ARMS AND AMMUNITION ORDINANCE

ARMS AND AMMUNITION ORDINANCE

CHAPTER 238.

THE ARMS AND AMMUNITION ORDINANCE.

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS.
Section Page

1 Short title .............................. ... ... ... ... ... 406
2 Interpretation ........................... ... ... ... ... ... 406
3 Granting of licence to carry or possess arms or ammunition 408
4 Prohibition of carrying or possessing without a licence ... 408
5 Conditions for sale of arms or ammunition ... ... ... 410
6 Receipt to be obtained in respect of arms on ship ... ... 410
7 Prohibition of moving arms or ammunition without permit 410
8 Penalty for arms or ammunition on vessel without licence 411
9 Arrest of person carrying arms etc., or in possession thereof 411
10 Annual licence and registration by arms importer ... .... 411
11 Storage only in registered place ........... ... ... ... ... 412
12 Stock-book and quarterly returns ........... ... ... ... ... 412
13 Book of sales .............................. ... ... ... ... 412
14 Obligation to produce books to police ... ... ... ... ... 413
15 Search warrant, and punishment for certain offences ... ... 413
16 Punishment of purchaser furnishing false information ... 414
17 Prohibition of importation of arms etc., except at Victoria 414
18 Storage of arms or ammunition landed in Colony ... ... 414
19 Labelling of arms and ammunition for removal ... ... 414
20 Prohibition of manufacture etc., of weapons discharging
noxious liquids etc . ......................... ... ... ... 415
21 Power to police to open box ............,. ... ... ... 415
22 Search warrant in certain cases ......... ... ... ... 415
23 Power to search vessel ..................... ... ... ... ... 415
24 Penalty for obstructing authorized search or arrest ... 416
25 Power to establish central store ........... ... ... ... ... 416
26 Power to close arms shops and order removal of arms etc. 416
27 Penalty for refusing to deliver up arms etc. 416
28 Regulations ............................. ... ... ... ... ... 417
29 Penalties ............................... ... ... ... ... ... 417
30 Use and possession of firearms and imitation firearms in
certain cases ......................... ... ... ... 417
31 Forfeiture of arms etc., connected with offences ... ... ... 418
32 Forfeiture of arms etc. without apparent owner ... ... ... 418
33 Power to stop and search for arms in street ... ... ... 418
34 Presumption of law ...................... ... ... ... ... ... 418
35 Powers of police officers ............... ... ... ... ... ... ... 418
First Schedule- (Forms) .................... ... ... ... ... ... 419
Second Schedule-(Fees) ...................... ... ... ... 419
Third Schedule- (Conditions of Licences) ... ... ... ... 419
Fourth Schedule- (Offences specified under section 30) ... 420





CHAPTER 238.

ARMS AND AMMUNITION.

To consolidate and amend the law relating to arms and
ammunitton.

[17th February, 1933.]

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Arms and
Ammunition Ordinance.

2. (1) In this Ordinance-
'ammunition' includes-
(a)every shell, cartridge case, bomb, hand grenade, or
projectile, whether containing any explosive or gas
or chemical or not, and whether intended to be dis-
charged from or by any gun or other propelling or
releasing instrument or mechanism or not, except
hand grenades which can be used only for the pur-
pose of extinguishing fires;
(b)every part of any such shell, cartridge case, bomb,
hand grenade or projectile, whether such shell, cart-
ridge case, bomb, hand grenade or projectile may
have been completely formed at anytime or not;
(c)every fuse, percussion cap, or priming cap, which
could be used for the purpose of exploding any
shell, bomb, hand grenade or other projectile;
(d) every bullet or cartridge clip;
(e)an explosive when enclosed in any case or con-
trivance, or otherwise adapted or prepared so as to
form a cartridge, charge or complete round of small
arms, cannon, or any other weapon, or to form any
tube for firing explosives, or to form a detonator,
a projectile, or other contrivance than a firework,
which can be used either singly or in suitable corn-
binations, as, or in connexion with, a missile;
(f) everything which may be declared by regulation
made by the Governor in Council to be ammunition;
'arms' includes-
(a) every firearm of any description
(b)every air gun, and every other kind of gun from
which any shot, bullet or other missile can be dis-
charged;





