D. 1900.]
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arms, etc., or having them arrested without a warrant by any Police officer or constable, and shall be conveyed as soon as may be to a Police Station, to be dealt with according to law.
possession.
licence and etc., of arms or ammunition.
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 for the time being 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. Any importer of, dealer in, or vendor of arms or ammunition who does not take out such licence as aforesaid or does not register as aforesaid shall, on summary conviction, before a Magistrate, be liable to a penalty not exceeding one thousand dollars or to imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for any term not exceeding three months.
(2.) From and after the commencement of this Ordinance, the fee payable for any such licence as aforesaid shall be that mentioned in the Second Schedule to this Ordinance.
(3.) It shall, however, be lawful for the Captain Superintendent of Police, for any cause which he may think fit, to refuse to grant a licence to import, or deal in, or sell arms and ammunition, or arms only, or ammunition only to any applicant for a licence, and it shall also be lawful for the Captain Superintendent of Police to 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, nevertheless, that an appeal shall lie in respect of any such refusal or cancellation by the Captain Superintendent of Police to the Governor-in-Council, who shall have power to confirm or reverse such refusal or cancellation: Provided, also, that, in the event of such cancellation, the holder of the cancelled licence may receive back from the Government, if the Governor-in-Council thinks fit, a proportionate part of the licence fee in respect of the unexpired portion of the term of such licence.
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ammunition to be stored
11. No arms or ammunition shall, without the special written permission of the Captain Superintendent of Police, be kept or stored by any importer of, or dealer in, or vendor of arms or ammunition in any place other than in the place or places registered by him for that purpose.
places other than in the place registered only in place.
Keeping of and making
12. Every importer of, or dealer in, or vendor of arms or ammunition shall keep a book, to be called the Stock-book, in which the particulars of all the stocks of arms and ammunition in his possession shall be entered, and shall, on or before the sixth day of the months of February, May, August, and November respectively in each year, furnish to the
returns.
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D. 1900.]
ARMS AND AMMUNITION.
[No. 2.
573:
arms, etc., or having them
arrested without a warrant by any Police officer or constable, and shall be conveyed as soon as may be to a Police Station, to be dealt with accord- in his mg to law.
possession.
licence and
etc., of arms or ammuni- tion.
10-(1.) Every importer of, dealer in, or vendor of arms or ammu- Taking out of nition shall take out a licence annually from the Captain Superintendent annual of Police, and shall register his name and place of business for the time registration being and any godown, warehouse, or other place in which he stores or by importer, intends to store arms or ammunition at the Office of the Captain Super- intendent of Police. Any importer of, dealer in, or vendor of arms or Ammunition who does not take out such licence as aforesaid or does not register as aforesaid shall, on summary conviction, before a Magistrate, be liable to a penalty not exceeding one thousand dollars or to imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for any term not exceeding three months.
(2.) From and after the commencement of this Ordinance, the fee payable for any such licence as aforesaid shall be that mentioned in the Second Schedule to this Ordinance.
(3.) It shall, however, be lawful for the Captain Superintendent of Police, for any cause which he may think fit, to refuse to grant a licence to import, or deal in, or sell arms and ammunition, or arms only, or ammu- nition only to any applicant for a licence, and it shall also be lawful for the Captain Superintendent of Police to 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, nevertheless, that an appeal shall lie in respect of any such refusal or cancellation by the Captain Superintendent of Police to the Governor-in- Council, who shall have power to confirm or reverse such refusal or Cancellation: Provided, also, that, in the event of such cancellation, the holder of the cancelled licence may receive back from the Government, if the Governor-in-Council thinks fit, a proportionate part of the licence fee m respect of the unexpired portion of the term of such licence.
Stat
Second
Schedule.
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ammunition to be stored
11. No arms or ammunition shall, without the special written per- Arms or mission of the Captain Superintendent of Police, be kept or stored by any importer of, or dealer in, or vendor of arms or ammunition in any place
places other than in the place or places registered by him for that registered
purpose.
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only in
place.
Keeping of
and making
12. Every importer of, or dealer in, or vendor of arms or ammunition hall keep a book, to be called the Stock-book, in which the particulars stock-book of all the stocks of arms and ammunition in his possession shall be of quarterly
ntered, and shall, on or before the sixth day of the months of February, May, August, and November respectively in each year, furnish to the
returns.
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