SECTIONS 12500-12501

12500.  The term "silencer" as used in this chapter means any deviceor attachment of any kind designed, used, or intended for use insilencing, diminishing, or muffling the report of a firearm. The term"silencer" also includes any combination of parts, designed orredesigned, and intended for use in assembling a silencer orfabricating a silencer and any part intended only for use in suchassembly or fabrication.12501.  Section 12520 shall not apply to, or affect, any of thefollowing: (a) The sale to, purchase by, or possession of silencers byagencies listed in Section 830.1, or the military or naval forces ofthis state or of the United States for use in the discharge of theirofficial duties. (b) The possession of silencers by regular, salaried, full-timepeace officers who are employed by an agency listed in Section 830.1,or by the military or naval forces of this state or of the UnitedStates when on duty and when the use of silencers is authorized bythe agency and is within the course and scope of their duties. (c) The manufacture, possession, transportation, or sale or othertransfer of silencers to an entity described in subdivision (a) bydealers or manufacturers registered under Chapter 53 (commencing withSection 5801) of Title 26 of the United States Code, and theregulations issued pursuant thereto.