(c)every sword, cutlass, spear, pike, bayonet, dagger,
fighting iron, or other deadly weapon;
(d)every part of any such firearm, gun or deadly
weapon;
(e)every gun, pistol, or other propelling or releasing
instrument or mechanism, from or by which any
shell, cartridge, bomb, grenade, or projectile, con-
taining any gas or chemical, could be discharged;
'to carry' means to carry on the person, but does not in-
clude transport or conveyance from one place to another
in the Colony in the ordinary course of business for
storage or other business purposes;
'exempted person' means-
(a)any person who is a member of His Majesty's armed
forces or of the Hong Kong Defence Force or of
the police force or of the police reserve or who is a
district watchman, in respect only of arms issued to
him for the execution of his duty;
(b)any person or class of persons exempted by order
of the Governor to the extent specified in any such
exemption;
(c)any person exempted in writing by the Commis-
sioner of Police under subsection (5) of section 3
to the extent specified in such exemption;
'importer' includes every person, whether a commission
agent or otherwise, to whom, or to whose order, arms
or ammunition landed in the Colony are consigned :
Provided that this definition shall not apply in the case
of arms or ammunition consigned for the use of His
Majesty's forces or the Government;
'junk' includes lorcha;
'to move' or 'to remove' includes every kind of movement,
transport, or conveyance not included in the expression
'to carry';
'vessel' includes any ship or boat or any other description
of vessel used in navigation.

(2) Arms or ammunition on the body, or in the custody
or under the control, of any person shall be deemed to be in
his possession.





3. (1) The Commissioner of Police may grant to
any person a licence either to carry arms and ammunition or
to have arms and ammunition in his possession, or to do
both, subject to such conditions as lie may deem fit. He
may also cancel any such licence.

(2) Unless in any particular case the Commissioner of
Police otherwise directs, such licence shall be issued for a
limited period only, shall be made out in the name of the
grantee, shall bear a number and the dates of issue and
expiry, shall not be transferable, and shall specify the arms
and ammunition which it covers.

(3) An appeal to the Governor in Council shall lie from
any refusal by the Commissioner of Police to grant such
licence or in respect of the cancellation by him of any such
licence.

(4) The fee payable for such licence shall be that men-
tioned in the Second Schedule: Provided that the Gover-
nor may in his absolute discretion remit the payment of any
such fee.

(5) The Commissioner of Police may in his discretion
issue a written exemption to any person from the provisions
hereof. Such exemption may be confined to any particular
weapons or ammunition specified therein, may be subject to
such conditions as such Commissioner may deem fit, inay
be included if desirable in some other form of licence
authority or document issued by him, and shall be subject
to cancellation in the discretion of such Commissioner.

4. (1) Subject to the provisions of subsections (2) to
(9), no person shall, except under and in accordance with a
licence issued for the purpose under this Ordinance, carry or
have in his possession or under his control any arms or
ammunition.

(2) Subsection (i) shall not apply to any exempted
person.

(3) Subsection (i) shall not apply to any arms or
ammunition which are in the possession of His Majesty's
Government or of the Government of Hong Kong, or to any
arms or ammunition which are the property of His Majesty's
Government or of the Government of Hong Kong, and





which are duly in the possession or under the control of some
person on behalf of His Majesty's Government or of the
Government of Hong Kong with the knowledge and consent
of His Majesty's Government or of the Government of Hong
Kong, as the case may be.

(4) Subsection (I) shall not apply to any arms or am-
munition on board any ship which in the opinion of the
Governor, as certified by the Colonial Secretary, is either
a ship of war or a military aircraft of any foreign state.

(5) Subsection (I) shall not apply to any arms or
ammunition consigned to some place outside the Colony and
in transitu on any vessel as bona fide cargo and entered on
the manifest.

(6) Subsection (I) shall not apply to any arms and
ammunition on board any vessel licensed by the Director of-
Marine under the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899 :
Provided that the Commissioner of Police has consented that
such arms and ammunition are reasonably necessary for the
protection of such vessel and has signified his consent by
enumerating and describing such arms and ammunition on
the licence of such vessel. The grant and cancellation of
any such consent shall be within the sole discretion of the
Commissioner of Police.

(7) Subsection (i) shall not apply so as to prevent the
owner or master of any vessel, other than such vessels as are
referred to in subsection (6), from having on board such arms
and ammunition as are reasonably necessary for the protection
of such vessel, but this exemption shall not apply in the case
of any vessel (a) which regularly includes in its ports of call
any place on the east coast of Asia between Vladivostok and
Singapore inclusive, or any place on any river flowing into
the sea on the cast coast of Asia between Vladivostok and
Singapore, or any place in Formosa, and (b) the usual
extreme trading limits of which do not extend beyond the
places specified above.

