THE ARMS RULES, 1962
1. Short
title.
3. Classification of arms or ammunition.
4. Licensing
authority and forms of licences.
6. Reasons to
be communicated to the appellate authority in certain cases.
7. Direction and control over licensing authorities.
9. Copies of licences of categories I and II to be sent to certain
authorities.
10. Possession of arms or
ammunition for certain purposes to include use thereof.
11. Restrictions
may be imposed by Central Government.
12. [Omitted].
13. Of
retainers
14. Licences
for protection of crops and cattle,
15. Licence for
target practice.
16. Age-Limit for
training and target practice.
17. Travellers
(temporary) licence.
18. Application
of Section 4 of the Act.
20. Manufacture,
conversion, shortening, repair, test, sale etc. of arms or ammunition.
21. Conversion,
repair, test sale, etc.
22. Proof-testing
of firearms.
23. Licensing
authorities to furnish information to the District Magistrate.
24. Sale or
keeping for sale certain arms and ammunition.
25. Identification
marks on firearms.
26. Records of
transactions in arms and ammunition.
27. Inspection
of premises, stock and record.
28. Restrictions
upon import or export for re-import of arms or ammunition.
30. Vessels
entering the territorial waters of India.
31. Import by
land or river of arms and ammunition.
32. Bringing of
arms or ammunition into India by bona fide tourists.
33. Of exports.
34. Export by
land or river of arms and ammunition.
35. Export and
re-import of arms and ammunition by sea of air.
36. Arms or
ammunition to be delivered to Customs Collector in certain cases.
37. Prohibition
of transport of arms and ammunition.
38. Transport
of arms or ammunition.
39. Licence
for import, transport and re-export of arms and ammunition.
40. Scrutiny by
authorities of consignments containing arms and ammunition.
41. Production
and delivery of licence for import/export/transport.
43. Transport
of arms from any place in Nepal to any other place in Nepal through Indian
Territory.
44. Transit
licences for bona fide travellers.
45. Licence to
keep in custody arms and ammunition.
46. Deposit of
arms and ammunition under Section 21.
47. Deposit of
arms and ammunition for safe custody (otherwise than under Section 21).
48. Records and
returns of the articles deposited.
49. Inspection.
50. Previous
consent in certain cases.
53. Variation
of conditions of licences.
54. Renewal of
licence.
56. Procedure
to be followed by the appellate authority.
58. Fees
payable for copies and duplicates.
59. Fee payable
on a petition for appeal made under Section 18 (l).
61. Dealers to
maintain registers, etc., in certain cases.
64. Savings.
THE ARMS RULES, 1962
(1) These rules may be called
the Arms Rules, 1962.
(2) They shall come into
force on the 1st October 1962,
2. Interpretation. -In
these rules, unless the context otherwise requires, -
(a) Act means the Arms Act,
1959 (54 of 1959);
(b) Appellate authority means
the appellate authority referred to in rule 5;
(c) Authority or officer means,
except where otherwise specifically provided in these rules, the District
Magistrate or such other officer as may, from time to time, be notified in the
official Gazette by the Central Government;
(d) Company has the same meaning as that assigned to it in the explanation
under Section 33;
(e) Dealer
means a person who, by way of trade or business, manufactures, converts,
repairs, proves, tests, sells, exports, imports or transfers or keeps for sale,
repair or test arms or ammunition;
(f) District Magistrate includes-
1[(i)* * *]
(ii) In
relation to any district or part thereof, an Additional District Magistrate or
any other officer specially empowered in this behalf by the Government of the
State concerned;
(iii) In
relation to a Union Territory, any officer specially empowered by the Central
Government in this behalf;
(iv) In
relation to the tribal areas of Assam, specified in Part B of the Table
appended to para 20 of the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution, a Political
Officer; and
(v) In
relation to the suburbs of Calcutta, as defined by notification issued from
time to time by the Government of West Bengal in their Official Gazette under the Calcutta Suburban
Police Act, 1866 (Bengal Act II of 1866), the Commissioner of Police, Calcutta
and a Deputy Commissioner of Police, Calcutta, nominated by the State
Government in this behalf,
(k) Form means a form as set out in
Schedule III;
(h) Port includes an airport;
(i) Schedule means a
schedule appended to these rules;
(j) Section means a
section of the Act;
(k) Sub-Divisional Magistrate includes Additional Sub-Divisional
Magistrate, Sub-Divisional Officer and Additional Sub-Divisional Officer.
1. Omitted
by G.S.R. No. 947 dated 24-1-1973.
3. Classification of arms or ammunition. - For the purposes of the Act and these rules, arms or ammunition shall be
of the categories specified in columns 2 and 3 respectively of Schedule I and reference to any category of arms or ammunition in
these rules shall be construed accordingly.
4. Licensing authority and forms of licences. - Licences under Chapter II of the Act may be
granted or renewed for such purposes, by such authorities, in such forms and to
be valid for such period and in such areas as are
specified in Schedule II, subject to such conditions as are specified in that
Schedule and in the licence:
Provided that the licences granted or received by a licensing authority
may be signed by such officer subordinate to that authority as may be specially,
empowered in this behalf by the State Government.
(1) For the purposes of the Act and these rules the
appellate authority to whom an appeal shall lie from an order of the
licensing or other authority specified in column (1) of the Table below, shall
be that specified in the corresponding entry in column (2) thereof:
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Authority |
Appellate authority |
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(2) |
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(a) |
Tahsildar; or Ist or 2nd
Class Magistrate, or Sub-Divisional Magistrate. |
District Magistrate |
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(b) |
Additional District Magistrate, District Magistrate |
(i) |
Commissioner, of the
Divisions. Union Territory, the Administrator thereof, or |
(ii) In the States of Madras, Andhra Pradesh and
Kerala, the Borad of Revenue, or
(iii) in the States of Jammu and Kashmir, 1[***],
West Bengal, Gujarat and any other State, not being a State mentioned in entry
(ii) above, in which there is no post of Commissioner of a Division, the State
Government
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(c) |
Commissioner of Police |
Commissioner of the Division or in an Union
Territory, the Administrator thereof. |
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(d) |
Commissioner of a Division |
State Government |
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(e) |
Head of Indian Mission, or Political |
Central Government Officer |
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(f) |
Other specially empowered
officer |
Authority that empowered |
(2) For the
purpose of sub-section (6) of Section 17 of the Act, the licensing authority
shall be deemed to be subordinate to the appellate authority in cases. -
1. Omitted
by G.S.R. No. 681 (E), dated 11-11-1991
6. Reasons to be communicated to the appellate
authority in certain Cases: - Where a licensing authority is of opinion
that it will not be in the public interest to furnish reasons for the refusal,
renewal, variation of conditions, revocation or suspension, of a licence, to
the applicant, the recorded reasons therefor and the facts of the case shall be
communicated by him to the appellate authority.
(2) A copy
of every such licence shall be forthwith sent to the District Magistrate having
jurisdiction over the place of destination of the licensee; such authority
shall satisfy himself, when necessary, that the licensee has complied with
condition 7 entered on the form of the licence.
7. Direction
and control over licensing authorities. -All licensing
authorities shall work under the direction and control of their respective appellate authorities,
8. Restriction in granting licences for acquisition,
possession or carrying of arms or ammunition of category I. -
(a) No
licence shall be granted for acquisition, possession or carrying of arms of
ammunition of categories (b), I (c) and I (d) unless they have been lawfully
imported into India or are being imported into India with the sanction of the
Central Government.
(b) A
licence for acquisition, possession or carrying of ammunition of categories
I(b) and I(c) shall be granted only if the licensing authority is satisfied
that the ammunition is to be used with rifles or muskets which are law fully
possessed for sporting purposes or with pistols or revolvers which have been
lawfully imported into India; and the amount of ammunition which the licensee
may possess during each period of 12 months immediately succeeding the date of
grant of licence shall be entered in the licence.
9. Copies of licences of categories I and II to be
sent to certain authorities: -A copy of every licence granted for arms or ammunition of categories l (a), l (b), l (c), l (d) and II
shall forthwith be sent-
(a) To the
District Magistrate of the place in which the arms or ammunition are to be
kept, or
(b) To the
State Government, if such place in the State of Jammu and Kashmir.
10. Possession of arms or ammunition for certain
purposes to include use thereof. -
(1) Possession of the following arms or ammunition
for the purposes mentioned against each include use thereof, for such purposes
only provided that such use does not involve manufacture of any arms or
ammunition (including explosives and fireworks):
(a) Arms,
for theatrical performance, cinematograph production or signaling for starting
races or athletic meets;
(b) Ingredients
of ammunition, for bona fide
industrial, agricultural or medicinal purposes.
11. Restrictions may be imposed by
Central Government. -
(1) Any licence having effect outside
the State in which it is granted, shall be subject to any restrictions, which
may be imposed by a general or special order of the Central Government.
(2) Save
where he is specially authorised in this behalf by the District Magistrate
concerned, the licence shall not carry any firms covered by the licence within
the campus or precints of any educational institution.
12. 1[* * *].
1. Omitted
by G.S.R. No. 1418,dated 15.9.1965
13. Of retainers: -
(1) When
the owner of any arms of ammunition licensed inform III applies for permitting
his agent, relative or employee to possess or carry any of the arms or
ammunition covered by the licence for sport, protection or display, on his
behalf, whether in attendance on him or not, and in circumstances different
from those mentioned in the proviso to Section3, such agent, relative or
employee may, if the licensing authority considers it fit, be shown as a
retainer by entering his name and other particulars in column 6 of the owners
licence in Form III.
Note. -The owner of any weapon may apply to the licensing
authority to omit the name of the retainer and in all such cases; the licensing
authority shall omit the name of the retainer.
When a retainer ceases to be in the service of the owner he shall not be
entitled to possess or carry any of the arms or ammunition allowed until then,
nor shall any person who subsequently comes in
the service of the owner be so entitled until and unless his name and
particulars are entered in like manner in the licence.
(2) A
licence in Form III granted to a company for the protection of its premises or
property shall be in the name of a member, agent or other representative of the
company, who shall be responsible for the custody of the weapon. The name of a
servant or any other employee entrusted with the weapon for guarding the premises
or property of the company shall be entered as a retainer in the appropriate
column of the licence. The licensing
authority shall issue to the licensee a permit in Form III-B for each of such
retainers shown in the licence. The
permit shall remain in the personal custody of the representative of the
company and shall be made over to the retainers when they are entrusted with
the weapons covered by the licence:
1[Provided that the licensing
authority shall obtain a report from the police about the antecedents of the
retainer and take into consideration such report before admitting him as a
retainer.]
(3) A
licence in Form III-A for possession and carrying of arms or ammunition may be
granted to a person nominated to be his retainer by a person exempted for
licensing requirements:
Provided that the retainer shall have no right, independent of the
person so exempted, to use the arms or ammunition covered by the licence, and
the licence shall cease to be in force on the day on which the person so exempted
has ceased to be an exempted, or the retainer has ceased to be in
the service of the exemptee:
Provided further that the licensing authority shall obtain are port from
the Police about the antecedents of the retainer and take into consideration
such report before admitting him as a retainer.
1. Added
by G.S.R. No. 703, dated 15.7.1981
14. Licences for protection of crops and cattle. -
(1) Where a licence is granted
in Form V, any member of the family of the licensee or a servant employed by
the licensee to watch the crops or the cattle and residing with him, may, in
the discretion of the licensing authority, be allowed to carry any of the arms
of ammunition covered by the licence to protect crops or cattle against wild
animals in the area specified in the licence by entering his or ammunition of
categories 1 (a), I name and particulars in column 2 thereof.
(2) Where,
after the end of any harvest season, the State Government considers it
expedient that for the protection of wild life in any area, any arms of
ammunition licensed in Form V should be deposited in a police station or with a
licensed dealer, it may, by order, require any licensee to deposit such arms or
ammunition for such period as the arms or ammunition are not required for the
protection of crops or cattle and as may be specified there in, and thereupon
the licensee shall be bound to comply with such order.
15. Licence for target practice. -Where a
licence in Form VI has been granted in the name of any military mess, club or
association, it shall be lawful for any member of such mess, club or association to use the firearms or ammunition covered by such licence
for the purpose of the mess, club or association in accordance with the
conditions of the licence.
16. Age-limit for training and target practice. - Any person below the age of sixteen years but not below the age of twelve years may be allowed to use a firearm) for
the purposes of training in the use of such firearm in the immediate
presence, or under the direct supervision and
guidance, of an adult instructor or the licensee:
Provided that no person below the age of sixteen years shall be allowed
to carry any firearms requiring a licence, in a public place, except in the immediate presence and supervision of the
person who is lawfully entitled to carry such firearm.
Explanation. -For the purpose of this rule, an adult means a person who has completed
the age of twenty-one years.
17. Travellers (temporary) licence.
(1) Subject to the provisions of Rule 8, a licence in Form
VIII may be granted to any bona fide traveller proceeding from the place of his arrival in India to his place
of destination in India, for the possession and carrying of arms and ammunition
for the duration of the journey, by the licensing authority at the place of
arrival.
18 Application of Section 4 of the Act.-In any
area specified in the notification issued by the Central Government under
Section 4, licences, acquisition, possession or carrying in that area of arms
of such class or description as may be specified in that notification may also be granted or renewed as provided in Schedule II, subject to such
conditions as are specified in that Schedule and in the licence.
19. Arms other than firearms. - Unless the
Central or State Government by notification in the official Gazette so directs, no licence shall be required for the
manufacture, sale, and possession for sale or test, of arms of category V
except in the areas notified under Section 4.
20. Manufacture, conversion, shortening, repair, test,
sale etc. of arms or ammunition: -
(1) The licensing authority while granting a licence in Form IX shall show
clearly in the licence form-
(i) The
categories and description of the arms or ammunition covered by the licence;
(ii) The
transactions permitted in respect of the different categories of
arms or ammunition; and omit any transactions or categories of arms or
ammunition, not covered by the licence.
(2) A copy
of every licence granted in Form IX by an authority other than the District
Magistrate of the place of business, factory or shop of the licensee shall
forthwith be sent to that District Magistrate.
21. Conversion, repair, test, sale, etc.: -
(1) Where a licence is granted in Form IX or Form XI for
conversion or repair, but not manufacture, of any category of firearms or
ammunition, it entities the licensee to fabricate components or parts, for the
purpose of conversion or repair of such firearms or ammunition but not to
manufacture such components or parts to be utilized for assembling into
complete firearms or ammunition of any category which he is not allowed to
manufacture.
(2) (a) A
licence in Form XI shall not entitle the dealer to shorten a firearm or to
convert an imitation firearm into a firearm, unless he has a licence in Form IX
showing specifically that he is permitted to shorten a firearm or convert and
imitation firearm into a firearm.
(b) Under
no circumstances shall a dealer shorten the barrel of a rifle or smooth bore
gun so that the resultant length becomes less than 20 inches.
(c) The
details of the cases in which barrels are shortened and imitation firearms are
converted into firearms shall be reported every month to the District
Magistrate, in such form, if any, as may be required.
(3) A
dealer having a licence in Form XI, Form XII or Form XIII to convert or
repair or to sell firearms or ammunition shall not take the firearms or
ammunition for testing to a testing range or other place, unless specifically
permitted to do so by his licence, and he shall carry out tests only in such
manner and subject to such conditions as are laid down therein.
1[(4)
Where a license is granted; in Form IX or Form XI for conversion of
ammunition, it shall not entitle the licensee to convert blank cartridges or
any ammunition having no projectile into single/multiple projectile ammunition
or to load or re-load any ammunition.]
1. Ins. by G.S.R. No. 703, dated 15-7-1981.
22. Proof-testing of firearm
(1) Proof-testing of firearms manufactured by a
licensed dealer shall be carried out only in accordance with the regulations
which may be trained by the Central Government or framed by such authorities as
the Central Government may, specify in this behalf and approved by that
Government.
(2) No
dealer shall sell a firearm which has not been duly proof tested.
23. Licensing authorities to furnish
information to the District Magistrate. -A copy of every licence granted in any form by
any authority other than a District Magistrate shall be sent forthwith to the
District Magistrate having jurisdiction over the area in which the place of business or residence of the licensee is situated.
