§ 265.20 Exemptions.\n a. Paragraph (h) of subdivision twenty-two of section 265.00 and\nsections 265.01, 265.01-a, 265.01-b, 265.01-c, 265.02, 265.03, 265.04,\n265.05, 265.10, 265.11, 265.12, 265.13, 265.15, 265.36, 265.37, 265.50,\n265.55 and 270.05 shall not apply to:\n 1. Possession of any of the weapons, instruments, appliances or\nsubstances specified in sections 265.01, 265.01-c, 265.02, 265.03,\n265.04, 265.05, 265.50, 265.55 and 270.05 by the following:\n (a) Persons in the military service of the state of New York when duly\nauthorized by regulations issued by the adjutant general to possess the\nsame.\n (b) Police officers as defined in subdivision thirty-four of section\n1.20 of the criminal procedure law.\n (c) Peace officers as defined by section 2.10 of the criminal\nprocedure law.\n (d) Persons in the military or other service of the United States, in\npursuit of official duty or when duly authorized by federal law,\nregulation or order to possess the same.\n (e) Persons employed in fulfilling defense contracts with the\ngovernment of the United States or agencies thereof when possession of\nthe same is necessary for manufacture, transport, installation and\ntesting under the requirements of such contract.\n (f) A person voluntarily surrendering such weapon, instrument,\nappliance or substance, provided that such surrender shall be made to\nthe superintendent of the division of state police or a member thereof\ndesignated by such superintendent, or to the sheriff of the county in\nwhich such person resides, or in the county of Nassau or in the towns of\nBabylon, Brookhaven, Huntington, Islip and Smithtown in the county of\nSuffolk to the commissioner of police or a member of the police\ndepartment thereof designated by such commissioner, or if such person\nresides in a city, town other than one named in this subparagraph, or\nvillage to the police commissioner or head of the police force or\ndepartment thereof or to a member of the force or department designated\nby such commissioner or head; and provided, further, that the same shall\nbe surrendered by such person in accordance with such terms and\nconditions as may be established by such superintendent, sheriff, police\nforce or department. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed as\ngranting immunity from prosecution for any crime or offense except that\nof unlawful possession of such weapons, instruments, appliances or\nsubstances surrendered as herein provided. A person who possesses any\nsuch weapon, instrument, appliance or substance as an executor or\nadministrator or any other lawful possessor of such property of a\ndecedent may continue to possess such property for a period not over\nfifteen days. If such property is not lawfully disposed of within such\nperiod the possessor shall deliver it to an appropriate official\ndescribed in this paragraph or such property may be delivered to the\nsuperintendent of state police. Such officer shall hold it and shall\nthereafter deliver it on the written request of such executor,\nadministrator or other lawful possessor of such property to a named\nperson, provided such named person is licensed to or is otherwise\nlawfully permitted to possess the same. If no request to deliver the\nproperty is received by such official within one year of the delivery of\nsuch property, such official shall dispose of it in accordance with the\nprovisions of section 400.05 of this chapter.\n 2. Possession of a machine-gun, large capacity ammunition feeding\ndevice, rapid-fire modification device, firearm, switchblade knife,\npilum ballistic knife, billy or blackjack by a warden, superintendent,\nheadkeeper or deputy of a state prison, penitentiary, workhouse, county\njail or other institution for the detention of persons convicted or\naccused of crime or detained as witnesses in criminal cases, in pursuit\nof official duty or when duly authorized by regulation or order to\npossess the same.\n 3. Possession of a pist
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