(8) Where arms and ammunition, the property of a
licensed or exempted person, are carried by or are found in
the possession of his agent or servant, under bona fide
instructions so to carry or possess the same for him and on
his behalf temporarily for any lawful purpose, such carriage,





or possession shall be deemed carriage or possession by the
licensed or exempted person.

(9) It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to
exempt from the provisions of subsection (i) the owner or
master of any vessel or class of vessel whatsoever in respect
of arms and ammunition which shall be on board such vessel
and shall be reasonably necessary for its protection.

5. (1) No arms or ammunition shall be sold to any
person-
(a)for use within the Colony, unless the purchaser
presents, at or before the time of purchase, a valid
licence either to carry or to have in his possession
such arms or ammunition, together with a removal
permit in the prescribed form, or unless he is ail
exempted person; or
(b)for removal from the Colony, unless the purchaser
presents, at or before the time of purchase, a removal
permit in the prescribed form endorsed by the
authority issuing the permit with the words
'permitted to remove from the Colony'.

(2) Such removal permit so endorsed shall be deemed
equivalent to a licence to carry or possess arms or ammunition
up to the time named in such permit for the return thereof.

6. Any person who obtains a permit for the removal
of arms or ammunition frorn the Colony shall, when the
whole of the arms and ammunition specified therein exceed
twenty-five dollars in value, obtain the receipt of the master
or mate of the vessel named in such permit for the whole of
the arms and ammunition specified therein and shall return
wch receipt, together with the removal permit, to the person
and at the time and place named in such permit.

7. No person shall move or cause to be moved any
arms or ammunition within the Colony or the waters thereof,
without having first obtained a removal permit in the pres-
cribed form from the Commissioner of Police : Provided
that this prohibition shall not apply to arms or ammunition
belonging to or for the use of His Majesty's forces or the
Government, or which are the property of an exenipted
person and for his personal use, the onus of proof





being on such person : Provided also that this prohibition
shall not apply to arms or ammunition consigned to a port
not in the Colony in transitu on any vessel as bona fide cargo
and entered on the manifest, or to arms or ammunition which
are actually on board of any vessel and in respect of which
a licence to carry or to possess is not required by section 4.

8. Subject to the provisions of section 4, if any arms or
ammunition are found on board any steam-launch or
motor boat, or junk or other similar vessel, and the person
in charge thereof, or appearing or acting as the master or
as in charge does not produce a valid authority under this
Ordinance authorizing 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 29 : Provided that noperson shall be
liable to any punishment under this section if it is proved
that lie 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. 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 con-
travention 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
Commissioner 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 Commissioner of Police; and if he fails to
do so he shall be liable to the punishment prescribed by
section 29.

(2) The fee payable for such licence shall be that men-
tioned in the Second Schedule.





(3) The Commissioner 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.

(4) The annual licences of retail dealers in, or retail
vendors of, arms or ammunition shall be subject to the con-
ditions set out in the Third Schedule.

11. No arms or ammunition shall without the written
permission of the Commissioner of Police, be kept or stored
by any importer of, or dealer in, or vendor of arms or am-
munition in,any place other than the place registered by him
for that purpose.

12. Every importer of, or dealer in, or vendor of arms
or ammunition shall keep a stock-book in which the parti-
culars of all the stocks of arms and ammunition in his
possession shall be entered, and shall, on or before the
6th day of February, May, August, and November res-
pectively in each year, furnish to the Commissioner of
Police a true return, showing exactly the quantity and
description of arms and ammunition remaining in his
possession at the close of the last day of the preceding
month.

13. Every importer of, or dealer in, or vendor of arms
or ammunition shall keep a book of sales, in which he shall
keep an account of all arms or ammunition sold or otherwise
disposed of by him, together with a record of the name,
occupation, and address of every purchaser thereof, the
particulars of the arms and ammunition sold, the date of the
sale, and the number and date of the licence presented or the
date of the export permit, the name of the vessel by which
such purchaser stated that he intended to export such arms





or ammunition, and the port of destination thereof specified
by such purchaser.