24. Sale or keeping for sale certain arms and
ammunition: - The State Government or, in the State of Madras, Andhra Pradesh or Kerala,
the Board of Revenue, may, by licence granted by it in Form XI or Form XII authorize selected dealers to sell
or keep for sale a specified amount of ammunition of category I (c).
(2) A
dealer possessing a licence in Form IX, Form XI or Form XII shall not sell or
transfer any arms or ammunition of category I (b) or I (c) to any person,
unless the acquisition or possession of such arms or ammunition is expressly
permitted in his licence or in his certificate of exemption.
25. Identification marks on Firearms: - A manufacturer of firearms shall get every
firearm manufactured by him stamped so as to show distinctly-
(a) The makers name and
registered trade mark, if any;
(b) The
serial number of the weapon as entered in his register and the year of
stamping; and
(c) Proof-mark;
as shown in the
following Table
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Weapon |
Manufacturers Name |
Serial number (Register No.) |
Proof Mark |
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3. |
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4. |
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1. |
DBBL Weapon |
(i) |
On
the rib at the top near the breach |
(i) |
On the fastener |
(i) |
On the flats of the barrels |
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(ii) |
On
the side of the action of body |
(ii) |
On
the flats of the barrels |
(ii) |
On the side of the action body |
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(iii) |
On
the flats of the action body |
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2. |
SBBL Weapons |
(i) |
On
the barrel near the breach |
(i) |
On
the fastener |
(i) |
On
the flat of the barrel |
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(ii) |
On
the side of the action Body |
(ii) |
On
the flat of the barrel |
(ii) |
On the side of the action Body |
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(iii) |
On
the side of the action Body |
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3. |
M.L. Weapons |
(i) |
On
the barrel or on the rib near the nozzle |
(i) |
On the barrel near the nozzle |
(i) |
On the barrel |
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(ii) |
On
the side plates |
(ii) |
On the action body |
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4. |
Revolvers |
(i) |
On
the barrel |
(i) |
On
the barrel |
(i) |
On
the barrel |
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(ii) |
On
Chamber |
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(iii) |
On
the body |
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5. |
Pistols |
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On
the frame |
(i) |
On
the Frame |
(i) |
On
the barrel |
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(ii) |
On
the body |
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(2) When an
imported firearm kept for sale by a dealer does not bear the manufacturers
name, such distinguishing mark of
the importer as allotted by the State Government shall be engraved on the
barrel (adjacent to the number, if any, existing thereon) and on other parts as
shown in column 2 of the Table under sub-rule (1) if a barrel bears more than
one number, the distinguishing mark shall be affixed to the number appearing on
the original invoice. When the
manufacturers number appears only on the trigger-guard or other replaceable
part, that number shall be engraved on the parts shown in column 3 of that
Table.
(3) A
person, who has in his possession any firearm which, does not bear distinctly a
manufacturers name, number, or other identification mark as mentioned in
sub-rule (1), shall get the identification mark stamped on the firearm
consisting of-
(a) Such
distinct letters as may be prescribed for the purpose by the State Government;
(b) Serial
number of the possession of licence in the Arms Register of the licensing
authority concerned or, in respect of the firearms in possession of a person
exempt from the obligation to take out licence for their possession, the letter
Ex, and
(c) The year of stamping, in
that order and in the following manner
1. Rules On
the barrel and breech
2. Guns and pistols. On the barrel.
3. Revolvers On the barrel and cylinder
1.
Subs. by G.S.R. No. 165 dated 11-2-1988.
26. Records of transactions in arms and ammunition: -
(l) Every dealer shall maintain such registers as
may be prescribed by the Central Government to show receipts, disposal, balance
of stock in hand and daily sales of arms or ammunition of different categories
and provide such other information as may be required.
(2) Every
entry of transactions in such registers shall be made before the close of
business hours on the same day and in the case of a sale or transfer, the
dealer shall, at the time of the transaction, require the purchaser or
transferee, if not known to him, to furnish particulars sufficient for
identification, and shall immediately enter the said particulars in the registers.
27. Inspection of premises, stock and record. - Every Magistrate
and any Police Officer not below the rank of inspector, or, if the Central Government so directs, or Sub-Inspector, acting within
the local limits of his authority, or any officer of the Central Government
specially empowered in this behalf may, -
(a) Enter
and inspect the premises in which arms or ammunition are manufactured or in
which arms of ammunition are kept by a manufacturer of or dealer in such arms
or ammunition; and
(b) Examine
the stock and accounts of receipts and disposals of arms and disposal of arms
and ammunition of any other register or document.
28. Restrictions upon import or export for re-import of
arms or ammunition: - A licence shall not be granted for the import or export for re-import
of any arms or ammunition through the
medium of post off ice.
29. Import by sea or air:
-Arms or ammunition shall be deemed to have been brought into India by a person
when such arms or ammunition are imported through an agent and are either-
(i) Consigned
to such person direct; or
(ii) Consigned
to the said agent, if the agent possesses a certificate from the said person
that the arms or ammunition are bona fide his property and the agent only
clears the arms or ammunition from the customs house and forwards the same.
30. Vessels entering the territorial waters of India. -Arms or ammunition carried by a vessel entering the
territorial waters of India or leaving such waters, shall be deemed to be
imported or exported, as the case may be, irrespective of
whether the vessel carrying, the arms or ammunition does or does not berth.
31. Import by land or river of arms
and ammunition: -
(1) Where a
licence is granted in Form XVI and the articles are consigned to an area not on
the frontier of India, a copy of the licence shall forthwith be sent by the
authority granting it to the Government of the State concerned or the District
Magistrate having jurisdiction over the area in which they cross such frontier;
and the State Government/District Magistrate may, in its/his discretion,
require the licensee or produce the arms or ammunition for its/his inspection
before allowing the same to be taken out.
(2) Where
arms or ammunition are imported by rail, a copy of the licence shall forthwith
be sent by the authority granting it to the railway authorities at the place to
which such arms or ammunition are consigned.
32. Bringing of arms or ammunition into India by bona
fide tourists: -
(1) A
licence, valid for the period of six months from the date of endorsement
referred to in sub-rule (I -A), may be granted in Form III to bona fide tourist referred to in clause (b) of the proviso to sub-section
(1) of Section 10, so far as practicable, six months prior to the expected date
of arrival of the tourist in India:
Provided that the validity of the licence so granted shall commence only
from the date of endorsement of the said licence and the arms and ammunition
covered by the licence shall not be used till the date of the endorsement of
the licence.
(1-A) When a
licence is granted in Form III to a bona
fide tourist under sub-rule (1), the licence, together with the
passport/visa of the tourist, shall be presented to the licensing authority as
soon as may be after the disembarkment of the tourist and the latter shall, -
(a) After
obtaining the undertaking referred to in sub-rule (2), endorse the licence
making it valid for a period of six months from the date of endorsement, and
(b) Make an
entry in the passport/visa giving full particulars of all the arms and
ammunition for which the licence has been granted.
(2) The
licensing authority shall obtain an undertaking in writing from the licensee
that he shall not sell or transfer the arms or ammunition to any one in India
without the prior permission of the District Magistrate having jurisdiction
over the place where such sale or transfer is to be made, and where the arms or
ammunition are sold or transferred, he shall inform the customs authority and
pay the duty, if any.
(3) The
passport checking authority or any other officer empowered by the District
Magistrate in this behalf at the port or other place of departure from India
shall verify that the arms entered in the passport/visa are being taken out of
India by the licensee and recover the licence and forward the same to the
authority who issued it with the remarks that the arms have been duly
re-exported or lawfully sold or transferred in India, as the case may be.
33. Of exports: -
(1) The authority granting a licence in Form XVII
for export by sea or air of arms or ammunition from customs ports to ports to
foreign territory or Commonwealth shall send a copy of such licence to the
agent or master of the vessel or to the air carrier by which the arms or
ammunition covered by the licence are intended to be taken out of India.
(2) The
weapons of the following description shall not be allowed to be exported, namely:
(i) Weapons
falling within the definition of antiquity under the Antiquities (Export
Control) Act, 1947 (31 of 1947);
(ii) Weapons
of current and popular bores for which ammunition is available in the country; and
(iii) Automatic
weapons and weapons which are in use by the police or the armed forces of the
Union.
(3) Every
application for the grant of a licence in Form XVII or Form XVIII for export of
firearms shall be accompanied by a certificate from the Director-General of
Archaeology of the Central Government to the effect that the arms intended to
be exported do not fall within the definition of antiquity under the
Antiquities (Export Control) Act, 1947 (31 of 1947). If the application is made to the Central Government, it shall be
accompanied by a further certificate from the licensing authority of the place
from where the weapons are intended to be exported certifying that the weapons
do not belong to any of the description mentioned in sub-rule (2).
34. Export by land or river of arm and ammunition. -When a licence for export of arms
or ammunition by land or river is granted in Form XVHI a copy of the licence
shall forthwith be sent by the licensing authority-
(a) Where
the arms or ammunition are exported by rail, to the District Magistrate of the
place from which the consignment is to be despatched; or in the State of Jammu
and Kashmir, to the State Government, and such authority shall forthwith, send
a copy of the railway authorities at the station from which the consignment is
to be despatched;
(b) Where
the arms or ammunition are exported by road or river, to the District
Magistrate having jurisdiction over the area out of which they are to cross the
frontier of India; and such Magistrate may, in his discretion, require the
licensee to produce the arms or ammunition for his inspection before allowing
them to leave the area.
35. Export and re-import of arm and ammunition by sea
or air.
(1) A licence in Form XIX may be granted for export
of arms or ammunition by sea or air from one place in India and its re-import
into another place in India-
(a) By
the Central Government or any other
officer, specially empowered by it. if-
(i) The
arms or ammunition are taken by sea or by an International Air Service or
across intervening territory not forming part of India; or
(ii) The arms or ammunition form part of the
estate of a deceased or insane person who was or is subject to the Indian Navy
Act, 1957 (62 of 1957) or whose estate is dealt with under the Army and Air
Force (Disposal of Private Property) Act, 1950 (40 of 1950), where such arms or
ammunition are to be sent to the wife, widow, legal representative or
next-of-kin of such deceased or insane person; or
(b) By the licensing
authority,
(i) For import, at the place
of destination, or
(ii) For
export, at the place of despatch subject to the previous consent of the
licensing authority at the place of destination as required under rule 50,
If the arms or ammunition are carried by sea or by an internal air
service.
Explanation. -For the purpose of this rule, India includes any
of ex-French settlements in India.
(2) A copy of every licence
granted under sub-rule (1) shall forthwith be sent by the authority granted it
to-
(a) The
licensing authority/authorities of the place of despatch/destination of the
articles, as the case may be, or if the place of despatch/destination is in any
of the ex-French settlements in India, to the Secretary, General Administration
Department of Pondicherry, and
(b) Where
the place of despatch/destination of the articles is other than a port-
(i) To the licensing
authority at the port of export/re-import; and
(ii) If the route includes
transport by rail, to the railway authorities at the station from which the
consignment is to be despatched.
36. Arms or ammunition to be delivered to Customs
Collector in certain cases: -Where a vessel or aircraft bound for a port other than a port in India
calls at any port in India in the course of its voyage, and remains there for a
period exceeding forty-eight hours, any arms
or ammunition in the possession of any passenger not exempted from liability to
take out a licence in respect of such possession shall be delivered by him to
the Customs Collector, to be detained until the departure by sea or air, as the
case may be, of such passenger, and it shall not be necessary for such
passenger to take out any licence in respect of the arms or ammunition so
delivered and detained.
37. Prohibition of transport of arms and ammunition: -
(1) Save as herein otherwise provided, no person
shall transport over India or any part thereof any firearms or ammunition or
any arms of Category V, except under, and in accordance with the conditions of,
a licence granted under these rules.
(2) Nothing
in sub-rule (1) or in Section 12 shall be deemed to apply to arms or
ammunition-
(a) Transported
personally or as personal luggage in reasonable quantities for his own use, by
a person lawfully entitled to possess or carry such arms or ammunition;
(b) Transported
by a person licensed to manufacture such articles, for proof-testing, in a case
or package legibly addressed to a Government establishment or an establishment
approved in this behalf by the Central Government, or retransported by such
establishment to such person;
(c) Of
Category V, transported through an area where the Central Government has,
by notification in the official Gazette, applied Section 4, or from such area
to an area where Section 4 does not apply, provided that the weapons are
properly packed and labelled, showing clearly the description of the articles
and the name and address of the consignee;
(d) Transported by a licensed
dealer for export or after import, in accordance with a licence for their
export or import-
(i) From the place of
despatch to the port or other place of export; or
(ii) From the port or other
place of import to the place of destination; or
(iii) By transshipment in the
port of import for re-export by sea or air;
(e) Transported-
(i) By a
person lawfully entitled to possess such articles, in reasonable quantities for
his own use from the premises of a licensed dealer, or for purposes of
examination. or repair or test to or from any such premises, or to the address
of any other person lawfully entitled to possess such articles; or
(ii) By a
licensed dealer, in a case or package legibly addressed to a person lawfully
entitled to possess such articles, in compliance with an order given by such
person for the supply of such articles, in reasonable quantities for his own
use or after carrying out necessary repairs thereto;
(f) Being
chlorates, transported for bona fide industrial,
agricultural or medicinal purposes
Provided that-
(i) Transport
of arms or ammunition under clause (d), clause (e) or clause (f) shall be
subject to obtaining a certificate of no objection from the licensing authority
at the destination of the articles as provided for in
(ii) Transport of arms or ammunition personally
for any of the purposes stated in sub-clause (i) of clause (e) without using
them through any area outside the area of validity of his possession licence,
shall be subject to his obtaining a permit from the licensing authority at the
starting place of transport; and
(iii) Prior
intimation of the transport of arms of Category V under clause (c) or of
chlorates under clause (f) shall be given to the officer-in-charge of the
nearest police station or a Magistrate having jurisdiction over the place of
despatch.
(3) The
officer or Magistrate receiving prior intimation under clause (iii) of the
proviso to sub-rule (2) shall immediately inform the District Magistrate, and
if the articles are transported by rail, the Superintendent of Railway Police
having jurisdiction, -
(i) Over
the place of destination, in the case of transport of chlorates; and
(ii) Over
the place of entry into the area where Section 4 applies, in the case of
transport of arms of Category V.
Explanation. -For the purposes of this rule transport includes movement of arms or
ammunition across any part of the country, but does not include movement of
arms or ammunition by a licensed dealer from a warehouse, godown or any other
similar place to his factory, shop or other place of business within the same
village, town or city.
38. Transport of arms or ammunition: -
(1) A copy of licence granted in Form XX for
transport of arms of ammunition beyond the local limits of the jurisdiction of
the authority granting it shall forthwith be sent to the District Magistrate
having jurisdiction over the area where the place to which the articles, are
consigned is situated, or if such place is in the State of Jammu and Kashmir,
to the Government of that State.
(2)
A copy of every such licence granted by a
District Magistrate for transport within the limits of his jurisdiction shall
forthwith be sent to the Sub-ordinate Magistrate (if any) having jurisdiction
over the place to which the arms or ammunition are consigned.
(3) Where
arms or ammunition are transported by rail, a copy of such licence or a copy of
the no-objection certificate referred to in Rule 50 shall be attached to the
way-bill or invoice, as the case may be, and telegraphic advice of every such
consignment shall be sent by the railway authorities from the forwarding to the
receiving station.
(4) A
licence for the transport of arms or ammunition shall not, save for special
reasons to be recorded by the authority granting it, be granted for a period
longer than twice the time likely to be occupied in the journey to the place of
destination by the route indicated in the licence:
Provided that a licence for a longer period, not exceeding a quarter of
a year at one time, may be
granted in connection with industrial purposes for transporting in ingredients
of ammunition, in installments from the godown to the factory of the licence
situated within the same district but not in the same
locality. A licensee transporting any
ingredients of ammunition under such licence shall give prior intimation to the
nearest Magistrate/Officer-in-charge of police station; and he shall make
necessary entries promptly in the stock registers maintained for the purpose at
both the godown and the factory.
