ARMS AND AMMUNITION ORDINANCE,1900

ARMS AND AMMUNITION ORDINANCE,1900

No. 2 of 1900.
To consolidate and amend the law relating to Arms and
Ammunition. [12th April, 1900.]
1. The Arms and Ammunition Ordinance, 1900.



As aniended by No. 17 of 1912 and No. 21 of 1912.
As. amended by No. 16 of 1912.
As aniended by No. 21 of 1912.





2. In this Ordinance,-

'Arms' include any cannon, gun, revolver, pistol and any des-
cription of firearms, and any sword, cutlass, spear, pike, bayonet
dagger, fighting-iron, or other deadly weapon, also any part of any
such arms:

'Vessel' includes any ship or boat or any other description of
vessel used in navigation

'Junk' includes 'lorcha' :

'Ammunition' means any shell, cartridge, cartridge case, bullet,
shot, percussion cap, or priming cap, and also any article which may
be declared by regulation made by the Goveriior-in-Council to be
ammunition:

'To carry,' as applied to arms or ammunition, means to carry on
the person, but does not include the transport or conveyance of such
arms or ammunition from one place to another in the Colony in the
ordinary course, of business for storage or other business purposes :

' To move' or ' to remove ' as applied to arnis or ammunition,
includes every kind of movement, transport, or conveyance of such
arms and ammunition not included in the expression 'to carry':

'Importer' includes every person, whether a commission agent
or otherwise, to whom, or to whose order, ammunition or arms
landed in the Colony are consigned: Provided that this definition
shall not apply in the case of ammunition or arms consigned to any
officer in His Majesty's service for the use of His Majesty's naval
or military forces, Imperial or Colonial

'Exempted person ' means and includes,-

(1) any person in the naval, military, volunteer and police forces,
district watchmen, and members of the volunteer reserve, in
respect of arms and ammunition used by tbein solely in connection,
with their duties;

(2) commissioned officers in the army and navy and officers
appointed by letter from the Governor in the volunteer or police
forces, the consular representatives of any foreign Government and
commissioned officers of foreign armies and navies; any public

As.ainended by 41 of 1911, No. 50 of 1911, No. 51 of 1911,
No. 1. of 1912, No. 2 of 1912 and No. 21 of 1912. For re-
gulations deelaring ai.Licles. to be ammunition see G. N. 370
of 1911.





officer appointed by the Crown or by letter from the Governor, any
Justice of the Peace, special juror, rnember of the Legislative
Council, barrister, solicitor, medical practitioner, clergyman of the
Church of England, Roman Catholic priest, or any minister of any
congregation of Protestant dissenters or of Jews;

(3) any person in the naval, military, volunteer and police forces
recommended for exemption by the officer commanding his corps
or imit in writing to the Captain Superintendent of Police; and

(4) any person recommended for exemption by the Colonial
Secretary to the Captain Superintendent of Police.
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 Captain Superintendent 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 he may deem fit.

(2) Unless in any particular case the Captain Superintendent 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 heal
a number and the dates of issue and expiry, shall not be transferable,
and shall specify the arms and ammunition which it covers. Pro-
vided, nevertheless, that an appeal to the Governor-in-Council shall
lie from any refusal by the Captain Superintendent of Police to
grant such licence.

4. No person who has not a licence for the purpose shall either
carry or have in his possession airy arins or ammunition : but this
prohibition shall not extend to any exenipted person, nor apply
so as to prevent the owner or master of any vessel from having on
board such arms and ammunition as are reasonably necessary for
the protection of such vessel, and provided that in the case of a
junk or other Chinese vessel, such arms ard ammunition shall be
described and enumerated in the licence or clearance: nor shall it
apply to arms or ammunition consigned to a port not in this Colony
and in transitu on any vessel as bond fide cargo and entered on the
manifest: or in course of transshipment in unbroken packages

As by No. 1 of 11)12 ~iii(l No. 2 of 1912.
Asamended by No. 51 of 191 1, No. 1 of 1912, No. 2 of 1912,
No. 21 of 1912 and No. 22 of 1912.





