(a)

(1) Any person who, or firm, company, or corporation that operated a retail or other commercial firm, company, or corporation, and manufactured, distributed, transported, imported, possessed, possessed for sale, offered for sale, or transferred, for commercial purpose, an SKS rifle in California between January 1, 1992, and December 19, 1997, shall be immune from criminal prosecution under

Article 2 (commencing with

Section 30600) or former

Section 12280.

(2) The immunity provided in this subdivision shall apply retroactively to any person who, or firm, company, or corporation that, is or was charged by complaint or indictment with a violation of former

Section for conduct related to an SKS rifle, whether or not the case of that person, firm, company, or corporation is final. (b)

(1) Any person who possessed, gave, loaned, or transferred an SKS rifle in California between January 1, 1992, and December 19, 1997, shall be immune from criminal prosecution under

Article 2 (commencing with

Section 30600) or former

Section 12280.

(2) The immunity provided in this subdivision shall apply retroactively to any person who was charged by complaint or indictment with a violation of former

Section for conduct related to an SKS rifle, whether or not the case of that person is final. (

c) Any SKS rifle in the possession of any person who, or firm, company, or corporation that, is described in subdivision (

a) or (b), shall not be subject to seizure by law enforcement for violation of

Article 2 (commencing with

Section 30600) or former

Section prior to January 1, 2000. (

d) Any person, firm, company, or corporation, convicted under former

Section for conduct relating to an SKS rifle, shall be permitted to withdraw a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, or to reopen the case and assert the immunities provided in this article, if the court determines that the allowance of the immunity is in the interests of justice. The court shall interpret this

article liberally to the benefit of the defendant. (

e) For purposes of this section, “former

Section 12280” refers to former

Section 12280, as added by

Section of

Chapter of the Statutes of or as subsequently amended.