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No. 2 of 1900.
Arrest without warrant of person carrying
ARMS AND AMMUNITION.
thereof, or appearing or acting as the master or as in charge does not produce a valid authority under this Ordinance authorising him or some other person on board to carry or have in his possession such arms or ammunition, such person and all other persons, not being exempted persons, on board shall be deemed to have possession of such arms or ammunition, and shall be liable to the punishment prescribed by section 28: Provided that no person shall be liable to any punishment under this section if it is proved that he was not the person in charge, but was on board as a bona fide passenger or member of the crew and was neither a party to nor aware of the presence of any such arms or ammunition on board.
9. Every person carrying or having in his possession or moving, or reasonably suspected of carrying or having in his possession or moving, any arms or ammunition in contravention of this Ordinance may be arrested without a warrant by any police officer, and shall be conveyed as soon as may be to a police station, to be dealt with according to law.
having them in his possession.
*
Annual licence and registration
by importer, etc., of arms
or ammunition.
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Second Schedule.
10.-(1) Every importer of, dealer in, or vendor of arms or ammunition shall take out a licence annually from the Captain Superintendent of Police, and shall register his name and place of business and any godown, warehouse, or other place in which he stores or intends to store arms or ammunition, at the office of the Captain Superintendent of Police; and if he fails to do so he shall be liable to the punishment prescribed by section 28.
(2) The fee payable for such licence shall be that mentioned in the Second Schedule.
(3) The Captain Superintendent of Police may for any cause which he may think fit, refuse to grant a licence to import, or deal in, or sell arms and ammunition, or arms only, or ammunition only, and may cancel any such licence for any cause which he may think fit, and after any such cancellation, it shall not be lawful, unless such cancellation is reversed, for the person named in such licence to import, or deal in, or sell arms or ammunition: Provided that an appeal to the Governor in Council shall lie in respect of any such refusal or cancellation: Provided, also, that, in the
* As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1924.
As amended by No. 8 of 1919.