14. Every importer of, or dealer in, or vendor of arms
or ammunition shall be bound, whenever required by any
inspector of police, or by any officer of police bearing a
written order in that behalf from the Commissioner of
Police, to produce the said stock-book and book of sales for
the inspection of the person so requiring him, for the purpose
of comparing and balancing the same or for any other pur-
pose, and also to allow the whole of his stock to be inspected
and counted by such person.

15. (1) Whenever it appears to a magistrate, upon the
oath of any person, that there is reasonable cause to suspect
that any person has furnished a false or incorrect return of
arms or ammunition, or has failed or refused to make a
return, or has not kept the books which he is required to keep
under sections 12 and 13, or has kept such books in a false
or incorrect manner, the magistrate may issue a warrant to
arrest such person and to search any building, vessel (not
being a ship of war or ship having the status of a ship of
war), or place where the arms or ammunition are alleged to
be kept or stored, and any police officer to whom the said
warrant is directed may, with or without assistants and using
force, if necessary, enter any building, vessel, or place men-
tioned in the said warrant, and may search for and make an
inventory of all arms and ammunition found therein, and may
arrest the person named in such warrant and also any other
person, who appears to have committed an offence against
this Ordinance, and may cause such person and such arms
and ammunition to be conveyed before a magistrate.

(2) Any person who is convicted of failing or refusing
to make such return shall be liable to the punishment pres-
cribed by Section 29, and any arms or ammunition found
upon his premises may, if the magistrate or judge thinks fit,
be forfeited; and every person who is convicted of furnishing
a false or incorrect return of arms or ammunition, or of not
keeping the said books, or of keeping the said books in a
false or incorrect manner, shall be liable to the same punish-
ment, and to the same forfeiture.





16. Any purchaser of arms or ammunition who know-
ingly furnishes any false information to any importer of, or
dealer in, or vendor of arms or ammunition concerning any
particulars which such importer, dealer, or vendor is required
to record under section 13 shall be liable to the punishment
prescribed by section 29.

17. No arms or ammunition shall be imported except at
the port of Victoria, and the master of every vessel (not being
a ship of war or hired armed vessel in the service of His
Majesty or of any foreign nation) having on board as cargo
any arms or ammunition, whether in transdu or for tranship-
ment or otherwise, shall, on arrival, forthwith furnish to the
Director of Marine a manifest thereof.

18. All arms or ammunition brought into the Colony
for any port not in the Colony shall, if landed prior to tran-
shipment, be stored only in such godowns or places as may
be approved in writing by the Commissioner of Police :
Provided that this enactment shall not apply in the case of
arms or ammunition consigned for the use of His Majesty's
forces, or of the Government.

19. No person shall move or caused to be moved
within the Colony or the waters thereof any arms or
ammunition exceeding altogether twenty-five dollars in
value, unless they are enclosed in secure wooden boxes and
distinctly marked or labelled with the words 'arms' or
'ammunition', as the case may be, in English and
Chinese: Provided that this prohibition shall not apply
to arms or ammunition-
(a)belonging to or for the use of His Majesty's forces
or belonging to the Government; or
(b)which are the private property of and for the
personal use of a person who has either taken out
a licence under section 3 or is an exempted person
(c)which are being landed direct from the vessel in
which they were imported to premises registered
under this Ordinance:
Provided also that this prohibition shall not apply to
ammunition which has been imported and is in course of
transhipment to the Government gunpowder depot, or is





being exported direct from such dep6t under a delivery
order issued by the Director of Marine.

20. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any
other section of this Ordinance, it shall not be lawful for
any person without the authorityof the Admiralty, Army
Council, Air Council or the Governor to manufacture, sell,
purchase, carry, or have in his possession, any weapon, of
whatever description, designed for the discharge of any
noxious liquid, gas, or other thing, or any ammunition
containing or designed or adapted to contain any such
noxious thing.

(2) If any person contravenes the provisions of this
section, he shall be liable to the punishment prescribed by
section 29.

21. It shall be lawful for any police officer who has
a general written authority from the Commissioner of
Police for that purpose to open and search any box or
package containing or suspected to contain arms or
ammunition.

22. Whenever it appears to a magistrate, upon the
oath of any person, that there is reasonable cause to suspect
that any arms or ammunition are in any building, vessel
(not being a ship of war or ship having the status of a
ship of war), or place, in contravention of this Ordinance,
such magistrate may by warrant directed to any police
officer, empower him with such assistants as may be neces-
sary, by day or by night-
(a)to enter, and, if necessary, to break into such
building, vessel, or place, and to search for and
take possession of any arms and ammunition which
may be found there, and to carry the same before
a magistrate; and
(b)to arrest any person who may appear to have such
arms or ammunition in his possession, custody, or
control.