39. Licence for transport and re-export of arms and
ammunition, -Where under the authority of a licence for import, transport and re-export of arms or ammunition granted in Form XIX, the arms or
ammunition are to be-
(a) Transported across Indian
territory entirely by rail, a copy of the licence shall forthwith be sent by
the authority granting it, to the licensing authority and to the railway
authority at the place from which the consignment is to be despatched; or
(b) Transported
across Indian territory and re-exported by land or river, a copy of the licence
shall forthwith be sent by the authority granting it to the District Magistrate
having jurisdiction over the area out of which the consignment is to cross the
frontier of India.
40. Scrutiny by authorities of consignments containing arms ammunition: -
(1) (a) (i) Where a package or case containing arms of
ammunition is brought for export or transport, to a railway authority or
shipping agent or a master of vessel or air-carrier, the latter shall, before
receiving the articles for despatch or despatching them, verify that they are
accompanied by the original licence in the case of export or an attested copy
of the licence in the case of transport or of export for re-import.
(ii) Where
a consignment is received after import or transport, by an authority at a port checking import or by a railway authority,
such authority shall require the production of the original licence before
delivering the consignment.
(b) Where
arms or ammunition consigned to an area not on the frontier of India are
imported, or where a consignment of arms or ammunition is exported, by land or
river, the District Magistrate having jurisdiction over the area in India into
or out of which it crosses the frontier of India or an officer appointed by him
in this behalf shall require the licensee to produce the arms or ammunition for
his inspection before allowing the articles to leave the area.
(c) The aforesaid authority
shall satisfy himself-
(i) That
the licence accompanying the consignment or produced by the licensee is identical in substance with the copy sent
to him; and
(ii) That
the arms or ammunition correspond with the description given in such licence.
(2) Where in any case
referred to in sub-rule (I)-
(a) The
original licence is not produced by the consignee or the original or attested
copy of the licence does not accompany the case or package, as the case may be;
or
(b) The
licence is not identical in substance with the copy sent to the authority; or
(c) The
arms or ammunition do not correspond with the description given in such
licence, the authority shall not receive the articles for despatch or allow the
articles to proceed further or deliver the consignment as the case may be, and shall, in case he is not a Magistrate, forthwith inform the
nearest Magistrate.
41. Production and delivery of licence for
import/export/transport: -
(1) The consignee of arms or ammunition
imported/transported under a licence or his agent in the case of arms or
ammunition exported under a licence shall-
(a) Produce
the licence, where the consignment in the course of import crosses the frontier
of India by land or river, within six days of such crossing before the District
Magistrate having jurisdiction over the area into which the consignment so
crosses or before such officer as the District Magistrate may appoint in that
behalf-,
(b) Deliver the licence within six days of the arrival of
the consignment-
(i) At the
destination, in case such consignment has been imported or transported to a
place in India; or
(ii) In the
area out if which such consignment, being exported/transported across Indian
territory for re-export, is to cross the frontier of India and before it so
crosses,
to the District Magistrate having jurisdiction over the area in which
the destination or place or crossing, as the case may be, is situated, or such
other officer as the District Magistrate/State Government may appoint in
that behalf.
(2) Every
officer, to whom a licence is produced or delivered under sub-rule (1) shall
satisfy himself that-
(a) The arms or ammunition
correspond with the description given in the licence; and
(b) Any deficiency is
properly accounted for.
(3) If the
officer to whom a licence is delivered under sub-rule (1) is an officer other
than the District Magistrate, the licence shall be forwarded by such officer to
the District Magistrate.
42. Import, transport and export of arms and ammunition
for the Government of Nepal or the King of Nepal: -
(1) Where arms or ammunition are imported into
India for despatch to the Government of Nepal or his Majesty the King of Nepal,
the customs authorities at the port of disembarkation, or the licensing
authority in other places, shall check the consignment against the list of arms
or ammunition received from the Central Government; the packages shall be
sealed thereafter in the presence of a Custom Examiner or any other authority
appointed for the purpose of the Central Government.
(2) (a) Where arms or ammunition imported into,
or acquired in, India are to be despatched to Nepal for the Government of Nepal
or His Majesty the King of Nepal, they shall be accompanied by a certificate
from the Collector of Customs or the licensing authority of the area concerned
to the effect; the certificate shall also contain a description of the marks on
each package or case sufficient to enable it to be readily identified and a
general statement of the contents of such package or case.
(b) On
receipt of requisition from the clearing agents or the firm concerned, as the
case may be, the District Magistrate shall arrange for necessary export up to
the railway station.
(c) The
railway authorities shall, not receive for despatch any package or case
containing arms or ammunition unless accompanied by a certificate as required
under clause (a).
(3) Where in any case-
(i) The
list referred to in sub-rule (1), is not received from the Central Government;
or
(ii) He
arms or ammunition imported into, or intended to be despatched from India do
not correspond with the description given in such list,
the authorities concerned shall not allow the consignment to be
despatched to Nepal and shall forthwith inform the Central Government.
43. Transport of arms from any place in Nepal to any
other place in Nepal through Indian Territory. -
(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in rules 8
and 28, the Ambassador of Indian in Nepal, on application made by or on behalf
of His Majesty the King of Nepal, of the Government of Nepal, and subject to
confirmation by the Central Government, may grant a licence in
Form XXI for the import into, possession in, transport across, or export
out of, India from any place in the territory of Nepal to any other place in
that territory across the frontiers of India, of arms or ammunition of
categories I and II or any other category, by His Majesty, the King of Nepal,
personnel accompanying him, his brothers, the Prime Minister of Nepal and Nepal
Governments troops or police, as the case may be.
(2) Where
under the authority of a licence granted under sub-rule (1), arms or ammunition
are to pass across Indian territory-
(a) If
entirely by rail, a copy of the licence shall forthwith be sent by the
Ambassador to the District Magistrates having jurisdiction over the areas
through which the arms or ammunition shall pass across the frontiers of India
and also to the railway authorities of the place in the Indian Territory through
which the consignment shall pass;
(b) If by
road or river, a copy of the licence shall forthwith be sent to the District
Magistrates having jurisdiction over the areas through which the arms or
ammunition shall pass to Nepal across the frontiers of India.
(3) The
Central Government, or the Ambasdsador with the approval of the Central
Government, may make any order regulating the safe transit to Nepal across the
frontiers of India of the arms or ammunition mentioned in this rule.
44. Transit licences for bona fide travellers-
(1) Where a licence is granted in Form XXII, the licensing authority
shall endorse the passport/visa of the tourist to that effect.
(2) A copy
of every licence granted in Form XXII shall forthwith be sent to such officer
of the Government of the State in which the place of his departure from India
is situated as may be specially empowered in this behalf by the
State Government or the Administrator or Lieutenant-Governor or Chief
Commissioner of a Union territory, as the case may be.
(3) (a) The licensee shall not, while in India,
sell or transfer any arms or ammunition covered by his
licence without prior permission of the licensing authority of the place where
such sale or transfer is to be effected.
He shall produce the arms or ammunition for the permission of the
licensing authority, as the case may be, at the time of leaving India and
return his licence to the passport checking authority, or other authority
empowered by the District Magistrate in
this behalf, at the port or other place of departure from India.
(b) The
transport checking authority or other authority to whom the licence is returned
by the licensee, shall forward the same to the authority who issued it, with
the remarks that the arms or ammunition have been duly exported, or sold or
transferred with the permission of the authority concerned as required under
clause (a).
45. Licence to keep in custody arms and ammunition. -The licensee
in Form XIV shall not accept for custody arms or ammunition without satisfying
himself that there is no bona fide intention
on the put of the depositor or any person on whose behalf the deposit is
made. The dealer shall either inform
the nearest police station and the District Magistrate personally, or despatch information to the officer-in-charge of the police station
and the District Magistrate by registered post on the day of deposit
or return or disposal, as the case may be, of such arms or ammunition.
46. Deposit of arms and ammunition under Section 21. -
(l) When a licensing authority decides to suspend
or revoke a licence or to refuse to renew it, he shall, while communicating his
decision in writing to the licensee, inform him that-
(a) Under
Section 21 (1) he is required to deposit within such time as may be specified
in the order suspending, revoking or refusing to renew the licence, the arms or
ammunition covered by the licence, either with the officer-in-charge of the
nearest police station, or with a dealer holding a licence in Form XIV, or, in
case he is a member of the armed forces of the Union, in the unit armoury;
(b) Subject
to the proviso to Section 21 (2), during period prescribed under sub-rule (4),
he or, in the case of his death, his legal representative is entitled to sell
or otherwise dispose of the arms or ammunition to any person lawfully entitled
to possess the same and to receive the sale-proceeds, if any; and
(c) If the
arms or ammunition have not been disposed of or their possession by the
licensee or his legal representative, as the case may be, has not become lawful
within the prescribed period they shall, subject to the proviso to Section 21
(3), be forfeited to Government by order of the District Magistrate.
(2) Where
any arms or ammunition is deposited by an owner under Section 21 (1), in a
police station or unit armoury or with a dealer holding a licence in Form XIV,
the officer-in-charge of the police station or unit armoury or the licensed
dealer, as the case may be, shall-
(a) Attach
to each article deposited, a card showing the following:
Deposit under Section 21 (I)-
(i) Description
(No. etc.) of the article
..
(ii) Particulars
of licence of exemption (if any)
.
(iii) Name and
address of depositor
.
(iv) Serial
No. in register and date of deposit
.
(v) Date due
for forfeiture /disposal
..
(vi)
.
Signature of depositor.
(vii)
.
Signature of dealer or officer-in-charge
of police
station/unit armoury.
(b) Issue
to the depositor a receipt containing the same detail as in (a); and
(c) Immediately
send a copy of receipt to the authority who, granted the licence or renewed it
last.
(3)
(a) (i) Any
arms or ammunition deposited in a unit armoury under Section 21 (1) may, unless
returned or disposed of earlier, be transferred, after the expiry of a period
of 30 days after such deposit to the nearest police station;
(ii) Any
arms or ammunition deposited in a police station under Section 21 (1) which
have not been returned or disposed of within 30 days of the deposit and the
arms ammunition transferred under clause (i) may be transferred for the sake of
better maintenance or safety to a police armoury in the district/taluqa
headquarters or such other place as maybe specified by the- District
Magistrate, in accordance with such instructions as may be issued by the State
Government for the purpose: Provided that the District Magistrate may, when he
considers it desirable, extend the said period of 30 days.
(b) Intimation
of such transfer shall be given to the depositor of the article and to the
authority who, granted or last renewed the licence for the article.
(4) The
period within which a depositor or his legal representative may exercise his
rights under sub-section (2) of Section 21 shall be-
(a) Six
months from the date of deposit, if the arms or ammunition are deposited as a
consequence of contravention by its owner of any provision of the Act or these
rules or any condition of the licence:
(b) One
year-
(i) From
the date of deposit, if the arms or ammunition are deposited as a consequence
of its possession becoming unlawful under Section 21 (1) otherwise than as
under clause (a), or
(ii) If it is already in deposit, from the date,
of communication to the owner of the order revoking, suspending, or refusing to
renew the licence; or
(iii) From the date of notification issued under
Section 4:
Provided that any period under clause (a) or (b) shall
be reckoned-
(i) Where
an appeal is preferred by the owner under Section 18 from the date of the final
order of the appellate authority;
(ii) Where
the arms or ammunition is the subject of a legal suit or dispute or is owned or
inherited by a person who has not completed the age of sixteen years-from the
date of termination of the dispute or of completion by that person of the age
of sixteen years; and
(iii) Where
the owner of the arms or ammunition is on active service outside India-from the
date of his return to India:
Provided further that when the arm or ammunition is owned by a person
who is considered by the licensing authority to be unfit, for the time being,
to carry the arm or ammunition for any reason, the period prescribed under
clause (a) may be extended suitably by the District Magistrate or the
Commissioner of Police in relation to any metropolitan area;
1[(c)
2[(Two years] if the firearms are
deposited as consequence of proviso to sub-section (2) of Section 3.1
(5) (a) Any arms or ammunition not returned or
disposed of before the expiry of the period prescribed under sub-rule (4) shall
be notified to the District Magistrate; and, subject to the provisos to
sub-rule (4) and the proviso to Section 21 (3), transferred to the district
malkhana or such other place as required by order of the District Magistrate
for the purpose of forfeiture under Section 21 (3).
(b) The
District Magistrate shall, before making an order of forfeiture after the
expiry of the prescribed period, serve a notice as required under Section 21
(4) in the like manner as for summons under the 3
[Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (V of 1898)]:
Provided that, in the case of the depositor being a member of the armed
forces of the Union, the notice shall be served personally through the
Commanding Officer of such member.
(6) Charges for maintaining
in good condition articles deposited may be levied at such rates as may be
fixed from time to time by the State Government.
1. Inserted
by G.S.R. No. 673 (E), dated 19-9-1984.
2. Subs.
by G.S.R. No. 283 (E), dated 18-3-1985.
3. See now Code or Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2
of 1974).
47. Deposit of arms and ammunition for safe custody
(otherwise than under Section 21): -
(1) (a) A person lawfully
possessing arms or ammunition may deposit them for safe custody with a dealer
holding a licence in Form XIV or in a police station or, if he is a member of
the armed forces of the Union, in a unit armoury.
(b) Before
accepting the arms or ammunition for deposit otherwise than under Section 21
(1) the dealer or officer-in-charge of a police station or unit armoury shall
satisfy himself that they are possessed under a valid licence issued under the
Act and the rules or under exemption from the need for such licence.
(c)
Members of the armed forces of the Union may be allowed to keep their arms or
ammunition in safe custody in a unit armoury only during the tenure of their
service.
(2) Where
the arms or ammunition have been deposited under sub-rule (1), the dealer or
officer-in-charge of the police station or unit armoury shall-
(a) Attach to each article
deposited, a card, easily distinguishable from the described in rule 46(2) (a)
showing the following:
Deposit for safe custody-
(i) Description (No. etc.) of article
.
(ii) Name and address of depositor
..
(iii) Particulars of
licence/exemption
.
(iv) Serial No. in register
and date of deposit
.
(v) Date of expiry of licence
(vi) Date up to which deposited
..
(vii)
.
Signature of depositor.
(viii)
..
Signature of dealer or officer-in-charge
of police
station/unit armoury.
(b) Issue to the depositor a
receipt containing the same particulars as in clause (a); and
(c) On same day send a copy
of the receipt to the authority who granted the licence or renewed it last.
(3) (a) In the event of failure to get the licence
renewed, the arms or ammunition shall continue to be possessed by the dealer on
the authority of his licence in Form XIV or by the officer-in-charge of the
police station or unit armoury; but, if the licence is not renewed for a period
of three years after its expiry the dealer or the officer-in-charge of the
police station or unit armoury shall bring this to the notice of the District
Magistrate for such action as he may consider necessary;
(b) The
articles shall in no case be returned to the owner unless the licence to
possess them is renewed or a new licence is obtained.
(4) The
depositor may be charged a fee for the custody of the articles deposited at the
following rates:
1. For each Firm ....One rupee per year or portion thereof
2. For every other weapon or package ... 50 paise per year or portion thereof.
Any extra charges for maintenance of the articles in good condition may
be levied at such rates as may be fixed from time to time by the State Government.
48. Records and returns of the articles deposited:
-
(1) The dealer, or the Officer in-charge of the
police station or unit armoury shall maintain such registers as may be
prescribed by the Central Government.
(2) A copy
of the entries in the registers relating to the quarters ending on the last day
of March, June, September and December, each year, certified as true copy under
the signature of the dealer or officer-in-charge of the police station or unit
armoury, as the case may be, shall be forwarded to the District Magistrate as
early as possible after the expiry of each quarter.
(3) The
licensed dealer or the Officer-in-charge of the police station or unit armoury
or of any other place specified under rule 46 (3) (ii) where the arms or
ammunition are kept, shall submit to the District Magistrate by the 15th
December each year, a report showing the particulars of arms as ammunition in
their custody which have, or will become liable to forfeiture by the end of
that year.
49. Inspection: -
(1) Arms and ammunition deposited in a police
station or with a dealer and those
transferred to the district malkhana and the register maintained for the
purpose shall be inspected periodically by the District Magistrate or other
officer appointed by the State Government in this behalf in accordance with
such procedure as may be prescribed by the State Government.
(2) The
arms of ammunition deposited in a unit armoury and the register maintained for
this purpose shall be inspected periodically by the officer commanding the unit
or any other officer empowered by him in accordance with the procedure
prescribed by the Government of the State, where the unit is for the time being
located.
