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component parts thereof. The second (Annex D) has the effect of requiring the issue of a specific licence for the export to specified land and maritime zones in Africa and Asia of (a) smooth bore shot-guns and ammunition for use therewith, (b) specified brands of smokeless gunpowder used in the manufacture of shot-gun cartridges, and specified industrial explosives. The third (Annex E) enables persons who hold firearm certificates to take abroad, without obtaining a specific licence, the firearms and ammunition described in the firearm certificate.

Specific Export Licences.

31. So far as concerns the regulation of what is without question, war material, specific licences have to be obtained from the Board of Trade. The general procedure

in connection with the issue of export licences is stated in

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paragraph 24 of this memorandum.

The duty of preventing the

export of unlicensed exports of arms where a licence is required falls upon the Board of Customs and Excise.

32. The list of Articles for which export licences are required is set out in the Arms Export Prohibition Order 1931 (Annex B). It includes articles which are not war

material. In fact the number of licences issued for war material is only a very small percentage of the total number of licences issued (see Annex H). Thus specific export licences are required under item (iii) for cartridges for some kinds of sporting weapons and for firearms used for industrial purposes; under item (iv) for explosives which can be used for both military and industrial purposes but which are exported for industrial purposes; under item (v) for rifled sporting weapons and for industrial apparatus such as humane cattle killers; and under item (xiii) for the large quantities of fuses for industrial use.

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