from one vessel to another, if notice of such transshipment has been
sent to the Captain Superintendent of Police: nor to ammunition
which, having been imported is in course of transshipment to the
Governinent Gunpowder Dep6t or is being exported direct from
such Depot : nor to arms and ammunition for the use of His
Majesty's forces : Provided that where ammunition or arms, the
property of a licensed or exempted person, are carried by or are
found in the possession of his agent or servant, tinder bond fide
instructions so to carry or possess the same for him and on his
behalf temporarily for any lawful purpose, such carriage or posses-
sion shall be deerned carriage or possession by the licensed or
exempted person.

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 form 3 in the 1st schedule, or unless he is an
exempted person; or

(b) for export, unless the vendor has obtained from the Captain
Superintendent of Police an export permit, which may be in form
2 in the 1st schedule, and shall be made out in Chinese as well as
in English: Provided, nevertbeless, that no export permit shall be
required in respect of any ammunition which is being exported
direct from the Government Gunpowder Depot under a delivery
order issued by the Harbour Master.

(2) Such export permit or such delivery order, when granted,
ammunition, but an export permit shall only operate as such a
licence up to the time named in such permit for the return thereof.

(3) An. application for such permit shall be in form 1 in the 1st
schedule, and shall be made out in Chinese as well as in English in a
case where the applicant is a Chinaman, and shall be signed by the
vendor of the said arms or ammunition and filed by him with the
Captain Superintendent of Police.

(4) No fee shall be payable in respect of filing any such applica-
tion or granting any export or removal permit.

* As wnencled by No. 41 of 1911, No. 1 of 1912 and No. 2 of 1012,





6. Every person who obtains an export permit shall, when the
whole of tile arins wid ainninnition specified therein exceed 25
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 such receipt, together
with the export 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 ammunition or
arms within the Colony or the waters thereof, except for the purpose
of export and (where an export permit is required) under an export
permit, without having first obtained a removal permit, in form 3
in the 1st schedule, from the Captain Superintendent of Police:
Provided that this prohibition shall not apply to ammunition or
arms belonging to or for the use of His Majesty's forces or
the Colonial Government, or which are the property of an exempted
person and for his personal use, the onus of proof being on
such person : Provided, also, that this prohibition shall not apply
to ammunition or arms consigned to a port not in this Colony in
transitu on any vessel as bond fide cargo and entered on the
manifest, or in course of transshipment in unbroken packages
from one vessel to another, if notice of such transshipment has been
given to the Captain Superintendent of Police : nor to ammunition
which, having been imported, is in course of transshipment to the
Government Gunpowder Depot; nor to ammunition or arms 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 ammunition or
arms are found on board of any steam-launch or motor boat, or junk
or other Chinese vessel, and the person in charge thereof, or appear-
ing or acting as the master or as in charge does not produce a valid
authority under this Ordinance authorising him or some other per-
son on board to carry or bave in his possession such ammunition or
arms, such person and all other persons, not being exempted
persons, on board shall be deemed to have possession of such
ammunition or arms, and shall be liable to the punishment prescrib-

As amended by No. 1 of 1912 and No. 2 of 1912.
As by No. 41 of 1911, No. 50 of 1911, No. 51 of 1911,
No. 1 of 1912, No. 2 of 1912, No. 21 of I1J12 and No. 22 of
1912.
As amended by No. 50 of 1911, No. 1 of 1912, No. 2 of 1912,
No. 21 of 1912, No. 22 of 1912 and No. 43 of 1912.





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 lie was not the person in charge, but was on
board as a bond fide passenger or member of the crew and was
neither a party to nor aware of the presence of any such ammum-
tion 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 Ordi-
nance may be arrested without a warrant by any police officer, and a
shall be conveyed as soon as may be to a police station, to be dealt i
with according to law.