50. Previous consent in certain cases: -
(1) A
licence having effect beyond the local limits of the authority of the officer
granting it shall not be granted for the transport or export or import of any
arms or ammunition to a place, without ascertaining that there is no objection
to the grant of such licence on the part of-
(i) The
District Magistrate having jurisdiction over the area in which such place
is situated, or
(ii) The
Government of the State of Jammu and Kashmir, if such place is in that State,
or
(iii) The
Secretary, General Administration Department, Government of Pondicherry, if
such place is in any of the ex-French Settlements in India.
(2) For the
purposes of sub-rule (1), either-
(i) A
certificate of no objection may be obtained by the applicant for the licence,
or
(ii) An
enquiry may be made by the authority to whom; application for grant of such
licence is made.
51. Application for Licence: - Every application for the grant of
a licence under these rules-
(a) Shall
be submitted in Form A;
(b) May be
presented by the applicant in person or sent through the medium of post office
or otherwise, to the licensing authority, as far as, possible, having
jurisdiction in respect of the place where he ordinarily resides or has his
occupation;
(c) Shall
contain all such information as is necessary for the consideration of the
application; and in particular-
(i) Where
the application is for a licence for the acquisition, possession and carrying
of arms or ammunition for crop-protection shall specify details of the land
cultivation requiring protection and area within which the arms or
ammunition are required to be carried;
(ii) Where
the application is for a licence for import by land or, river or for export or
for transport or for export and re-import, or for import, transport and
re-export, of arms or ammunition, shall specify the place of destination, the
route, the time likely to be occupied in the journey, and the quantity,
description and price of each kind of arms or ammunition in respect of which
the licence is required and the purpose for which they are intended;
(d) Where
the grant of licence requires a certificate of no objection from some other
authority as provided in rule 50, shall state whether such
certificate has been obtained and, if so, shall be supported by evidence
thereof,
(e) Where
an application is for the grant of licence in Form II, Form III, Form III-A,
Form IV, Form V or Form VI, from a person other than a bona fide tourist as defined in Section 10 (l) (b) of the Act it
shall be accompanied by two passport size copies of the latest photograph of
the applicant:
Provided that-
(i) An
application by a member of the armed forces of the Union shall be made through
his Commanding Officer to the licensing authority having jurisdiction in
respect of the place to which he is for the time being posted; and
(ii) The
licensing authority may in accordance with any instructions
issued by the State Government in respect of all or any class of firearms,
require the personal attendance of the applicant before granting or renewing
the licence applied for.
1[51-A.The applicant shall not suppress any factual information or furnish any false or wrong
information in the application from.]
1. Ins.
by G.S.R. No. 52 (E), dated 24-1-1989.
(1) A licence in Form II, Form III,
Form III-A, Form IV, Form V or Form VI, if granted for more than a year, to a
person other than a bona fide
tourist as defined in Section 10 (1) (b) of the Act, shall be in book form
and shall contain the latest photograph of the licensee.
(2) When a
licence is granted in Form II,
Form III, Form IV, Form V or Form VI for the possession of arms to be acquired
by the licensee subsequent to the grant of the licence, the authority granting
the licence shall, at the time of granting the same, direct that within a period
specified by him in this behalf which he may, from time to time, extend, the
arms covered by the licence shall be acquired and that the licence or the arms
or both shall be produced for his inspection and if within the period specified
or extended,-the licensee fails to acquire the arms and to produce the licence,
or the arms or both, as the case may be, the licence shall cease to be in
force:
Provided that, if during the period so specified or extended the
licensee wishes to acquire and possess any weapon or weapons of a different
description and the licensing authority has no objection to allow the
acquisition and possession of such weapon or weapons, he may amend the licence
accordingly:
Provided further
that-
(i) Where
the licensing authority is the State Government the licensee residing at any
place within the State in which the licence was issued may produce the licence
or the arms or both for inspection before such authority as the State
Government may, by a general or special order specify in this behalf,
(ii) Where
the licensing authority is the State Government, the licensee may, if he
changes his place of residence from one State to another State, produce the
licence or arms or both for inspection before the Government of the
second-mentioned State or any authority, which that Government may, by general
or special order specify in this behalf;
(iii) Where
the licensing authority is other than the State Government, the licensee may,
if he changes his place of residence, produce the licence or arms or both for
inspection before the licensing authority of the place of his new residence to
which the licensee may have shifted after the grant of licence;
Within the period so specified or extended and authority other than the
licensing authority who inspected the arms as well as the licensee shall
intimate the fact of the inspection to the authority who issued the licence.
53. Variation of conditions of Licences-
(1) On application from a licence-holder, a
licensing authority may extend the area of validity specified in his licence,
if he is satisfied about the need of such extension, subject to the condition
that the licensing authority has the power to grant a licence in relation to
the area to which extension is sought.
(2) On
application from a company holding a licence in Form II or Form III for a
change in the name of the member, agent or other representative of the company
in whose name the licence has been granted or of a retainer included in the
licence, the necessary amendments may be made in the licence by the licensing
authority.
(1) Every licence may, at its expiration and
subject to the same conditions (if any) as to the grant thereof, be renewed by
the authority mentioned in Schedule II as renewing authority:
Provided that the licence so renewed may be signed in the appropriate
column of the licence by such officer as may be specifically empowered in this
behalf by the State Government under rule
(2) The
authority issuing a licence shall ordinarily be responsible for watching all
future renewals of the licence. Where a
licence is renewed by an authority other than the authority who granted it, the
former shall forthwith inform the latter of the fact of renewal and the period
for which such renewal is valid. The
applicant for the renewal of a licence under this rule shall always be required
to state his permanent residence, and, if he notifies a change in his permanent
residence to the district in which the renewal is sought, the licensing
authority of such district shall henceforward become responsible for watching
all future renewals of his licence and shall inform the original issuing
authority accordingly. This procedure
shall be repeated on each subsequent occasion of renewal of the licence, the
necessary intimation being sent by the renewing authority to the original
issuing authority, or to the authority who last renewed the licence on a
permanent change of residence, as the case may be.
(3) An
application for renewal of a licence for arms or ammunition deposited under
sub-rule (1) of rule 47 may be made by the depositor, or where it is not
practicable to make the application direct, through the dealer or any other person authorised by him in this behalf, while the arms or
ammunition continue to be so deposited.
(4) The
licensing authority may consider all application for renewal of a licences
if the period between the date of its expiry and the date of application is
not, in his opinion, unduly long with due regard to the circumstances of the
case, and all renewal fees for the intervening period are paid; otherwise the
application may be treated as one for grant of a fresh licence.
55. Appeal against the order of licensing
authorities or an authority suspending or
revoking the licence under Section 17 (6).
-In any case in which all authority
issues an order-
(a) Refusing
to grant or renew a licence or to give a no objection
certificate for such grant or renewal; or
(b) Varying
any condition of a licence or suspending or revoking a licence under
sub-section (1), or sub-section (3) or sub-section (6) of Section 17, the
person aggrieved by such order may, within thirty days from the date of issue
of the order, and subject to the proviso to subsection (2) of Section 18 prefer
an appeal against that order, to the concerned appellate authority.
56. Procedure to be followed by the appellate authority.
-On the receipt of all appeal, the appellate authority may call for the
records of the case from the authority who passed the order appealed against and after giving the appellant a reasonable opportunity of being
heard, pass final orders.
57. Fees payable for licences-
(1) (a) Every licence granted or renewed under
these rules shall, save as herein otherwise expressly provided be chargeable
with the fee (if any) specified in the form in which it is granted or renewed.
(b) In any
case where fee is prescribed for a year, fee for a fraction of a year shall be
the same as for a whole year.
(2) Where a
licensee submits his application for renewal of his licence after the expiry of
the period for which the licence was granted, the licensing authority may, if
he decided to renew the licence, at his discretion levy-
(a) Full
fee as for initial grant of the licence, and
(b) If he
is satisfied that the delay is not justifiable or excusable, not serious enough
to warrant revocation of the licence or prosecution of the licensee, a late fee
not exceeding the amount of the licence fee, if fee is charged, or Rs. 5 in
other cases.
(3) The
Central Government may, by general or special order and for reasons to be
recorded in writing and subject to such conditions, if any, as
it may specify in the order, grant exemption from, or reduction of, the fee
payable in respect of any licence:
Provided that it shall be a condition of every exemption from payment of
the fee chargeable in respect of the grant or renewal of any licence in Form
III that if application for renewal of such licence is not made within one
month from the date on which the licence expires, the licensing authority may,
unless the applicant satisfies the licensing authority that he had sufficient
cause for not making the application within that period, levy renewal fee at
the rate specified in the Form.
(4) No
separate fees shall be chargeable from retainers.
(5) No fee
shall be chargeable in respect of the grant or renewal. of a licence in Form XV
by a State Government or the Board of Revenue (in the State of Andhra Pradesh
Kerala or Madras), for the import of sulphur in reasonable quantities, if the
State Government or the Board of Revenue is satisfied that the sulphur is
required in good faith for medicinal, industrial or agricultural purposes
(other that) for manufacturing arms, ammunition or explosives).
(6) Any
political representative authorised to grant a licence in Form XVIII may remit
the fee payable in respect of the grant or renewal of any such licence in the
case of arms or ammunition exported for personal use, or in the case of
ammunition exported for use for blasting purposes (whether on a public work or
not) of the Government of any territory or place outside India.
(7) (i) No fee shall be chargeable for the grant
of a licence for export and re-import of any arms or ammunition in a case or
package legibly addressed to a person lawfully entitled to possess such
articles in compliance with a requisition made by such person for the supply of
such articles in reasonable quantities for his own use or after carrying out
necessary repairs thereto.
(ii) Where
any arms or ammunition are imported under a licence into any customs port in
India and re-exported thence for re-import into any other customs port in India
under rule 35, the necessary licence for such re-export and re-import under the
said rule shall be chargeable with a fee of rupee one only.
(8) No fee shall be
chargeable in respect of-
(i) A
change of description of the weapon entered in a licence, granted for its
acquisition under the proviso to rule 52(2) but if the licence fee in respect
of the weapon so changed is higher than that for the original weapon, the
difference of such fee may be charged,
(ii) An
endorsement under rule 12 of a licence granted in the State of Pondicherry or
endorsement to extend or change the area of validity of a licence under
sub-rule (1) of rule 53-,
(iii) A
change of name, under rule 53(2), of member, agent or other representative of
the company or a retainer; or
(iv) A grant
of consent or permit/certificate or endorsement or any other document under
these rules, except as otherwise expressly provided.
58. Fees payable
for copies and duplicates: - where a licence
granted or renewed under these rules is lost or accidentally destroyed, the
authority empowered to grant such licence may giant a duplicate-
(a) Where
the original licence was granted without the payment of any fee, on payment of
a fee of 50 paise; and
(b) It any
other case on payment of a fee of one rupee or of the fee with which the
original licence was chargeable, whichever is less.
59. Fee payable on
a petition for appeal made under Section 18 (l): - Every petition for appeal under Section 18 (l)
shall be accompanied by a fee of-
(a) Rs. 10,
if the fee for the licence in relation to which the appeal is preferred is Rs.
5 or more; and Rs. 5 in any other case.
(b) Rs. 5 in any other case.
60. Collection of
fees. -All fees payable shall be paid in cash either in person or, at the option of
the person concerned, by money order/postal order at the time of application
61. Dealers to maintain registers, etc., in certain
cases-Where
no licence is required for the manufacturer,
sale, import, export or transport of any category or description of arms or
ammunition by or through a dealer, the dealer may be asked to register his name
and address and place of business in such manner and at such place as the
Central Government may prescribe and the dealer shall maintain such registers
and furnish such information to the Central Government as it may require in
respect of the arms or ammunition, so manufactured sold, imported, exported, or
transported.
(1) Any person who-
(a) Holds a
licence, granted or renewed or a pass, permit or certificate granted under
these rules, or
(b) Is
acting Guide, colour of such licence, pass, permit, or certificate, shall
forthwith produce such licence, pass, permit or certificate upon demand by any
Magistrate or any police officer of a rank not below that of an
officer-in-charge of a police station.
(2) While
granting or renewing a licence, no authority shall impose a condition
inconsistent with sub-rule (1).
(3) If a
person who holds a licence in Form III changes his place of residence,
permanently, or temporarily for more than thirty consecutive days, and carries
with him the weapon covered by the licence to a place other than indicated in
column 2 of the licence, he shall, within thirty days of such change send
intimation about such chance to the licensing authority of the place of his new
residence as well as to the authority which granted the licence or last renewed
it as the case may be and shall on demand, forthwith produce the licence and
the weapon to the first mentioned authority for making necessary entry in the licence to indicate therein the
particulars of the new residence of the licensee.
(4) The
licensee shall intimate within a period of thirty days in regard to change of
residence to the licensing authority of the new place of his residence and
produce his licence before the licensing authority of the new place for
appropriate endorsement. On such change
of residence and after such endorsement on the licence, the said licence shall
be deemed to have been transferred to the jurisdiction of the licensing
authority and renewing authority of the new place of residence and such authority
shall be the licensing authority and the renewing authority in relation to the
said licence for purposes of provisions of the Arms Act, 1959 and the Arms
Rules, 1962.
63. Production of
arms.- The
authority by whom any licence in Form II, Form III, Form IV, Form V or Form VI
has been granted or renewed, may, for the purpose of satisfying itself that any
arms covered by such licence are still in the possession of the licensee, at
any time while the licence is in force, by order in writing require the licensee-
(a) To
produce the arms at such time and place for inspection of such officer as may
be specified in the order; or
(b) At the option of the
licensee, to produce a certificate from-
(i) a
Magistrate or the officer-in-charge of the nearest police station in whose
jurisdiction the licensee resides or has his occupation; or
(ii) If he
is a Government servant, a gazetted officer to whom he is subordinate, to the
effect that he has seen the arms in the possession of the licensee and they
correspond to the description given in the licence.
64. Savings.
-
(l) The
Indian Arms Rules, 1951, are hereby repealed.
(2) Notwithstanding
such repeal, anything done or any action taken (including any exemption,
exclusion or withdrawal made, fee imposed, levied, remitted or reduced or power
conferred) or deemed to have been done or taken under the said rules, shall, so
far as it is consistent with these rules, be deemed to have been done or taken
under the corresponding provisions of
these rules.
SCHEDULE 1
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Category |
Arms |
Ammunition |
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1 |
2 |
3 |
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1 |
(a) |
Prohibited arms as defined in Section 2 (1) (i)
and such other arms as the Central Government may, by notification in the
official Gazette, specify to be prohibited arms. |
Prohibited ammunition as defined in Section 2 (1)
(h) and such other articles as the Central Government may, by notification in
the official Gazettee, specify to by prohibited ammunition. |
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(b) |
Semi- automatic firearms, other than those
included in categories I(c) and III (a), smooth bore guns having barrel of
less than 20 in length. |
Ammunition for arms of category I (b). |
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(c)
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Bolt action or semi- automatic rifles of .303 or 7
.62 mm. Bore or any other bore which can chamber and fire service ammunition
of .303 or 7 .62 mm. Caliber, muskets of .410 bore or any other bore which
can fire .410 musket ammunition, pistols, revolvers or carbines of any bore
which can chamber .380 or .455 rimmed cartridges or service 9 mm. or .445
rimless cartridges. |
Ammunition for firearms of category 1(c). |
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(d) |
Accessories for any firearms designed or adapted
to diminish the noise or flash caused by firing thereof.] |
Nil |
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II |
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Machinery for manufacture or proof testing of
firearms. |
Machinery for manufacturing ammunition. |
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III |
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Firearms other than those in categories I, III and
IV, namely, - |
Ammunition for firearms other than those In
categories I, II and IV, namely, - |
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(a) |
Revolvers
and pistols |
Ammunition for firearms of category III (a). |
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(b) |
Breech- loading rifles
other than .22 bore rifles mentioned in category III (c) below, |
Ammunition for firearms of category III (b). |
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(c) |
.22 bore (low velocity)
rifles using rimfire cartridges, breech-loading smoothbore guns and
and-rifles. |
Ammunition for firearms of category III (b). |
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(d) |
Air
guns and muzzle loading guns. |
Ammunition for firearms of category III (d). |
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IV |
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Curios
and historical weapons, other then those excluded under Section 45(c). |
Curios and historical ammunition. |
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V. |
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Arms other than firearms: Sharp-edged and deadly
weapons namely: Sword (including sword-stick), daggers, bayonets, spears
(including; lances and javelins), battle-axes, knives (including kirpans and
khukries and other such weapons with blades longer than 9 or wider then 2
other than those designed for domestic, agricultural, scientific or
industrial purposes, steel baton, Zipo and other such weapons called life
reserves, machinery for making arms, other than category II, and any other
arms which the Central Government may notify under Section 4. |
Nil |
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VI. |
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VI |
(a)
1[Articles containing explosives or fulminating materials; fuses and
friction tubes other than blank fire cartridges] |
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VI |
b.