23. (1) Whenever any vessel (not being a ship of war
or ship having the status of a ship of war), whether under
way or not, is about to leave the waters of the Colony,





it shall be lawful for the master or officer in charge thereof
for the time being, without any warrant for the purpose,
to search or cause to be searched all passengers (not being
exempted persons), and their luggage, baggage, and goods,
for arms or ammunition, and for that purpose, where
necessary, to use force or to break open any cases, boxes,
or other receptacles wherein any ammunition or arms are
or may be reasonably expected to be concealed.

(2) Any person who is in possession of such ammuni-
tion or arms may be arrested forthwith by the master or
any other officer of the vessel, and, unless such person
satisfactorily accounts therefor, he shall be liable to the
punishment prescribed by section 29.

24. Any person who obstructs, hinders, or resists, or
assists in obstructing, hindering, or resisting, any search
or arrest authorized by this Ordinance shall be liable to the
punishment prescribed by section 29.

25. The Governor may establish a central store for the
safe keeping and storing of all arms and ammunition, and
notice shall be given in the Gozette of the situation thereof.

26. It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council
during the continuance of any proclamation issued under
the provisions of the Peace Preservation Ordinance, by
notification, to order the removal to the said central store
of all arms and ammunition in the possession of any
importers of, or dealers in, or vendors of arms or ammuni-
tion, or of such arms and ammunition only as, in the
opinion of the Governor in Council, are not in safe keeping
or custody, or to order the closing of all shops or stores
where arms or ammunition are sold, and the suspension
of the sale of all arms and ammunition during the con-
tinuance of such proclamation.

27. Any person who refuses, after the publication of
any such notification, to deliver up any arms or ammuni-
tion the removal of which to the said central store has been
ordered under the provisions of section 26, and every person
who omits or refuses otherwise to comply therewith shall
be liable to the punishment prescribed by section 29.





28. It. shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to
make any regulations or conditions necessary for carrying
out this Ordinance, and to amend the forms prescribed in
the First Schedule, the table of fees in the Second Schedule
or the conditions in the Third Schedule.

29. Any person who contravenes or attempts to con-
travene any of the provisions of this Ordinance, or any of
the conditions of any licence or permit issued under this
Ordinance, shall upon summary conviction be liable to a
fine of two thousand dollars, and to imprisonment for three
years, and shall upon conviction on indictment 'be liable
to imprisonment for ten years : Provided that no charge
under section 4 or 20 shall be dealt with summarily except at
the request in writing of the Commissioner of Police.

30. (1) If any person makes or attempts to make any
use whatsoever of a firearm or imitation firearm with intent
to resist or prevent the lawful apprehension or detention
of himself or any other person he shall be guilty of an
offence, and on conviction thereof on indictment shall be
liable to imprisonment for fourteen years. Where any
person commits an offence under this subsection in respect
of the lawful apprehension or detention of himself for any
other offence committed by him, he shall be liable to the
penalty provided by this subsection in addition to any
penalty to which he may be sentenced for that other offence.

(2) If any person, at the time of his committing, or
at the time of his apprehension for, any offence specified
in the Fourth Schedule, has in his possession a firearm
or imitation firearm, he shall, unless he shows that he had
it in his possession for a lawful object, be guilty of an
offence under this subsection, and on conviction thereof on
indictment shall be liable to imprisonment for seven years
in addition to any penalty to which he may be sentenced
for the first-mentioned offence.

(3) If on the trial of any person for an offence under
subsection (i) the jury are not satisfied that that person is
guilty of that offence but are satisfied that he is guilty of
an offence under subsection (2), the jury may find him guilty
of the offence under subsection (2), and thereupon he shall
be liable to be punished accordingly.





(4) An imitation firearm shall, notwithstanding that it
is not loaded or is otherwise incapable of discharging any
shot, bullet or other missile, be deemed to be an offensive
weapon or instrument for the purpose of section 45 of the
Larceny Ordinance.

