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Interpreta-tion.
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Ammunition.
Arms.
To carry.
Exempted person.
No. 2 of 1900.
2. In this Ordinance,
ARMS AND AMMUNITION.
(a) "Ammunition" means any shell, cartridge, cartridge case, cartridge clip, bullet, shot, percussion cap, or priming cap, and also any article which may be declared by regulation made by the Governor in Council to be ammunition.
(b) "Arms" includes-
(i) every firearm of any description;
(ii) every air gun, and every other kind of gun from which any shot, bullet or other missile can be discharged;
(iii) every sword, cutlass, spear, pike, bayonet, dagger, fighting iron, or other deadly weapon; and
(iv) every part of any such firearm, gun or deadly weapon.
(c) "To carry" means to carry on the person, but does not include transport or conveyance from one place to another in the Colony in the ordinary course of business for storage or other business purposes.
(d) Exempted person means-
(i) any person in the naval, military, volunteer and police forces, district watchmen, and members of the volunteer reserve, in respect of arms and ammunition used by them solely in connexion with their duties;
(ii) commissioned officers in the army and navy and officers appointed by letter from the Governor in the volunteer or police forces, the consular representatives of any foreign Government and commissioned officers of foreign armies and navies; any public officer appointed by the Crown or by letter from the Governor, any justice of the peace, special juror, member of the Legislative Council, barrister, solicitor, medical practitioner, clergyman of the Church of England, Roman Catholic priest, or any minister of any congregation of Protestant dissenters or of Jews;
(iii) any person in the naval, military, volunteer and police forces recommended for exemption by the officer commanding his corps or unit in writing to the Captain Superintendent of Police; and
As amended by No. 15 of 1918, No. 10 of 1923, and Law Rev. Ord., 1924. For regulations declaring articles to be ammunition see Hodgson's Regulations of Hongkong, 1914, page 3.