Ingredients as defined in Section 2 (1) (b) (VII) |
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Note:
- |
Parts and accessories of any arms or ammunition
and charges for firearms and accessories for charges to the same category as
the arms of ammunition. |
1. Subs.
by G.S.R. 994 (E), dated 19-12-1990.
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Item No. |
Purpose |
Categories of
arms/ammunition as defined in Schedule |
Place/Class of persons |
Licensing Authority |
Area for which Licence can
be granted |
Renewing Authority |
Form No. |
Conditions |
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1. |
Acquisition/
Possession / Import and transport. |
1
(a) II |
Whole
of India |
Central Government in the Ministry of Home Affairs |
Whole of India or any specified Area |
Central
Government in the Ministry of Home Affairs |
I |
- |
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2. |
Acquisition
and possession only |
III
(b), III (c), III (d), V, VI |
District
or any specified area. |
District
Magistrate |
Throughout the District or his area of jurisdiction
or any specified part of his jurisdiction |
District
Magistrate |
II |
- |
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2[3 |
Acquisition/ Possession/ Carrying and use for
protection/ sport/ Target practice/ display |
(a)
1b, III (c), III (d), V, VI |
Whole
of India |
Central
Government in the Ministry of Home Affairs. |
Whole of India or any specified Area |
3[District
Magistrate |
II |
- |
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(b)
1(d), III, V, VI |
(i)
District |
District
Magistrate |
Throughout the area of jurisdiction or any
specified part of his jurisdiction |
District
magistrate |
III/IV |
- |
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(ii)
State |
District
Magistrate |
Whole of the State any specified part thereof |
District
Magistrate |
III/IV |
- |
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(iii) Whole of India |
State
Government |
Whole of India or any specified Area |
District
Magistrate |
III/IV |
Note:
In case of target practice premises for target practice to be specified in
licence on Form IV |
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(c)
III |
(a) In case of person
residing in Nepal |
Ambassador
of India in Nepal |
India or any specified part thereof. |
Same as licensing Authority or any other authority
empowered to grant a licence of the description. |
III |
- |
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(b) In case
of persons residing in Bhutan |
Ambassador
of India in Bhutan |
India or any specified part thereof. |
Same as licensing Authority or any other authority
empowered to grant a licence of the description. |
III |
- |
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(c)
In case of tourist defined in section 10 (1) (b) if the place of
arrival of the tourists is: |
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(i) Jammu
and Kashmir |
(i) State Government or an officer specially
empowered by the Government |
(i) India or any specified part thereof. |
No renewal |
III |
The
licence shall be valid for a period of six months only and granted only for
the purpose of sports and possession |
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(ii) Any other place in India |
(ii) Head of the Mission or Head of Chancery in
the country notified under section 10 (1)
(b) to which tourist belongs, or District Magistrate or any other
officer specially empowered by the Central Government. |
(ii) India or any specified part thereof. |
No renewal |
III |
The license shall be valid for a period of six
months only and granted only for the purpose of sports and possession. |
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(d) 1 (b), 1 (c).
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In case of retainers of exemptees. |
Central Government in the Ministry of Home
Affairs. |
India or any part thereof |
State Government or any officer specially
empowered by the State Government in this behalf. |
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(e), 1 (d), III, V, VI. |
In case of retainers of exemptees. |
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(i) District |
District Magistrate |
Throughout the District or his area of
jurisdiction or any specified part of his jurisdiction. |
District Magistrate |
II-A |
- |
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(ii) State |
District Magistrate |
Whole of the State or any specified part thereof. |
District Magistrate |
III-A |
- |
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(iii) Whole
of India |
State Government |
Whole of the State or any specified part thereof. |
District Magistrate |
III-A] |
- |
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4. |
Acquisition/ possession and carrying for
destruction of wild animals, which do injury to human beings, cattle, and for
protection of crops and cattle. |
III (b), III (c), III (d), V. |
District or any specified area. |
District Magistrate or any officer specially
empowered by the State Government in this behalf. |
Throughout the district or his area of
jurisdiction or any specified part of his jurisdiction. |
Same as licensing Authority. |
IV/V |
The licence shall be granted in the propriate form
to the purpose for which it is applied. |
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5. |
Carrying on journey in or through any part of
India. |
All |
(i) In Jammu and Kashmir |
(i) State Government. |
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(ii) In other
Places. |
(ii) District Magistrate,
Sub-Divisional Magistrate specially empowered by the State Government. |
India or any specified part thereof. |
No renewal. |
VII |
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(iii) In case of person residing in Nepal. |
(iii) Ambassador of India
in Nepal. |
India or any specified part thereof. |
No renewal. |
VII |
- |
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6. |
Temporary
possession by bona fide travelling visiting India. |
1 (c), II, V.
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At place of arrival: |
(i) State Government of
any officer specially empowered by that Government. |
India or any specified part thereof. |
No renewal |
VIII |
- |
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(ii)
Elsewhere in India. |
(ii) District Magistrate or any officer empowered
by the State Government. |
India or any specified
part thereof. |
No renewal |
VIII |
- |
- |
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7. |
Manufacturing,
Conversion, Shortening, Repair, Test, (other than proof test), Sale transfer,
conversion or test of arms and ammunition.
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(a) All |
Throughout India |
(a) Central Government in
the ministry of Home Affairs. |
Within the premises to be specified in the
licence. |
State Government |
VIII |
- |
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(b) V, VI. |
Throughout India |
(b) District Magistrate or
any other officer specially empowered by the State Government / Administrator
of Union Territory. |
Within the premises to be specified in the
licence. |
(b) Same as licensing Authority. |
IX |
- |
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8. |
Conversion
(except firearms), repairs or test (other than proof-test), transfer, sale,
repair test or Transfer.
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1 (b), 1 (c).
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Throughout India. |
Central Government in the
Ministry of Home Affairs. |
Within the premises to be specified in the
licences. |
State Government. |
XI |
- |
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9. |
Conversion
(except firearms), repairs or test (other than proof test), transfer, sale,
repair or test or transfer. |
I (d), III, V, VI |
State |
State Government |
Within the premises to be specified in the
licence. |
State Government |
XI |
- |
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10. |
Conversion
of ingredients of ammunition into explosives/ or transfer. |
VI (b) |
(i) In Jammu
& Kashmir |
State Government |
Within the premises to be specified in the
licence. |
State Government |
XI |
- |
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(ii) In
other places |
District Magistrate or any officer specially
empowered by the State Government. |
Within the premises to be
specified in the licence. |
Same as the Licensing authority. |
XI |
- |
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11. |
Sale,
Transfer or test I and I (b) (c) other than proof- test), and keeping for
sale, transfer or test. |
I (b) and I (c) |
Throughout
India. |
State Government. |
Within the premises to be
specified in the licence. |
State Government |
XII |
- |
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12. |
Sale,
transfer or test other than proof-test), and keeping for sale, transfer or
test. |
I (d), III, V |
State |
State Government. |
Within the premises to be
specified in the licence. |
State Government. |
XII |
- |
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13. |
Sale,
transfer or test other than proof test), and keeping for sale, transfer or
test. |
III (c), III
(d), V, VI. |
State |
State Government or any officer specially
empowered by the State Government. |
Within the premises to be
specified in the licence. |
Same as licensing authority. |
XII |
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Keeping for
sale custody. |
All |
State |
State Government or any officer specially
empowered by the State Government. |
Within the premises to be
specified in the licence. |
Same as licensing authority. |
*XIV |
*
To be given only to holders of a licence in any of the Forms IX, XI, XII and
XIII. |
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Import by
see or air. |
(a) I(b),
I(c), I(d). |
(a) At any
customs port in India. |
(a) Central Government in the Ministry of Home
Affairs. |
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No renewal |
I |
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(b) III, IV,
V, VI |
(a) At any
customs port in India. |
(b) District
Magistrate in whose jurisdiction the port lies. |
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No renewal |
XV |
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(c) Sulphur |
(a) At ports
Kakinada, Tuticorin & Cochin. |
(d)
State Government in* Tamilnadu, Andhra Pradesh or Kerala. |
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No renewal |
XV |
*In reasonable quantities for medical,
agricultural or industrial purposes. |
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Import by
land or river |
(a) I (b),
I(c), I (d) |
(a)
Throughout India |
(a) Central Government in the Ministry of Home
Affair. |
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No renewal |
I, XV, XVI |
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(b) III, IV,
V, VI |
(i) In Jammu
and Kashmir |
(b) (i)
State Government |
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(ii) Any
other place. |
(ii) District Magistrate |
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Export by
sea or air to foreign territory including Common wealth countries. |
(a) All |
From any customs port in
India to a port in a Foreign Territory. |
(a) Central Government in the Ministry of Home
Affairs or any officer specially |
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No renewal |
XVII |
Subject to the condition that the licensing
authority is satisfied that (i) the arms are not meant for sale or |
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Empowered by the Central
Government in the Ministry of Home Affairs. |
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For military purpose but are meant for the
personal use of the consignee, and (ii) any rifles |
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(b) III (b), III (c), III
(d), IV, V, VI. |
From any customs port in
India to a port in port in a Foreign Territory. |
Government of the State is situated. |
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No renewal. |
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or parts of or fittings for rifles are included in
good faith for sporting purpose only Subject |
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(c) III (b), III (c), III
(d), IV, V, VI. |
From any customs port in India to a port in the
Common wealth. |
District
Magistrate |
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No renewal |
XVII |
to the condition (ii) above. |
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18. |
Export by
land or river. |
(a) All |
To any place out side Indian |
(a) Central Government in the Ministry of Home
Affairs, or any officer specially |
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No renewal |
XVIII |
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empowered for the purpose by the Central
Government in the Ministry of Home Affairs. |
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(b), III, V, Sulphur or
Chlorate required for manufacturer of matches, Bengal lights and paper caps
for toy pistol; |
Sikkim Sikkim Police Bhutan |
Commissioner Representative of India in |
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Renewal |
XVII |
Subject to previous sanction of the Central
Government in the Ministry of Home Affairs in respect of categories II and I. |
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19. |
Export and
re-import transport and re-export |
(a) I (a), I (b), II |
(a) Between one part of India to another |
(a) Central Government in the Ministry of Home
Affairs. |
- |
No renewal |
XIX |
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(b) I(c), I (d), III (b). |
(b) Between one part of India to another |
(b) Central Government in the Ministry of Home
Affairs, or an officer specially empowered for the Central Government in the
Ministry of Home Affairs. |
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No renewal |
XIX |
- |
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(c) III (a), III (c), III
(d), IV, V, VI. |
(c) From any place in Nepal. |
(b)
Ambassador of India in Nepal. |
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No renewal |
XIX |
- |
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20. |
Transport |
(i) I (b), I (c), I (d),
III, IV, V, VI. |
In Jammu and Kashmir |
(i) State Government |
- |
No renewal |
XX |
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(ii) In other places. |
District Magistrate |
- |
No renewal |
XX |
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21. |
Import into,
possession and transport out of India by His Majesty the King of Nepal,
personal complying him, his brothers, the Prime Minister of Nepal and Nepal
Governments forces and polices. |
All |
Nepal |
Ambassador of India in Nepal |
- |
No renewal |
XXI |
Subject
to confirmation by Central Government in the ministry of Home Affairs. |
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22. |
Import in
to, possession (without use )for the duration of his journey in transport
across and export out of India by bona fide travellers of their personnel
arms and ammunition passing India. |
I (b), I(c), I (d), III,
V, VI |
- |
District Magistrate or any officer specially empowered by the
Central Government in the Ministry of Home Affairs or in the case of persons
residing in Nepal by the Ambassador of India in Nepal. |
No renewal |
XXII |
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23. |
Acquiring,
possessing during the course of his stay in (but not use) and carting in, and
export out of India |
III, IV, V (Country made
weapons only |
- |
District Magistrate or any officer specially
empowered by the State Government |
- |
Same as licensing authority |
XXII |
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1. Subs.
by G.S.R. No. 52(E), dated 24-1-1989.
2. Subs.
by G.S.R. No. 404 (E), Dated 28-3-1990.
3. Subs. by G.S.R. No. 755(E), dated
18-10-1994.
SCHEDULE III
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FORM I
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FEE: RUPEES
TEN ONLY
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Licence for-
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(a)
Acquisition, possession import and transport of firearms or ammunition of
categories I (a) and II; and |
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(b) Import of firearms and ammunition of
categories 1(b), I (d). |
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Name Description residence
of licensee and agent (if any) |
Number of Packages |
Description With specification of
caliber of artillery or other articles |
Number of Articles |
Columns to be filled in
case of import transport |
Period for which the
licence is valid |
Use to which articles
are put. |
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Place of despatch |
Place of destination |
Name, description and residence of consignee |
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Date on which a copy is
sent to (1) The
District Magistrate of
District. (2) The
Government of the State of Jammu and Kashmir. |
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Of |
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Signature and
designation of the officer specially empowered to sign the licence under Rule 4 |
(SEAL) |
(Signature) Secretary
Joint Secretary to the Govt. of India, Ministry of Home Affairs. |
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FORM
OF RENEWAL OF THE LICENCE |
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Date and year renewal |
Date on which renewed licence Expired |
Name
(in capital)/ Signature and designation of renewing authority |
Seal |
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CONDITIONS
1. This licence is granted subject to all the provisions of the
Arms Act, 1959 and of the Arms Rules, 1992.
2. It
covers only the arms and ammunition specified in columns 2, 3 and 4 and for the
purposes shown in column 9.
3. In
case of import or transport-
(a) An account of each
package shall be legibly written thereon;
(b) Bulk shall not be the be broken before the
articles reach the place of destination;
(c) The articles shall be delivered
only to a person lawfully entitled to receive them.
4. In cases of transport by rail, each package
shall be marked with words Firearms, Category I or Firearms II, as the case may
be, in such manner as to be readily recognizable by the railway authorities.
5. In the case of possession, the licensee
shall-
(a)
On demand by an authorised officer produce the
firearms possessed under the licence,
(b) Not sell or transfer any firearm or ammunition or any part
thereof covered by this licence to any person not lawfully entitled to possess
them,
(b)
Forthwith give information at the nearest
police station of the loss or theft of any arms or ammunition covered by this
licence, and
(c)
Give
prior information to the licensing authority concerned of his intention to
break up or dispose of any firearms or ammunition or any part thereof
(otherwise than as, mentioned in the note below), failing which proof of the
articles having been broken up or disposed of, will have to be furnished to the
satisfaction of the licensing authority.
6. The authority granting or renewing the licence has the right to
enquire at any time during the currency of the licence, whether the weapon for
which it has been granted, is shall in the licensee, and may require the
production of the weapon for the purpose of such an enquiry.
Note. Licensees are warned that in case they sell or transfer any arms or
ammunition covered by the licences possessed by them to any person, they shall
forth with inform in writing the District Magistrate having jurisdiction or the
officer in charge of the nearest police station, of such sale or transfer
together with the particulars of the firearms and ammunition and the persons to
whom they have been sold or transferred (Section 5 of the Arms Act, 1959).
Failure to give such information is punishable with imprisonment for a term,
which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to Rs. 500, or
with both [Section 25(3) of the Act,]
FORM-II
Licence for acquisition and possession of arms
or ammunition of Categories III(b), III(c), III(d), V or VI
FEE: FREE OF FEE
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Name, description and
residence of licence and agent (if any) |
Number and description of
arms |
Ammunition |
Place (with description)
where articles are to be kept |
Period for which the
licence is valid |
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Quantity |
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Form of Renewal of Licence |
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Date
and year of renewal |
Date on which renewed
licence expired |
Name (in Capital/
Signature and designation renewing authority |
SEAL |
CONDITIONS
1. This licence is granted subject to all the provisions of the Arms Act,
1959 and of the Arms Rules, 1962.
