ARMS AND AMMUNITION.
No. 2 of 1900.
1085
ed by section 28: Provided that no person shall be liable to any punishment under this section if it is proved, to the satisfaction of the Magistrate, 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 ammunition or arms on board.
9. Any 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.
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, on summary conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding 1,000 dollars, or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding 3 months.
(2) The fee payable for such licence shall be that mentioned in the 2nd 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 event of such cancellation, the holder of the licence may receive back, if the Governor-in-Council thinks fit, a proportionate part of the fee in respect of the unexpired portion of the term of such licence.
11. No arms or ammunition shall, without the written permission of the Captain Superintendent of Police, be kept or stored by any registered importer, dealer, or vendor only in a proper place.
* As amended by No. 51 of 1911.
As amended by No. 30 of 1911, No. 50 of 1911, No. 1 of 1912, No. 2 of 1912 and No. 21 of 1912.
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ARMS AND AMMUNITION.
No. 2 of 1900.
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ed by section 28: Provided that no person shall be liable to any punishment under this section if it is proved, to the satisfaction of the Magistrate, 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 ammuni- tion or arms on board.
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9. Any person carrying or having in his possession or moving, Arrest with- or reasonably suspected of carrying or having in his possessior of person moving, any arms or ammunition in contravention of this Ordi- carrying
arms, etc., or and nance may be arrested without a warrant by any police officer,
having them shall be conveyed as soon as may be to a police station, to be dealt in his
possession. with according to law.
licence and
etc., of arms
10.—(1) Every importer of, dealer in, or vendor of arms or Annual ammunition shall take out a licence annually from the Captain registration Superintendent of Police, and shall register his name and place of by importer, business and any godown, warehouse, or other place in which he or ammuni- stores or intends to store arms or ammunition, at the office of the tion.
+ Captain Superintendent of Police; and if he fail to do so he shall, on summary conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding 1,000 dollars, or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding 3 months.
(2) The fee payable for such licence shall be that mentioned in the 2nd 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 event of such cancellation, the holder of the licence may receive back, if the Governor-in-Council thinks fit, a proportionate part of the fee in respect of the unexpired portion of the term of such licence.
11. No arms or ammunition shall, without the written permission Storage of the Captain Superintendent of Police, be kept or stored by any registered
* As amended by No. 51 of 1911.
As amended by No. 30 of 1911, No. 50 of 1911, No. 1 of 1912,
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No. 2 of 1912 and No. 21 of 1912.
As amended by No. 50 of 1911 and No. 1 of 1912,
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