10.-(1) Every importer of, dealer in, or vendor of arms or
ammunition shall take out a licence annually froin the Captain
Superintendent of Police, and shall register his name and place of
business and any godoyvil, 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 fail to do so he shall,
on summary conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding 1,000
dollars, or to imprisonment for any terni 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 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 tnexpired 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

As amended by No. 51 of 1911.
Asamended by No, 30 of 1911, No. 50 of igil, No. 1 of 1912,
No. 2 of 1912 and No. 21 of 1912.
As amended by No. 50 of 1911 and No. 1 of 1912,





importer of, or dealer in, or vendor of arms or ammunition 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 ammuni-
tion shall keep a stock-book in which the particulars of all the stocks
of arnis and ammunition in his possession shall be. entered, aild shall,
on or before the 6th day of February, May, August, and November
respectively' in each year, furnish to the Captain Superintendent 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 ammuni-
tion shall keep a book of sales, in which he shall keep an account of
all arms or ammunition sold or otherwish disposed of by him,
together with a record of the name, occupation, and adduess of every
purchaser thereof, the particulars of the arms or ammunition sold,
the date of the sale, and the number and date of the licence pre-
sented 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 Captain Superintendent 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 balaiwing, the same
or for any other purpose, 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 suspoct that any person
has funtished a false or incorrect return of ammunition or arms,
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

As amended by No. 1 of 1912.
As amended by No. 1 of 1912 and No. 2 of 1912.
As amended by No. 51 of 1911, No. 1 of 1912 and No. 2 of 1912.
As amended by No. 80 of 1911, No. 50 of 1911, 'No. 1 of 1912 and
No. 2 of 1912,
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(not being a ship of war or ship having the status of a ship of war),
or place where the ammunition or arms 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 mentioned in the said warrant, and
may search for and make in inventory of all ammunition and arms
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
ammunition and arms to be conveved before a Magistrate.
(2) Every person who is convicted of failing or refusing to make
such return shall be liable to the punishment prescribed by section
28, and an), arms or ammunition found upon his premises may, if
the Magistrate thinks fit, be forfeited; and every person who is con-
victed of furnishing a false or incorrect return of arms or ammuni-
tion, 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, and shall, further, be liable to a fine
not exceeding 10 dollar in respect of every arm which was, at the
date referred to in such return or books, in excess of or below the
quantity specified therein.

16. Every purchaser or arms or ammunition who knowingly
furnishes any false information to any importer of, or dealer in, or
vendor of arms or ammunition concerning any particulars which
such importer, or vendor is required to record under section
13 shall, on summary conviction, be liable to the punishment
prescribed by section 28.

17. No arms or ammunition shall be imporled 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 ask any arms or ammunition, whether
in transitu or for transshipment or otherwise, shall, on arrival, forth-
with furnish to the Harbour Master a manifest thereof.

18. All arms not consigned to or to the order of any person
licensed as an importer of, or dealer in, or vendor of arms, brought
into the Colony under through bills of lading for any port not in the
Colony, in a vessel the agents of Mitch arc not licensed as aforesaid,

As, atrionded by No. 21 or 11)12.
As arnended by No. 51 of I'Dil, No. 1 of 1912 and No. 2 of 1912.
As ainended by No. ~m or igil :iij(i i,~o. 1 or 1912.





shall, if landed prior to transshipment, be stored only in such
godowns or place as may be approved in writing by the Captain
Superintendent of Police: Provided that this enactment shall not
apply in the case of arms or ammunition consigned to any officer in-
His Majesty's service, for the use of His Majesty's naval or military
forces, Imperial or Colonial.

19.(1) No person shall inove or cause to be moved within the
Colony or the waters thereof any ammunition or arms exceediDg
altogether 25 dollars in value, unless they are enclosed in secure
wooden boxes and distinctly marked or labelled with the words
'ammiunition,' or 'arms' as the case may be, in English and
Chinese : Provided that this prohibition shall not apply to ammuni-
tion or arms-
(a) belonging to or for the use of His Majesty's forces or belong-
ing to the Colonial 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
excirlpted person ; or
(c) which are being landed direct from the vessel in which they
were imported to premises registered under this Ordinance.
(2) Nor shall this prohibition apply to ammunition which has
been imported and is in course of transshipment to the Government
Gunpowder Depot, or is being exported direct from such Depot
under a delivery order issued by the Harbour Master.