2. It covers only the arms
or ammunition specified in columns 2, 3 and 4, so long as they are kept in the
place described in column 5, but does not authorize the licensee-
(i) to carry arms;
(ii) to keep Government arms
or ammunition.
Explanation. -For the purposes of this condition-
(a) Government arms means a firearm or other weapon which is the property of Government; and
(b) Government ammunition means
ammunition manufactured in any Government factory or prepared for and supplied
to Government other than such ammunition as may be released by Government for
civilian use.
3.
Condition 2 (ii) may be cancelled by the authority granting the licence
if empowered to do so by the Central Government, and an endorsement added
showing the Government arms or ammunition, which the licensee is authorized to
possess.
4. The licensee shall-
(a) On
demand by an authorized officer produce the arms possessed under the
licence;
(b) Not
sell or transfer any arms or ammunition or any part thereof covered by this
licence to any person not lawfully entitled to possess them;
(c) Forthwith
give information at the nearest police station of the loss or theft of any arms
or ammunition covered by this licence; and
(d) Give
prior intimation to the licensing authority concerned of his intention to break
up or dispose of any firearms or ammunition or any part thereof (otherwise than
as mentioned in note below); failing which proof of the articles having been
broken up or-disposed of will have to be furnished to the satisfaction of the
licensing authority.
5. The
authority granting or renewing the licence has the right to enquire at any time
during the currency of the licence, whether the weapons for which it has been granting is still in the
possession of the licensee, and may require the production of the weapon for
the purpose of such an enquiry.
6. Where a
licence in this form is granted for the possession of potassium chlorate by an
educational institution, the following further conditions shall apply;
(a) The
quantity of chlorate stored should be the minimum required for laboratory
purposes as certified by the head of the institution to the licensing
authority.
(b) The
stock of chlorate possessed should be kept in a well-made cupboard or almirah
under lock and key under the control and supervision of a responsible member of
the staff and the place where the chemicals are kept should be adequately
secured.
(c) Accounts
of issues and balances of chlorate possessed should be kept and checked with
the actual stock at frequent intervals by a responsible member of the
staff. The account book should be
available for inspection on demand by any magistrate or any police officer of a
rank not below that of Inspector.
7. Chlorates
shall be kept in a building constructed of uninflammable materials only and
separated from any dwelling-house, other building highway, street, public
thoroughfare or public place by a distance not less than 10 feet:
Provided that where the total quantity stored does not exceed 100 kgs.,
chlorates may be kept exclusively in a closed and secured receptacle placed in
a building used for the keeping of other articles not being of an explosive or
highly inflammable nature.
8. Sulphur shall not be kept in the same room with saltpetre in the
premises specified in column 5:
Provided that where the quantity of each does not exceed 100 kgs.,
sulphur and saltpetre can be kept in separate closed receptacles in the same
room.
9. No
person shall smoke and no open fires shall be allowed at any time in the
premises specified in column 5, or in the vicinity of the receptacles mentioned
in provisos to conditions 7 and 8.
10. Where
any building used for storage of such materials is fitted with electric
fighting or power, the licensee shall get these installations tested at least
once a year or once during the currency of the licence by an Electrical
Inspector appointed under the Indian Electricity Act, 1910, or if these
installations are in Sikkim by an authority notified in this behalf by the
State Government of Sikkim to ensure that there is no danger of fire or
sparking.
11. Any
accident, fire or explosion occurring within the premises specified in column 5
which is attended with loss of human life or serious injury to person or
property shall be reported at once by the licensee to the officer-in-charge to
the nearest police station having jurisdiction over the premises as well as to
the Inspector of Explosives of the circle concerned.
Note. -Licensees are warned
that in case they sell or transfer any arms or ammunition covered by the
licences possessed by them to any person, they shall forthwith inform in
writing the District Magistrate having jurisdiction or the officer-in-charge of
the nearest police station of such sale or transfer together with the
particulars of the firearms and ammunition and the person to whom they have
been sold or transferred (Section 5 of the Arms Act, 1959). Failure to give such information is
punishable with imprisonment for a term, which may extend to six months, or
with fine, which may extend to Rs. 500, or with both [Section 25 (3) of the
Act].
FORM III
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I. |
The
fees payable in respect of the initial grant and each subsequent year of
grant for renewal of licence in this form shall be at the following annual
rates: |
Licence for the acquisition possession and carrying of arms or
ammunition for port/protection/display* |
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Class of weapon |
For initial year of grant |
For each subsequent year
or fraction of year of grant or renewal. |
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Rs. |
P. |
Rs. |
p. |
* The inappropriate terms(s) should be deleted.
The word Tourist shall be stamped across a licence issued under Entry 3(g)
of Schedule II. |
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(a) |
Pistol,
revolver and repeating rifles |
10 |
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5 |
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(b) |
Rifles
other those mentioned in (a) and (c).
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6 |
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3 |
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(c) |
.22-bore rifle (low velicity firing rimmed
cartridge, B.L. gun and air rifle. |
4 |
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3 |
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(d) |
M.L.,
gun, sword, bayonet, dagger and spearlance.
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50 |
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(e) |
Weapon
of category V other than those mentioned in (d). |
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II.
The reduced fees for renewal will ordinary by
available only if application for renewal is made within one month after the
date of expiry of the licence and if application is not made within that
period, the licensing authority may, in his discretion, levy:
(a) Full fees as for initial
grant of the licence; and
(b) If he
is satisfied that the delay is not justified or excusable, nor serious enough
to warrant revocation of the licence or prosecution of the licences, a late fee
not executing the amount of the licence fee, if ee is charged, or Rs. 5 in
other cases, unless he considers it not necessary to renewal the license.
III. Where a
licence in this form is granted or renewed for a period exceeding one year, the
fee shall be calculated at the rates prescribed in paragraph I above, fractions
of a year being reckoned as one whole year for the purpose
Provided that the fee
shall be-
(a) The actual rates
prescribed in para I for initial grant in respect of the first year; and
(b). The annual rate prescribed in para I for renewal in respect of each
year or part thereof beyond
FORM III -(Contd.)
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Serial
number of licence |
Name,
Description and residence of
Licencee. |
Arms and ammunition the
licence is entitled to possess |
Name, fathers name and address of retainer (if any) covered by the licence |
Arms and ammunition that retainer is entitled to
possess |
Area within which the
licence is valid |
1[u1][Date on which licence expires |
Date on which the licence or the arms or both
shall be produced for inspection before licensing authority under Rule
25(2). |
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Quantity and description of each kind of
ammunition |
Arms |
Ammunition |
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Description of each weapon with details, e.g.,
identification marks, register number, etc.
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Maximum to be possessed at any one time |
Maximum to be purchasable during the year. |
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2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
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Of 19 |
Signature and destination of the officer specially
empowered to sign the licence under rule 4. |
SEAL |
[Name
(in capital)/Signature of licensing authority Designation
Place
. Or Signature of the officer specially empowered to sign the licence under rule 4. Designation
. Place
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1. Subs.
by G.S.R. 404(E) dated 28-03-1990.
Provided that where a licence is granted in Form III, IV, V, or VI, for
possession of arms to be acquired by the licensee subsequent to the grant of
the licence, the authority granting the licence shall at the time of granting
the same, direct that within a period specified by him in this behalf which he
may, from time to time extend, the arms, covered by the licence shall be
acquired and that the licence or the arms or both shall be produced for his
inspection, and if within the period so
specified or executed the licensee fails to acquire the arms and to produce the
licence or the arms or both, the licence shall cease to be in force.
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FORM OF RENEWAL OF LICENCE |
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Date and year of renewal |
Date on which renewed
licence expires |
Signature and designation
Renewing Authority |
SEAL |
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CONDITIONS
(1) This licence is granted
subject to all the provisions of the Arms Act, 1950, and of the Arms Rules,
1962.
(2) It
covers only the person named, and the arms or ammunition described therein and
such retainers (if any) as may be entered in column 6:
Provided that if the licensee is a recognized shikar agent
in possession of a certificate to that effect from the Central Government, he
shall be able to lend his weapons covered by his licence for use by any foreign
tourist accompanying him and in possession of a shooting licence under the
local games rules, valid for the area where shooting by the later is intended:
Provided further that if the licensee shall be able to lend his weapon
temporarily for a period not exceeding a fortnight for the purpose of sport only
to a person lawfully entitled to possess such type of weapon and subject to the
conditions that: -
(a)
The weapon is used by the borrower in the
presence of the licence holder or under his written authority, which shall show
the number and other identification marks of the weapon and the period for
which it is lent.
(b)
In the event of the weapon being misused by, or
stolen or lost due to the gross negligence of the borrower, the licence thereof
shall be liable to be revoked; and
(c)
The borrower shall, on demand produce proof of
such lending.
(1) If the licensee is a bona
fide foreign tourist, the word Tourist shall be stamped on his
licence by the licensing authority.
(2) This
licence is valid to the extent specified in column 9 subject, in the case of a
licence having effect in any area outside the State in which it is granted or
renewed, to any restrictions which may be imposed in such area by any general
or special order of the Central Government.
1[4-A. A licensee having an arms licence valid
throughout India, Who carries the licensed weapon or weapons to any place
outside the State where he normally resides, shall, within 48 hours of his
arrival at such place, intimate in writing to the officer in charge of the
police station or the Superintendent of Police having jurisdiction over that
place, the fact of his arrival at that place and the particulars of any such
weapon.]
5. The
licensee or any retainer acting under this licence shall not carry any arms
covered thereby otherwise than in good faith for the purpose of
sport/protection/display; and, save where he is specially authorised in this
behalf by the District Magistrate concerned, he shall not take any such arms to
a fair, religious procession or other public assemblage, or within the campus
or precincts of any educational institution.
6. The
licensee, at the time of purchasing any arms or ammunition shall cause the
following particulars to be endorsed upon his license under the vendors
signature, namely:
(a) The
name, description and residence of the person who takes delivery of the
articles purchased;
(b) The
nature and quantity of the articles purchased; and
(c) The
date of purchase;
and if the arms or ammunition are purchased from any person other than a
licensed dealer, shall also cause the particulars specified in clauses (b) and
(c) to be furnished in writing to the authority who granted this licence within
such period as may be prescribed for this purpose by such authority. No purchase of ammunition shall, however, be
permitted except on a written certificate, from the licensee certifying that
with the amount proposed to be purchased, the total quantity of ammunition in
his possession will not exceed the maximum which he is entitled to possess at
any one time, or Ws total allowance for the year.
7.
He shall not purchase ammunition of any kind in
excess of the maximum, which may, from time to time, be fixed by the Central
Government. Such maximum may be
prescribed both for the amount purchasable in a calender year and for the
amount that may be possessed at any one time.
If, however, a licensee exhausts the total quantity of ammunition
purchasable in a year earlier that the close of the year, he may for good and
sufficient reasons be given a temporary increase in the total quantity purchasable
at the discretion of the licensing authority.
8.
He
shall not possess Government arms and ammunition.
Explanation. -For the purpose of this condition-
(a) Government arm means a firearm or other weapon, which is the property of the
Government;
(b) Government ammunition means ammunition manufactured in any Government factory, or prepared for
and supplied to Government other than such ammunition as may be released by
Government for civilian use.
9. The licence shall-
(a) On
demand by an authorised officer produce the arms possessed under this licence;
(b) Not
sell or transfer any arms or ammunition or any part thereof covered by this
licence to any person not lawfully entitled to possess them;
(c) Forthwith
give information at the nearest police station of the loss or theft of any arms
or ammunition covered by this licence; and
(d) Give
prior intimation to the licensing authority concerned of his intention to break
up or dispose of any firearms or ammunition or any part thereof (otherwise than
as mentioned in note below); failing which, proof of the articles having been
broken up or disposed of will have to be furnished to the satisfaction of the
licensing authority.
10. Condition
8 may be cancelled by the authority granting the licence if empowered to do so
by the Central Government, and an endorsement added showing the Government arms
or ammunition, which the licensee is authorised to possess.
11. Where the licence is granted for the purpose
of sport, the licensee or any retainer or any foreign tourist or other person
referred to in the proviso to condition 2 or any other person using the weapon
under the licence shall observe such close season as may be prescribed by the
State Government concerned in respect of the game-birds and animals.
12. (a) The licensee may, at his option, apply
to the nearest authority having jurisdiction for renewal of the licence and
when it becomes necessary.
(b) If a person who holds a licence in Form
III changes his place of residence permanently, or temporarily for more than
thirty consecutive days, and carries with him the weapon covered by the
licence, to a place other than that indicated in column 2 of the licence, he
shall, within thirty days of such change send intimation about such change to the
licensing authority of the place of his new residence as well as to the
authority which granted the licence or last renewed it as the case may be; and
shall, on demand, forthwith produce the licence and the weapon to the first
mentioned authority for making necessary entry in the licence to indicate
therein the particulars of the new residence of the licensee.
13. Without prejudice to the
voidance of this licence for breach of any of the foregoing conditions, it
shall be void if-
(a) The licensee dies, or
(b) Any weapon-covered
thereby-
(i) Is sold, or transferred;
or
(ii) Is attached in execution
of a decree
Provided that where a
weapon is sold or transferred, the licensing authority may permit the holder of
the licence to acquire a fresh weapon of the same description within such
period as may be specified by him in this behalf and subject to-
(a) The
production of the weapon so acquired or the licence or both before the
aforesaid licensing authority for inspection as required under sub-rule (2) of
Rule 52; and
(b) Payment
of the prescribed licence fee in respect of the weapon so acquired.
14. The
authority granting of renewing the licence has the right to enquire at any time
during the currency of the licence whether the weapon or weapons for which it
has been granted is or are still in the possession of the licencee and to
require its or their production for the purposes of such enquiry.
Note: -
(1) Any breach of the conditions of this
licence is punishable with imprisonment for a term, which may extend to three
months, or with fine, which may extend to Rs. 500, or with both (Section 30 of
the Act.).
(2) Licensee
are warned that in case they sell or transfer any arms or ammunition covered by
the licences possessed by them to any person, they shall forthwith inform in
writing the District Magistrate having jurisdiction or the officer-in-charge of
the nearest police station, of such sale or transfer, together with the
particulars of the firearms and ammunition and the person to whom they have
been sold or transferred (Section 5 of the Arms Act, 1959). Failure to give such information is
punishable with imprisonment for a term, which may extend to six months, or
with fine, which may extend to Rs. 500, or with both (Section 25 (3) of the
Act).
FORM III-A
Licence for possession and carrying by a retainer of arms or ammunition
for the purpose of ort/protection/display
FEE: FREE OF FEE
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Serial
No. of licence |
Name, Description and residence of person exempted
under Section 41, who has nominated the licence. |
Name
and residence of
licencee |
Name
and residence of father of licencee |
Arms
or ammunition that licensee is entitled to possess and carry |
Area
of validity of licencee, i.e. throughout India, State or District |
Date on which licence expires (or the date on
which the person specified in column 2) ceases to be exempted under section
41 (whichever is earlier) |
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Brief description of each
weapon a with details, e.g. identification marks, register No., etc. |
Quantity and description of each kind of
ammunition |
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
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The |
Of 19 |
Signature and designation of the officer specially
empowered to sign the licence under rule 4. |
SEAL |
[Name
(in capital)/ Signature of licensing Authority
Designation
. Place
. Or Signature
off the officer specially empowered to sign the licence under rule 4. Designation
Place
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Date and year of renewal |
Date on which renewed
licence expired |
Signature and designation
of Renewing Authority |
SEAL |
CONDITIONS
1. This licence is granted
subject to all the provisions of the Arms Act, 1959, and of the Arms Rules,
1962.
2. It
covers only the person named in column 3 of this licence and the arms or
ammunition described in columns 5 and 6.
3. This licence is valid to the extent
specified in column 7, subject in the case of a licence having effect in an
area outside the State in which it is granted or renewed, to any restrictions
which may be imposed in such area by any general or special order of the
Central Government.