(5) In this section, the expression 'imitation firearm'
means any thing, other than an arm within the meaning
of section 2, which if observed in daylight has the appear.
ance of being a lethal barrelled weapon of any descrip-
tion. [29A

31. Any arms or ammunition in connexion with which
an offence has been committed under this Ordinance may,
if the magistrate or judge thhiks fit, be forfeited. [30

32. Any arms or ammunition which are found in any
building, vessel, or place without any apparent owner may,
whether any person is charged with or convicted of any
offence in connexion therewith or not, be ordered by the
magistrate or judge to be forfeited. [31

33. It shall be lawful for any police officer to stop,
and to search for arms-
(a)any person whom he may find in any street or
other public place between the hours of 6 p.m. and
6 a.m.; and
(b)any person whom he may find in any street or
other public place, at any hour of the day or night,
who acts in a suspicious manner, or whom he may
suspect of having any arms in his possession. [32

34. Every person who is proved to have had in his
possession or under his control anything whatever contain
iny any arms or ammunition, shall, until the contrary is
proved, be deemed to have been in possession of such arms
or ammunition. [33

35. The powers and duties which may be exercised by
the Commissioner of Police under this Ordinance may be
exercised by any police officer of or above the rank of
superintendent or assistant superintendent. [34





FIRST SCHEDULE.
[ss. 5, 7 and 28].

FORM 1.
Removal Permit.
HONG KONG.
The Arms and Ammunition Ordinance, sections 5 & 7.
(Chapter 238 of the Revised Edition of Ordinances).
The bearer is hereby authorized to remove from to
the under-mentioned arms and ammunition, between
the hours of and on the day of 19 .
This permit must be returned to [person] at [place] before
o'clock in the noon of the day of 19
Dated the day of 19 .

(Signed) Commissioner of Police.

SECOND SCHEDULE.
[ss. 3, 10 and 28].

Table of Fees.
1.Fee payable for a licence to an importer $2,400 per
of, or dealer in, or vendor of arms and annum payable
ammunitionon in advance.

2. Fee payable for a licence to carry and/or $20 per annum
possess arms and ammunition payable in advance.

THIRD SCHEDULE.
[ss. 10 and 28].

Conditions of annual licences of dealers in, or vendors of,
arms. or ammunition.
1.The licensee shall not use any premises for the storage of arms
or ammunition unless such premises shall have been approved in
writing by the Commissioner of Police and the Chief Officer of
the Fire Brigade.
2.The licensee shall store ammunition in a steel tank properly
constructed and approved in writing by the Commissioner of
Police.
3.The total amount of ammunition stored on the licensee's premises
shall not exceed 100,000 rounds without the special permission
in writing of the Commissioner of Police.





4.Revolvers, pistols and other small firearms shall not be exhibited
in windows.
5.No other goods which by reason of their inflammability or
dangerous nature are controlled under the Dangerous Goods
Ordinance, 1873, shall be stored with ammunition.
6.No other trade or business shall be carried on in the premises
used for the storage of ammunition unless with the approval in
writing of the Commissioner of Police.

FOURTH SCHEDULE.

[s. 30(2)].

Protection of Women & Girls Ordinance, 1938.
Sections 21(1), 22, 24, 25, 26.

Larceny Ordinance.
Sections 4, 5, 6, 25, 26, 27, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 48.

Malicious Damage Ordinance.
Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 21, 22 (1),
22(2), 23, 24, 40.

Offences Against the Person Ordinance
Sections 19, 20, 21, 30, 32, 36, 39, 40, 43.

