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PART 4 PROHIBITIONS IN RESPECT OF FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION
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PART 4
PROHIBITIONS IN RESPECT OF FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION
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PART 4 PROHIBITIONS IN RESPECT OF FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION
ACT
PART 1 PRELIMINARY
2. Short title
2. Interpretation
3. (Repealed by Act 18 of 2022)
PART 1A ADMINISTRATION
(Part 1A inserted by Act 18 of 2022)
2A. Establishment and composition of the Board
2B. Disqualification
2C. Chairperson of the Board
2D. Terms and conditions of appointment
2E. Functions of the Board
2F. Powers of the Board
2G. Resignation
2H. Revocation
2I. Meetings
2J. Quorum
2K. Declaration of interest and abstention from voting
2L. Decisions of the Board
2M. Board to regulate its own procedures
PART 2 APPLICATION FOR LICENCE
4. Application for and grant of licence
5. Provisional licence
6. Qualification for licence originally applied for
7. Duration of licence
8. Suspension
9. Revocation
10. Appeals
11. Prohibitions in relation to licences
12. False statement in connection with licence
PART 3 CATEGORIES OF LICENCES
13. Firearm user licence
14. Estate gun licence
15. Firearm dealer licence
16. Converting firearm
17. Antique firearm collector licence
18. Shooting club licence
19. Sporting firearm licence
20. Firearm user (employee) sub-licence
21. Firearm import or export licence
21A. Prohibited weapons and ammunition
22. Prohibition against possession without a licence
23. Exemptions
24. Prohibition against carrying a firearm or ammunition in public place
25. Prohibition against discharging firearm in public
26. Possession of firearm with intent to injure
27. Use of firearm or imitation firearm with intent to commit offence
28. Restriction on manufacturing, selling, transferring, lending, repairing, modifying, testing or proving a firearm or ammunition
29. Prohibition on removal or alteration of markings on a firearm or ammunition
29A. Restriction on exposure for sale or transfer and possession of a firearm
29B. Prohibition on disposing or destroying a firearm or ammunition
30. Prohibition against acquisition etc. by persons under 18 years
31. Prohibition against supplying firearms to persons under 18 years
31A. Prohibition against illicit trafficking in firearms or ammunition
32. Travellers to declare
33. Travellers in possession of firearms
34. Custody of firearms or ammunition by officer of Customs
35. Territorial waters
PART 5 POWERS OF POLICE OFFICERS IN CONNECTION WITH FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION
36. Power of Commissioner to store firearms and ammunition
37. Powers of seizure and arrest
38. Power of search
39. Power to stop and search vehicle
40. Search warrant
PART 6 MISCELLANEOUS
41. Certification
42. Custody of firearm
43. Slaughtering instruments
44. Forfeiture order
45. Carrying firearm or ammunition in parts
46. Ballistics certificate
47. Compulsory imprisonment
48. Power to order surrender of firearms
49. Duty to report loss etc
50. Inquiry by appropriate authority
50A. Controlled delivery of firearms and ammunition
51. Powers of the appropriate authority to give permission for shooting range etc.
52. General penalty
53. Regulations
54. Non application of Act
55. Savings
SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION
Firearms (Fees) Regulations (Statutory Instrument 2/2002 and 57/2013)
1. Citation
2. Interpretation
3. Fees
Schedule
Firearms (Certification of Ballistic Expert) Notice – Section 46(5) (Statutory Instrument 127/2023)
1. Citation
2. Certification of ballistic expert