I[3-A. A licensee having an arms licence valid
throughout India who carries the licensed weapon or weapons to any place
outside the State where he normally resides, shall, within 48 hours of his
arrival at such place, intimate in writing to the officer in charge of the
police station or the Superintendent of Police having jurisdiction over that
place the fact of his arrival at that place and the particulars of any such
weapon.]
4. This licence shall only be granted to a
person nominated in that behalf and certified to be his own retainer by a
person exempted under Section 41 of the Act, and it shall only be granted in
respect of the arms or ammunition specified in this behalf by, and being the
property of, such exempted person.
5. The
grant/renewal of this licence is subject to the condition that it shall expire
on the date on which the person specified in column 2 of this licence ceases to
be exempted under Section 41 of the Act where such date is earlier than the
date on which it would otherwise expire in the normal course.
6. The
licensee shall not carry any anus covered by this licence otherwise than in
good faith for the purpose of sport/protection/display; and save where he is
specially authorized in this behalf by the District Magistrate concerned, he
shall not take any such arms to a fair, religious procession or other public
assemblage 1[or within the campus or
precincts on any educational institutions.
7. The authority granting or
renewing the licence has the right to inquire at any time during the currency
of the licence, whether the weapon for which it has been granted is still in
the possession of the licensee and to require its production for the purposes
of such enquiry.
Note. -Any breach of the conditions of this licence is
punishable with imprisonment for a term, which may extend to three months, or
with fine, which may extend to Rs. 500, or with both (Section 30 of the Act).
1. Ins. by G.S.R. No. 1959. Dated 27-11-1980.
FORM III-B
PERMIT
Shri
son of
village/town
. district
.is hereby appointed to be an
armed retainer of the company
entitling him to possess, carry and
use, for all lawful orders, issued by me as a representative of the company,
the following arms or ammunition covered by the said licence:
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Arms Ammunition |
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Shri
..must carry
this permit with him when carrying the arms or ammunition; he shall not carry
the arms or ammunition to an area not covered by the licence.
Signature
..
Dated
Dated Designation
and full address of the company
Holder of licence
No
.. ..
Valid for the period
Signature
or thumb-impression and
identification marks of the retainer.
FORM IV
FEE: FREE OF FEE
Licence for the acquisition/ possession and
carrying of arms or ammunition for destruction of wild animals, which do
injury, to human beings or cattle.
|
Name, description and residence of licensee |
Brief description of each weapon with details e.g., registered No. and identification marks |
Arms and ammunition |
Place or area for which the licence is granted |
Specification of the wild beasts which are permitted to be Destroyed under this licence |
*Period for which the licence is valid |
Title and residence of Magistrate to whom licence and weapon must be shown between the 15th
November and 31st December of each year |
Date on which the licence or the arms or
both shall be produced for inspection before the licensing authority under rule 52 (2) |
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Quantity and description
of each kind of ammunition |
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Maximum to be possessed at any one time |
Maximum purchasable during the year |
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
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The |
Of 19 |
Signature and designation
of the officer specially empowered to sign the licence under rule 4. |
Signature
of licensing Authority Designation
.. Place
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*Provided that where a licence is granted in
Form III, Form IV, Form V or
Form VI for the possession of arms to be acquired by the licensee subsequent to
the grant of the licence, the authority granting the licence shall at the time
of granting the same direct that within a period specified by him in this
behalf, which he may from time to time extend, the arms covered by the licence
shall be acquired and that the licence or the arms or both shall be produced
for his inspection and if within the period so specified or extended, the
licensee fails to acquire the arms and to produce the licence or the arms or
both, as the case may be, the licence shall cease to be in force on the expiry
of such period.
FORM OF RENEWAL OF THE LICENCE
|
Date
and year of renewal Renewing Authority |
Date on which renewed
licence expires |
Name (in
capital)/Signature and designation of renewing authority |
SEAL |
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CONDITIONS
1. This licence is granted subject to all the provisions of the Arms Act, 1959,
and of the Arms Rules, 1962.
2. Once
every year, between the 15th November and the 31st December, the licensee shall
produce this licence and every weapon covered thereby before the Magistrate
referred to in column 8.
3. He shall not keep
Government arms or ammunition.
Explanation-For the purposes of this
condition-
(a) Government arm means a firearm or other weapon which is the property of the Government;
and
(b) Government ammunition means
ammunition manufactured in any Government factory, or prepared for and supplied
to Government other than such ammunition as may be released by Government for
civilian use.
4. He
shall not carry any arms covered by this licence otherwise than in good faith
for the destruction of wild animals which do injury to human being or cattle,
nor shall he take any such arms to a fair, religious procession or other public
assemblage or to any considerable distance beyond the place or area entered in
column 5 :
Provided that save where he is specially authorised in this behalf by
District Magistrate concerned the licensee shall not carry any arms covered by
the licence within the campus or precincts of any educational institution.
5. Condition
3 may be cancelled by the authority granting the licence if empowered to do so
by the Central Government and endorsement added showing the Government arms or ammunition, which the licensee is
entitled to possess.
6. He
shall not purchase or possess ammunition of any kind in excess of the maximum
allowed under columns 3 and 4 of the licence or of the maximum, which may, from time to time, be fixed by the
Central Government for the amount purchasable in a year and for the amount that
may be possessed at any one time.
7. At the time of purchasing any arms or
animuni6on he shall cause the following particulars to be endorsed upon his
licence under the vendors signature
namely:
(a) The name, description and residence of the person who takes
delivery of the articles purchased;
(b) The nature and quantity
of the articles purchased; and
(c) The date of purchase,
and if the arms are purchased from any person other than a licensed
dealer, he shall also cause the particulars specified in clauses (b) and (c) to
be furnished, in writing, to the authority who granted this licence within such
period as may be prescribed for this purpose by such authority. No purchase of ammunition shall, however, be
permitted except on a written certificate from the licensee certifying that
with the amount proposed to be purchased the total quantity of ammunition in
his possession will not exceed the maximum which he is entitled to possess at
any one time, or his total allowance for the year.
8. Without prejudice to the
avoidance of this licence for breach of any of the foregoing conditions, it
shall be void if-
(a) The licensee dies; or
(b) Any weapon-covered
thereby-
(i) Is sold or transferred,
or
(ii) Is attached in execution
of a decree
Provided that where a weapon is sold or transferred, the licensing
authority may permit the holder of the licence to acquire a fresh weapon of the
same description within such period as may be specified by him in this behalf
and subject to-
(a) The
production of the weapon so acquired or the licence or both before the
aforesaid licensing authority for inspection as required under sub-rule (2) of
rule 52, and
(b) The payment of the
prescribed licence fee in respect of the weapon so acquired.
9. The
authority granting or renewing the licence has the right to enquire at any time
during the currency of the licence whether any weapon for which it has been
granted is still in the possession of the licence and to require the production
of the weapon for the purposes of such enquiry.
10. The licensee shall-
(a) On
demand by the licensing authority or an authorized officer produce the weapons
covered by this licence;
(b) Not
sell or transfer any arms or ammunition or any part thereof covered by this
licence to any person not lawfully entitled to possess them;
(c) Forthwith give
information at the, nearest police station of the loss or theft of any arms or
ammunition covered by this licence
(d) Give
prior intimation to the licensing authority concerned of his intention to break
up or dispose of any arms or ammunition or any and part thereof (otherwise than
as mentioned in note below) failing which proof of the articles having been
broken up or disposed of will have to be furnished to the satisfaction of the
licensing authority.
Notes. -(a) any breach of the conditions of this licence is
punishable with imprisonment for a term, which may extend to three months, or
with fine, which may extend to Rs. 500, or with both (Section 30 of the Act).
(2) Licensees
are warned that in case they sell or transfer any arms or ammunition covered by
the licenses possessed by them to any person they shall forthwith inform in
writing the District Magistrate having jurisdiction or the officer-in-charge of
the nearest police station, of such sale or transfer, together
with the particulars of the firearms or ammunition and the person to whom they
have been sold or transferred (Section 4 of the Arms Act, 1959). Failure to give such information is
punishable with imprisonment for a term, which may extend to six months, or
with fine, which may extend
to Rs. 500, or with both Section 25
(3) of the Act.
FORM-V
Licence for the acquisition/ possession and
carrying of arms or ammunition for the
protection of crops or cattle
FEE: FREE OF FEE
|
Name,
description and residence of licensee |
Name and description of member of the
licensees family or servant employed to watch crops or cattle residing with
him, by whom the arms or ammunition covered by this licence may also be
used |
Brief descriptions of each weapon with details e.g. registered No. and other identification marks |
Arms and ammunition |
Place or area for which the licence is Valid |
*Period for which the licence is valid |
Date on which the licence or the arms of both shall be produced for inspection before the licensing authority under rule 52 (2) |
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Quantity and description
of each kind of ammunition |
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Maximum to be possessed at any one time |
Maximum purchasable during the year |
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
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The |
Of 19 |
Signature and designation
of the officer specially empowered to sign the licence under rule 4. |
Signature
of licensing Authority Designation
.. Place
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*Provided that where a licence is granted in
Form III, Form IV, Form V or
Form VI for the possession of arms to be acquired by the licensee subsequent to
the grant of the licence, the authority granting the licence shall, at the time
of granting the same, direct that within a period specified by him in this
behalf, which he may be extended from time to time, the arms covered by the
licence shall be acquired and that the licence or the arms or both produced for his inspection, and if within
the period so specified or extended, the licensee fails to acquire the arms and
to produce the licence or the arms or both, as the case may be, the licence
shall cease to be in force.
FORM OF RENEWAL OF THE
LICENCE
|
Date
and year of renewal |
Date on which renewed
licence expires |
Name (in
capital)/Signature and designation of renewing authority |
SEAL |
CONDITIONS
1. This licence is granted subject of all the provisions of the Arms Act,
1959, and of the Arms Rules, 1962.
2. The
licensee shall not carry any arms covered by his licence otherwise than in good
faith for destruction of wild animals which do injury to crops or cattle, nor
shall he take any such arms to a fair, religious procession or other public
assemblage or to any considerable distance beyond the place of area entered in
column 6:
Provided that save where he is specially authorised in this behalf by
the District Magistrate concerned the licensee shall not carry any arms covered
by the licence within the cam us or precincts of any educational institution.
3. He shall not lend any
arms or ammunition covered by this licence to any person, other that a member
of has family or servant who may be employed by the licensee to protect the
corps or cattle situated in the area specified in the licence and who is
mentioned in column 2 of the licence.
4. The licensee shall-
(a) On demand
by an authorized officer produce the weapon covered by this licence;
(b) Not
sell or transfer any arms or ammunition or any part thereof covered by this
licence to any person not lawfully entitled to possess them;
(c) Forthwith
give information at the nearest police station of the loss or theft of any arms
or ammunition covered by this licence; and
(d) Give
prior intimation to the licensing authority concerned of his intention to break
up or dispose of any arms or ammunition or any part thereof otherwise than as
mentioned in clause (b) above; failing which proof of the articles having been
broken up or disposed of will have to be furnished to the satisfaction of the
licensing authority.
5. He
shall not keep Government arms or ammunition.
Explanation. -For the purposes of this condition 7-
7. Government arm means a firearm or other
weapon which is the property of the Government; and
7. Government ammunition means ammunition manufactured in any Government factory, or prepared for
and supplied to Government other such ammunition as may be released by
Government for civilian use.
6. Condition
5 may be cancelled by the authority granting the licence if empowered to do so
by the Central Government and an endorsement added showing the Government arms and ammunition, which the licensee is
entitled to possess.
7. He
shall not purchase or possess ammunition of any kind in excess of the maximum
allowed under columns 3 and 4 of the licence or of the maximum, which may, from
time to time, be fixed by the Central Government for the amount purchasable in
a year and for the amount that may be possessed at any one time.
8. At time of purchasing
any arms or ammunition he shall cause the following particulars to be endorsed
upon his licence under the vendors signature, namely
(a) The
name, description and residence of the person who takes delivery of the
articles purchased;
(b) The
nature and quantity of the articles purchased; and
(c) The
date of purchase;
And if the arms are purchased from any person other than a licensed
dealer, he shall also cause the particulars specified in clauses (b) and (c) to
be furnished in writing to the authority who granted this licence within such
period as may be prescribed for this purpose by such authority. No purchase of ammunition shall, however, be
permitted except on a written certificate from the licensee certifying that
with the amount proposed to be purchased the total quantity of ammunition in
his possession will not exceed the maximum which he is entitled to possess at
any one time, or his total allowance for the year.
9. Without
prejudice to the avoidance of this licence for breach of any of the foregoing
conditions, it shall be void if,
(a) The
licensee dies, or
(b) Any
weapon-covered thereby-
(i) Is
sold or transferred; or
(ii) Is
attached in execution of a decree:
Provided that there a weapon is sold or transferred, the licensing
authority may permit the holder of the licence to acquire a fresh weapon of the
same description within such period as may be specified by him in this behalf
and subject to-
(a) The
production of the weapon so acquired or the licence or both before the
aforesaid licensing authority for inspection as required under sub-rule (2) of
rule 52, and
(b) The
payment of the prescribed licence fee in respect of the weapon so acquired.
10. The
authority granting or renewing the licence has the right to enquire at any time
during the currency of the licence whether any weapon for which it has been
granted is still in the possession of the licensee and to require production of
the weapon for the purposes of such enquiry.
11. Where,
after the end of any harvest season, the State Government considers it
expedient that for the protection of wild life in any area, any firearm or
ammunition licensed in this form should be deposited in a police station or with a licensed dealer, it may, by order, require any licensee to so
deposit such firearm or ammunition for such period as the arms are not required
for protection to crops or cattle and as may be specified therein, and
thereupon the licensee shall be bound to comply with such order
Notes.
-(1) Any breach of the conditions of this licence is
punishable with imprisonment for a term, which may extend to three months, or
with fine, which may extend to Rs. 500, or with both (Section 30 of the
Act).
(2). Licences
are warned that in case sell or transfer any arms or ammunition covered by the
licences possessed by them to any person, they shall forthwith inform
inwritting the District Magistrate having jurisdiction or the officer-in-charge
of the nearest police station, of such sale or transfer, together, with the
particulars of the firearms and ammunition and the person to whom they have
been sold or transferred (Section 15 of the Arms Act, 1959). Failure to give
such information is punishable with imprisonment for a term, which may extend
to Rs. 500, or with both [Section 25 (3) of the Act.]
FORM VI
Licence for acquisition, Possession and use,
for purpose of target Practice Of firearms or ammunition.
FEE: (Annual rates)
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(a)
|
Pistol
or revolver |
Rs.
10 |
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(b) |
Rifle
Other than those mentioned in (c) |
Rs.
6 |
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(c) |
22-bore
rifle (low velocity) farm rimmed cartridges, B.L. gun or air gun. |
Rs.
4 |
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(d) |
M.L.
gun or air gun |
Rs.
1 |
Note. -For a Period exceeding one year a compounded fee
shall be levied reckoning fractions of a year as one whole year.
|
Serial Number of licence |
Name description
& location of mess, club or association |
Arms and ammunition that
licence is entitled to possess |
Place within which the
licence is valid |
Date on which the licence
expires |
Date on which the licence or
the arms of both shall be produced for inspection before the licensing
authority under rule 52 (2) |
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Maximum to be possessed at
any one time |
Maximum purchasable during
the year |
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1 |
2 |
4 |
5 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
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Signature
and designation of the officer specially empowered o sign the licence under
rule 4. |
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Name
(in Capital) / Signature of the licensing authority Designation
Place .
Signature of the officer specially empowered to sign under rule 4). Designation
. Place
.. |
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The |
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*Provided that where a licence is granted in Form III, Form IV, Form V
or Form VI for the possession of arms to be acquired by the licensee subsequent
to the grant of the licence, the authority granting the licence shall, at the
time of granting the same, direct that within the period specified by him in
this behalf, which he may, from time to time, extend, the arms covered by the
licence shall be acquired and that the licence or the arms or both shall be
produced for his inspection, and if within the period so specified or extended
the licensee fails to acquire the arms and to produce the licence or the arms
or both, as the case may be, the licence shall cease to be in force.
FORM OF RENEWAL OF THE
LICENCE
|
Date
and year of renewal |
Date on which renewed
licence expires |
Name (in
capital)/Signature and designation of renewing authority |
Signature and designation
of the officer specially empowered to sign the licence under rule 4. |
SEAL |
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
1. This licence is granted
subject to all the provisions of the Arms Act, 1959 and of the Arms Rules,
1962.