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

21. Whenever it appears to a Magistrate, upon the oath of any
person, that there is resonable canse to suspect that any ammuni-
tion or arms 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 be warrant dicected to any
officer of police, empower him with such assistants as may, be
necessary, by day or by night,-

As alliended bY No. 51 of 1911, No~ 1 of 1912, No. 2 of I1J12 and
No. 8 of 1912.
As amended by No. 51 of 1911.
As arriended by No. 50 of 1911, No. 51 of 1911 and No. 2 of 1912.





(1) to enter, and, if necessary, to break into, such building, vessel,
or place, and to search for and take possession of any ammunition
and arms which may be found there, and to carry the same before a
Magistrate; and

(2) to arrest any person who may appear to hive such ammuni-
tion or arms in his possession, custody, or control.

22.-(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, bag-
gage, and goods, for arms or ammunition, and for that purpose,
where necessarv, 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) Every person who is in possession of such ammunition or arms
may be arrested forthwith by the master or any otber officer of the
vessel, and, unless such person satisfactorily accoxints theredor lie
shall, on stimmarly conviction, bc hable, to the punishment prescribed
by section 28.

23. Every person who obstructs, hinders, or resists, or assists in
obstructing, hindering, or resisting, any search or arrest authorise
by this Ordinance shall, on summary conviction, he liable to a fine
not exceeding 100 dollars, or to imprisonment for any term not
exceeding 3 months, in addition to any other penalty to which he
may be liable by law or under this Ordinance.

24. The Governor may establish a central store for the safe keep-
ing and storing of all arms and ammunition, and notice shall be
given in the Gazette of the situation thereof.

25. It shall be lawful for the Governor-in-Council, during the
continuance of any proclamation issued under the provisions of the
Peace Preservation Ordinance, 1886, by notification, to order the
removal to the said Central store, or all ammunition and arms in the

As aniended by No. 2 of 1912 and No. 21 or 1912.
As amended by No. 30 of 1911, No. 1. of 1912 and No. 21 of 1912.
As ttii,,itded by No. 1 of 1912 and No. 2 of 1912.





possession of any importers of, or dealers in, or vendors of ammuni-
tion or arms, or of such ammunition and arms 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
ammunition or arms are sold, and the suspension of the sale of all
ammunition and arms during the continuance of such proclamation.

26. Every person who refuses, after the publication of any such
notification, to deliver up any ammunition or arms the removal of
which to he said central store bas been ordered under the provisions
at the last section, and every person who omits or refuses otherwise
to comply therewith shall, an sumniary conviction, be liable to a fine
nat exceeding 500 dollars, or to imprisonment for any term not
exceeding 6 months.

27 The Governor-in-Council may make any regulations necessary
for carrying out this Ordinance, and may revoke, after, or add to the
forms in the 1st schedule.

28. Except when any other penalty is specially provided by this
Ordinance, every person who commits any breach or infringenlent or
contravention of any of the provisions of this Ordinance or fails to
perform any duty imposed upon him by this Ordinance, shall for
every such offence be liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not
exceeding 250 dollars, and to imprisonment for any term not exceed-
ing 3 months.

29. Any arms or ammunition in cortnexion with an offence.
has been committed under this Ordiiiance may, if a Magistrate
thinks fit, be forfeited.

30. Any ammunition or arms 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, he ordered by a Magistrate to be forfeited.

As, ~ bit temled byM of 191. 1 , X- 50 of 15) M , xo. 2 of M 2.
xo. 21 M 1912 awl No, -1,1 of 19T
As, wnended by No. 50 of 1,91.1 mid No. 1 of 1912.
As wn'dT by Nw 30 A MH, No. 1 of HT, To 6 of W12 a?id
Ne 21 ol IM2.
As by No. 1 of 1912.
As anionded by No. .1 of 1912 and No. 2 of 1912.







