The Firearms Act

The importation, exportation and licensing of firearms and ammunition are controlled under the provisions of the Firearms Act 1998 32, the Firearms Amendment Act 2002 12, the Customs Act Cap.

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The Firearms and Ammunition Act 1990 regulates the importation, possession and handling of firearms.

The Firearms Act prohibits the illicit acquisition of arms and ammunition.

Legislation currently under consideration for amendment includes the Firearms Act, the Gunpowder and Explosives Act and the Money Laundering Act.

The UN Firearms Protocol will be implemented in the Weapons and Ammunition Act.

The Firearms Act does not provide for the sharing of information with foreign counterparts to enable cooperation in preventing illegal shipments of firearms.

The Congolese Act of 21 February 1950 regulating firearms and ammunition makes it punishable to import, transport, possess, sell or discard firearms and ammunition.

The implementation does not require amendments to the Firearms Act but the provisions on firearms offences in the Penal Code need to be supplemented.

The Firearms Bill is awaiting introduction in the National Assembly.

Australia reported on national efforts to ratify the Firearms Protocol.

UNMIL is providing firearms training to the Liberian National Police.

Sections 40 to 49 of the Act set out the conditions governing exports, imports or transit of firearms and ammunition by persons possessing firearms transportation notes, European firearms passes and by business entities.

One of the objectives of the Bill is to repeal the Firearms Act of 1940.

Firearms and Ammunition Act 1990 regulates the importation, possession and handling of arms and ammunition.

Section 33 (2) of the Firearms Act 1998 32 and the Firearms Amendment Act 2002 12 permits the transit of firearms and ammunition provided the arms and ammunition are bona fide cargo and entered on the manifest of the vessel or aircraft and declared to the Customs Department.

The Firearms and Ammunitions Act of 1 November 1973, updated by Act 31 of 1980 contains the dispositions of the above Protocol.

The new Firearms Bill takes on board various provisions (which were absent from the Firearms Act of 1940) contained in regional and international Conventions Protocols to which Mauritius is party.

Under section 6 (1) of Firearms Act, a person who wishes to export firearms from Barbados is required to apply to the Commissioner of Police for a firearm export licence.

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In Mexico the federal legislation governing the manufacture, import, export, marketing, marking, registration, licensing and control of firearms and explosives is the Federal Act on Firearms and Explosives (LFAFE), along with its regulation.

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As for bodies corporate, the general rules for corporations and companies apply (article 6 (a) of the Firearms and Ammunition Act).

(1.8) Weapons are classified, in general, in accordance with Act No. 33 under five categories, three of which relate to firearms

Legislation, as well as amendments to existing laws, is anticipated to implement obligations under these Conventions, most notably in relation to the Firearms Act and the Gunpowder and Explosives Act.

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Poland stated that it designated the Chief Commander of the Police as the national body to act as a liaison between the Republic of Poland and other States parties on matters relating to the Firearms Protocol.

As a result of that proliferation of arms, my Government enacted a law to regulate civilian firearm ownership, called the Firearms Act.

The Act prescribes strict control over the licensing of firearms and limits the number of permits to civilians to 600 per year.

It also put in place the National Environmental Policy Act, the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act.

The Firearms Protocol is the first instrument of global application dealing with firearms.

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The Act therefore makes education a national priority.

At the national level, legislation had been adopted to control the possession of firearms by civilians and to regulate the national system of arms transfers.

Panama stated that it had designated the Ministry of Government and Justice as the national body or single point of contact to act as liaison between it and other States parties on matters relating to the Firearms Protocol.

Although the disclosure of the names and locations of brokers involved in an arms transaction is not required, no firearm or ammunition may be sold or transferred other than by a registered dealer in firearms under the current Firearms Act.

The Customs Act provides the overarching legislative framework within which the Customs Department operates to prevent the illegal trafficking in firearms, ammunition and explosives.

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One representative indicated that his State had ratified the Firearms Protocol and was making the necessary changes to national legislation.

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