ted abroad is also a crim­in­al of­fence.