FIRST SCHEDULE.

Form NO. 1.
Application for Export permit,

[S. 5.]

THE ARMS AND AMMUNITION ORDINANCE, 1900, (SECTION 6.)
APPLICATION FOR EXPORT PERMIT.
To the Captain Superintendent of Police.

Please issue a permit for the export of the undermentioned Arms and Ammunition
now stored at street, to be shipped on board the
named the at present at anchor at and about to
proceed to

The period for which this permit iq desived is days and it will be returned,
together with the master's or mate's receipt for all the arins and ammunition named
below, to[person] at [plac] on or before o'clock in the noon of the
day of , 19 .

[Particulars of Arms and Ammunition.]
Dated the day of , 19 .

(Signed.) Licensed Dealer in Arms
[or as the case may be]



FORM NO.2. [s. 5.]
HONGKONG.
THE ARMS AND AMMUNITION ORDINANCE, 1900, (SECTION 5.)
EXPORT PERMIT.
The bearer is hereby authorised to export by the named the
at present anchored at the undermentioned Arms and
Ammunition :-

[Particulars of Arms and Ammunition]
This permit, together with a master's or mate's receipt for the whole of the arms
and ammunition herein referred to, must be returned to [person] at [place] on or
before o'clock in the noon of the day of , 19 .

Dated the day of , 19 .

(Signed.) Captain Superintendent of Police.

FORM No. 3. [s.7.]
Removal Permit.
HONGKOKG.
THE ARMS AND AMMUNITION ORDINANCE, 1900, (SECTION 7.)
REMOVAL PERMIT.
The bearer is hereby authorised to remove from to the
undermentioned 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.) Captain Superintendent of Police.
SECOND SCHEDULE. [S. 10.]

TABLE OF FREES.
1. Fee payable for a licence to an importer of, or $1,200 per annum,
dealer in or vendor of arms or ammunition............. payable in advance.

2. Fee where a retail business only is carried on in $10 per annum, pay-
firearms and ammunition for sporting purposes only.... able in advance.

No. 3 of 1900, repealed by No. 15 of 1908.

No. 4 of 1900, repealed by No. 34 of 1910.

No. 5 of 1900, repealed by No. 8 of 1912. s. 12.

Short title. Interpretation of terms. Granting of licence to carry or possess arms and ammunition. Prohibition of unexempted person carrying or possessing arms or ammunition without licence. Conditions to be observed on sale of arms or ammunition for use in the Colony or for export. Exporter of arms or ammunication to obtain receipt from ship. Prohibition of moving ammunition or arms without permit. Penalty for ammunition or arms found on vessel without licence. Arrest without warrant of person carrying arms, etc., or having them in his possession. Annual licence and registration by importer, etc., of arms or ammunition. 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 under through bill of lading, if landed in the Colony. labelling of ammunition and arms for removal. 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. Penalty for obstructing authorised 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. No. 10 of 1886. Penalty for refusing to deliver up arms or ammunition. Regulations. Penalty for breach of the Ordinance. Forfeiture of arms, etc., connected with offence. Forfeiture of ammunition or arms without apparent owner.

Short title. Interpretation of terms. Granting of licence to carry or possess arms and ammunition. Prohibition of unexempted person carrying or possessing arms or ammunition without licence. Conditions to be observed on sale of arms or ammunition for use in the Colony or for export. Exporter of arms or ammunication to obtain receipt from ship. Prohibition of moving ammunition or arms without permit. Penalty for ammunition or arms found on vessel without licence. Arrest without warrant of person carrying arms, etc., or having them in his possession. Annual licence and registration by importer, etc., of arms or ammunition. 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 under through bill of lading, if landed in the Colony. labelling of ammunition and arms for removal. 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. Penalty for obstructing authorised 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. No. 10 of 1886. Penalty for refusing to deliver up arms or ammunition. Regulations. Penalty for breach of the Ordinance. Forfeiture of arms, etc., connected with offence. Forfeiture of ammunition or arms without apparent owner.

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