...ort and hire of samurai swords is going to be illegal in UK. Those who do not follow the ban would be punished with six months in jail and a £5,000 fine.
However, those who posses the genuine Japanese swords and martial arts connoisseurs would be exempt from the ban. According to the government report there was more than 80 serious crimes where imitations of samurai swords were involved over the last four years.
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