Summary Offences Ordinance.
Sections 3, 8(b), 25.
2 of 1933. 30 of 1933. 21 of 1946. 27 of 1947. 9 of 1950. 12 of 1950. 22 of 1950. Short title. Interpretation. [s. 2 cont.] 21 of 1946, s. 2. 9 of 1950, Schedule. 12 of 1950, s. 2. Granting of licence to carry or possess arms or ammunition. Second Schedule. 21 of 1946,s . 3. 12 of 1950, s. 2. Prohibition of carrying or possessing arms or ammunition without a licence. 9 of 1950, Schedule. 12 of 1950, s. 3. (10 of 1899) [s. 4 cont.] Conditions for sale of arms or ammunition. First. Schedule. Form 1. Receipt to be obtained from ship in certain cases. Prohibition of moving arms or ammunition without permit. First Schedule. Form 1. Penalty for arms or ammunition found on vessel without licence. Arrest without warrant of person carrying arms, etc., or in possession thereof. Annual licence and registration by importer, etc., of arms or ammunition. Second Schedule. [s. 10 cont.] Third Schedule. Storage only in registered place. Stock-book and quarterly returns. Book of sales. Obligation to produce books to police. Issue of search warrant and punishment for certain offences. Punishment of purchaser furnishing false information for registration. Prohibition of importation of arms and ammunition except at Victoria. Storage of arms or ammunition landed in the Colony. Labelling of arms and ammunition for removal. Prohibition of manufacture, &c., of weapons discharging noxious liquids, &c. 10 & 11 Geo. 5, c. 43, s. 6. Power to police to open box. Issue of search warrant in certain cases. Power to search for arms or ammunition on vessel about to leave the Colony. [s. 23 cont.] Penalty for obstructing authorized search or arrest Power to establish central store. Power to order removal to central store of all arms and ammunition and to close arms shops, etc. (Cap. 244.) Penalty for refusing to deliver up arms or ammunition. Regulations. Schedule. Penalties. 22 of 1950, Schedule. 21 of 1946, s. 5. Penalty for use and possession of firearms and imitation firearms in certain cases. 21 of 1946, s. 6. 27 of 1947, s. 4. 27 of 1947, s. 4. [s. 30 cont.] (Cap. 210.) 27 of 1947, s. 4. Forfeiture of arms, etc., connected with offence. Forfeiture of arms, etc., connected with offence. Forfeiture of arms of ammunition without apparent owner. Power to stop and search for arms in the street. Presumption. Powers of other police officers. 9 of 1950, Schedule. G.N. 706/47. G.N. 12/47. G.N. 714/33. [Third Sch. Cont.] 21 of 1946, Schedule. (5 of 1938.) (Cap. 210.) (Cap. 211.) (Cap. 212.) (Cap. 228.)

2 of 1933. 30 of 1933. 21 of 1946. 27 of 1947. 9 of 1950. 12 of 1950. 22 of 1950. Short title. Interpretation. [s. 2 cont.] 21 of 1946, s. 2. 9 of 1950, Schedule. 12 of 1950, s. 2. Granting of licence to carry or possess arms or ammunition. Second Schedule. 21 of 1946,s . 3. 12 of 1950, s. 2. Prohibition of carrying or possessing arms or ammunition without a licence. 9 of 1950, Schedule. 12 of 1950, s. 3. (10 of 1899) [s. 4 cont.] Conditions for sale of arms or ammunition. First. Schedule. Form 1. Receipt to be obtained from ship in certain cases. Prohibition of moving arms or ammunition without permit. First Schedule. Form 1. Penalty for arms or ammunition found on vessel without licence. Arrest without warrant of person carrying arms, etc., or in possession thereof. Annual licence and registration by importer, etc., of arms or ammunition. Second Schedule. [s. 10 cont.] Third Schedule. Storage only in registered place. Stock-book and quarterly returns. Book of sales. Obligation to produce books to police. Issue of search warrant and punishment for certain offences. Punishment of purchaser furnishing false information for registration. Prohibition of importation of arms and ammunition except at Victoria. Storage of arms or ammunition landed in the Colony. Labelling of arms and ammunition for removal. Prohibition of manufacture, &c., of weapons discharging noxious liquids, &c. 10 & 11 Geo. 5, c. 43, s. 6. Power to police to open box. Issue of search warrant in certain cases. Power to search for arms or ammunition on vessel about to leave the Colony. [s. 23 cont.] Penalty for obstructing authorized search or arrest Power to establish central store. Power to order removal to central store of all arms and ammunition and to close arms shops, etc. (Cap. 244.) Penalty for refusing to deliver up arms or ammunition. Regulations. Schedule. Penalties. 22 of 1950, Schedule. 21 of 1946, s. 5. Penalty for use and possession of firearms and imitation firearms in certain cases. 21 of 1946, s. 6. 27 of 1947, s. 4. 27 of 1947, s. 4. [s. 30 cont.] (Cap. 210.) 27 of 1947, s. 4. Forfeiture of arms, etc., connected with offence. Forfeiture of arms, etc., connected with offence. Forfeiture of arms of ammunition without apparent owner. Power to stop and search for arms in the street. Presumption. Powers of other police officers. 9 of 1950, Schedule. G.N. 706/47. G.N. 12/47. G.N. 714/33. [Third Sch. Cont.] 21 of 1946, Schedule. (5 of 1938.) (Cap. 210.) (Cap. 211.) (Cap. 212.) (Cap. 228.)

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