2. It covers only the mess, club or association
named and the arms and ammunition described therein.
2-A. Save
where he is specially authorised in this behalf by the District Magistrate
concerned, the licensee shall not carry any arms covered by the licence within
the campus or precincts of any educational institution.
3. The
licensee shall, at the time of purchasing any arms or ammunition, cause the
following particulars to be endorsed upon its licence under the vendors
signature, namely:
(a) The
name, description and residence of the person who takes delivery of the
articles purchased on behalf of the mess, club or association;
(b) The nature and quantity
of the articles purchased; and
(c) The date of purchase;
and if the arms or ammunition are purchased from any person other than a
licensed dealer, shall also cause the particulars specified in clauses (b) and
(c) to be furnished in writing to the authority who granted this licence within
such period as may be prescribed by authority for this purpose. No purchase of ammunition shall, however, be
permitted except. on a written certificate from the licensee certifying that
with the amount proposed to be purchased the total quantity of ammunition in
his possession will not exceed the maximum which he is entitled to possess at
any one time, or his total allowance for the year.
4. The mess, club or association shall not purchase or possess
ammunition in excess of the quantities allowed under columns 3 and 4 of the
licence or the maximum, which may, from time to time, be fixed by the Central
Government for the amount purchasable in a year and for the amount that may be
possessed at any one time.
5. The mess, club or
association shall-
(a) On
demand b y an authorized officer produce the weapons covered by this licence;
(b) Not
sell or transfer any arms or ammunition or any part thereof covered by this
licence to any person not lawfully entitled to possess them;
(c) Forthwith
give information at the nearest police station of the loss or theft of any arms
or ammunition covered by this licence; and
(d) Give
prior intimation to the licensing authority concerned of its intention to break
up or dispose of any arms or ammunition of any Part thereof (otherwise than as
mentioned in note below); failing which proof of the articles having been
broken up or disposed of will have to be furnished to the satisfaction of the
licensing authority.
6. The
licence does not authorise any member of the mess, club or association to keep
Government arms or ammunition.
Explanation. -For the purposes of this condition-
(a) Government arms means a firearm, or other weapon which
is the property of the Government; and
(b) Government ammunition means
ammunition manufactured in a Government factory or prepared for and supplied to
Government other than such ammunition as released by Government for civilian
use.
7. The
Central Government or the State Government or in the State of Madras, Andhra
Pradesh or Kerala, the Board of Revenue, may require any firearm or ammunition
possessed by the mess, club or association to be registered in such manner as
the Central Government or the State Government or the Board of Revenue may
think fit.
8. The
authority granting or renewing the licence has the right to enquire at any
thing during the currency of the licence whether the weapons for which it has
been granted are still in the possession of the mess, club or association and
to require the production of such weapons for the purposes of such enquiry.
Note. -Licensees are warned
that in case they sell or transfer any arms or ammunition covered by the
licences possessed by them to any person, they shall forthwith inform in
writing the District Magistrate having jurisdiction or the officer-in-charge of
the nearest police station, of such sale or transfer, together with the
particulars of the firearms and ammunition and the person to whom they have
been sold or transferred (Section 5 of the Arms Act, 1959). Failure to give such information is punishable
with imprisonment for a term, which may extend to six months, or with fine,
which may extend to Rs. 500, or with both [Section 25 (3) of the Act.]
Shri.......................
. must carry this permit with him when
carrying the arms or ammunition; he shall not carry the arms or ammunition to
an area not covered by the licence.
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Signature
. |
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Dated
.. |
Designation and full address of the Company
.. |
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Holder of the licence
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No.
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Valid for the period
. |
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Signature or thumb-impression and Identification marks of the retainer |
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FORM VII
FEE: ONE RUPEE PER WEAPON
Licence for carrying arms or ammunition on a
journey in or through any of India
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Name Description and residence of licence and agent (if
any) |
Arms or ammunition that
licencee is entitled to carry |
Retainers (if any, covered
by the licence) |
Place of departure, route and
place of destination. |
Period which the journey
is likely to occupy |
Period for which the
licence is valid |
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Brief description of each
weapon with details, e.g., resister No., and other identification marks. |
Quantity and description or
each kind of ammunition. |
Name of retainer |
Name of retainers father |
Address of retainer |
Arms or ammunition that
retainer is entitled to carry |
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Quantity |
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Place
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CONDITION
1.
This licence is granted subject to all the Provisions
Of the Arm Act, 1959 and the Arms Rules, 1962.
2 It
covers only the persons named, and the arms or ammunition described therein and
such retainers (if any) as may be entered in column 4.
3. The
licensee or any retainer acting under this licence shall not, unless specially
empowered in this behalf by the authority granting the licence, carry any arms
to a fair, religious procession or other public assemblage, or within the
campus or precincts of any educational institution.
4. He shall not carry
Government arms or ammunition.
Explanation. -For the purposes of this condition-
(a) Government arm means a firearm or other weapon which is the property of the Government;
and
(b) Government
ammunition means ammunition manufactured in any Government factory, or
prepared for and supplied to the Government other than such ammunition as may
be released by Government for civilian use.
5. He shall-
(a) On demand by any
authorised officer, produce the weapons covered by this licence; and
(b) Forthwith
give information at the nearest police station of the loss or theft of any arms
or ammunition covered by the licence.
Notes.
-
(1) Any
breach of the conditions of this licence is punishable with imprisonment for a
term, which may extend to three months, or with fine, which may extend to Rs.
500, or with both (Section 30 of the Act).
(2) Licensees
are warned that in case they sell or transfer any arms or ammunition covered by
the licences possessed by them to any person, they shall forthwith inform in
writing the District Magistrate having jurisdiction or the officer-in-charge of
the nearest police station, of such sale or transfer together with the
particulars of the arms or ammunition and the person to whom they have been
sold or transferred (Section 5) of the Arms Act., (1959). Failure to give such information is
punishable with imprisonment for a term, which may extend to six months, or
with fine, which may extend to Rs. 500,
or with both [Section 25 (3) of the Act.]
FORM-VIII
FEE:
ONE RUPEE FOR EACH WEAPON
Travellers (temporary) licence for the possession and carrying of arms
or ammunition for the duration of his journey from the port or other place of
his arrival in India to the place of his destination in India.
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Name and description of
licencee |
Arms or ammunition that
licensee is of licensee is entitled to possess to carry |
Place of destination
entitled |
Period for which the is
valid |
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Brief description of each
weapon |
Quantity and description of
each kind of ammunition |
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2 |
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Of |
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From
the
To the
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Date on which copy is sent
to the District Magistrate of
..
District [vide sub-rule(2) of rule 17]. |
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The |
Of |
19 |
(SEAL) |
(Signature)
Licensing
Authority
Designation
.. Place
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FORM OF RENEWAL
OF LICENCE
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Date
and year of renewal |
Date on which renewed
licence expires |
Signature and designation
of the renewing authority |
SEAL |
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
CONDITIONS
1. This licence is granted subject to all the provisions of the Arms Act,
1959, and of the Arms Rules, 1962.
2. It covers only the
persons named, and the arms or ammunition described therein.
3. The
licensee shall not, unless specially empowered in this behalf by the authority
granting the licence, carry arms or ammunition to a fair, religious procession
or other public assemblage or within the campus or precincts of any educational
institution.
4. He
shall not carry Government arms or ammunition.
Explanation. -For the purposes of this condition-
(a) Government arm means a firearm or other weapon which is the property of the
Government; and
(b) Government
ammunition means ammunition manufactured in any Government factory or prepared
for and an endorsement added showing the Government arms or ammunition, which
the licence is authorised to possess.
5. Condition
4 may be cancelled by the authority granting the licence if empowered to do so
by the Central Government and an endorsement added showing the Government arms
or ammunition, which the licensee is authorised to possess.
6. He shall-
(a) On demand by any
authorised officer, produce the weapons covered by this licence;
(b) Not
sell or transfer any arms or ammunition or part thereof covered by this licence
to any person not lawfully entitled to possess them; and
(c) Forthwith
give information at the nearest police station of the loss or theft of any arms
or ammunition covered by the licence.
7. The
licensee shall, on arrival at his destination, forthwith apply to the nearest
licensing authority for a licence in Form II or Form III, as the case may be,
in respect of the arms or ammunition described herein and shall at the same
time deliver this licence in original to that authority.
Notes.
(1) Any breach of the conditions of this licence is
punishable with imprisonment for a term, which may extend to three months, or
with fine, which may extend to Rs. 500, or with both (Section 30 of the Act).
(Licensees are warned that in case they sell or transfer any arms or
ammunition covered by the licences possessed by them to any person, they shall
forthwith inform in writing the District Magistrate having jurisdiction or the
officer-in-charge of the nearest police station, of such sale or transfer together,
with the particulars of the arms or ammunition and the person to whom they have
been sold or transferred (Section 5 of the Arms Act, 1959). Failure to give such information is
punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with
fine which may extend to Rs. 500, or with both [Section 25(3) of the Act.]
FORM - IX
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FEE:
THIRTY RUPEES |
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Licence
to: - |
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(1) |
Manufacturer;
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(2) |
Convert,
shorten, repair or test (other than proof test), sell or transfer, keep for
sale or transfer, conversion, repair or test or arms or ammunition. |
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Sr.
No. of Licence |
Name, Description and residence of licencee and of
duly authorised agent , if any |
Place
of business factory shop |
Description and Number of
Arms |
Description and quantity
of Ammunition |
Name
of range or other place where allowed to test |
Date and year on which the licence expires |
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To be manufactured, converted, shortened, repaired |
To be sold or kept for
sale |
To be manufactured, converted, etc. |
To be sold or kept for
sale |
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2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
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The |
Of 19 |
The date on which copy top the District Magistrate of District [vide sub-rule (2), rule 20] |
Signature and designation of the officer specially
empowered to sign the licence under rule 4. |
(SEAL) |
The 31st
December, 19
.. |
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(Signature) . Licensing
Authority
Designation
. Place
.. |
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FORM OF
RENEWAL OF THE LICENCE |
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Date and year of renewal |
Date on which renewed licence expires |
Name (in capital)/ Signature and designation of Renewing Authority |
(SEAL) |
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CONDITIONS
1.
(a). This licence is granted
subject to all the provisions of the Arms Act, 1959 and of the Arms Rule, 1962.
(b) This
licence does not entitle the dealer to take any arms or ammunition for testing
to a testing range or other place without a permit for the purpose or to prove
any firearms.
(c) This
licence is valid only so long as the licensee carries on the trade or business
in the premises shows in column 3 thereof, and will ipso facto lapse if
the business is discontinued for a continuous period exceeding six months.
(d) The
licensee shall not enter into any partnership connected with this licence
without the approval of the licensing authority.
2. The licensee
shall maintain registers of all arms manufactured or converted or shortened or
repaired or tested or transferred, of all ammunition manufactured, converted,
repaired or transferred, of all stock in hand, and of all sales, showing the
particulars in such forms as may be prescribed for the purpose by the Central
Government.
3. He shall make available
for inspection of his stock and his registers on the demand of any magistrate
or any police officer of a rank not below that
of Inspector, or, if the Central Government so directs, of Sub-Inspector.
4. (1) He shall affix on a conspicuous part of
his place of business, factory or shop a signboard on which shall be painted in
large letters in English/Hindi and in the language of the district his name and
the words Licensed to manufactured/convert/shorten/repair/test/transfer/sell
arms or ammunition.
(2) He shall also affix in
his place of business, factory or shop a copy of Section 36 of the Arms Act,
1959, either in English/Hindi the language of the District.
5. He
shall not manufacture firearms of any category or description other than those
allowed to be not manufactured under column 4; nor expand his business, except
with the prior permission of the Central Government and subject to such conditions
as may be prescribed by the Central Government.
6. He shall not sell to
anyone any firearm manufactured by him unless such firearms-
(a) Is duly proof-tested at a
Government establishment or an establishment approved in this behalf by the
Central Government;
(b) Bears proof-mark, and
(c) Bears identification
marks required by rule 25.
7. He shall not sell arms or
ammunition elsewhere that at the place of business, factory or shop specified
in column 3.
8. He shall not keep Government arms or
ammunition except under the special or general orders of the Central
Government.
Explanation. -For the purpose of this condition-
(a) Government arms means
a firearm or other weapon which is the property or the Government; and
(b) Government ammunition means ammunition manufactured in any
government factory, or prepared for and supplied to the Government other than such ammunition as may
be released by Government for civilian use.
9. He
shall, at the time of sale or transfer of any arms or ammunition to a person
holding a licence in Form III, Form IV, Form V, Form VII or Form VIII endorse
on the licence-
(a) The name, description and
residence of the person who takes delivery of the articles sold or transferred.
(b) The nature and quantity
of the articles sold or transferred, and
(c) The date of sale or
transfer;
and shall sign the endorsement (and affix his seal).
10. He shall at the time of
sale or transfer of a weapon enter in his register the number and other
identification marks, if any, stamped on the weapon at the time of manufacture
or otherwise.
11. He shall
give information of all sales or transfers of arms and ammunition, to such
persons and in such manner as the Central Government may direct.
12. He shall
not sell or transfer any quantity of ammunition to any person licensed to
possess or carry arms or ammunition without his first obtaining a written
certificate from such person to the effect that, with the quantity of
ammunition in his possession will not exceed the maximum quantity which he is
entitled to possess at any one time or his total allowance for the year:
Provided that he shall not, in any case, sell or transfer to, any person
any quantity of ammunition in excess of the maximum which may be fixed by the
Central Government for such person or which is endorsed on such persons
licence.
13. He shall
not sell arms and ammunition to an officer, non-commissioned officer or soldier
of the armed forces of the Union, unless such person produces a written pass or
permit signed by his Commanding Officer, and then only to the extend and on the
conditions specified in such pass or permit.
14. Where
the licence is granted in and for any local area in West Bengal or Assam, the
licensee shall not sell arms or ammunition without a special permit from a
Magistrate, to any member of a hill-tribe to which the Central Government may,
from time to time, by notification, apply this condition.
1[14-A. Where a licence is granted for conversion of
ammunition, it shall not entitle the licensee to convert blank cartridge or any
ammunition having not projectile into single/multiple projectile ammunition or
to load or re-load any ammunition.]
15. The
licensee shall not sell or transfer any arms of category V to a person residing
in an area to which Section 4 applies, unless the said person produces a
licence, or is exempted from the obligation to take out a licence, to acquire,
possess or carry such in that area.
16. The
licensee shall forthwith give information at the nearest police station of the
loss or theft of any arms or ammunition covered by the licence.
17. Chlorates
shall be kept in a building constructed of uninflammable materials only and
separated from any dwelling house, other building, highway, street, public
thoroughfare or public place by a distance of not less than 10 feet:
Provided that, where the total quantity stored does not exceed 100 kgs.,
chlorates may be kept exclusively in a closed and secured receptacle place in a
building used for the keeping of other articles not being of an explosive or
highly inflammable nature.
18. Sulphur shall not be kept in the same room
with saltpetre in the premises specified in column 3:
Provided that when the quantity of each does not exceed 100 kgs.,
sulphur and saltpetre may be kept in separate closed receptacles in the same
room.
19. No
person shall smoke and no open fires shall be allowed at any time in the
premises specified in column 3, or in the vicinity of the receptacles mentioned
in provisos to conditions 17 and 18.
20. Where
any building used for storage of such materials is fitted with electric
lighting or power, the licensee shall get these installations tested at least
once a year or once during the currency of the licence, by an Electrical
Inspector appointed under the Indian Electricity Act, 1910, or if those
installations are in Sikkim by an authority notified in this behalf by the
State Government of Sikkim to ensure that there is no danger of fire or
sparking.
21. Any
accident fire or explosion occurring within the premises specified in column 3
which is attended with loss of human life or serious injury to persons or
property shall be reporter at once by the licensee to the officer-in-charge of
the nearest police station having
jurisdiction over the place of his
business, factory or shop as well as to the Inspector of Explosives of the
circle concerned.
22. Subject
to the other conditions contained herein, no licensee shall without reasonable
cause, refuse to sell arms or ammunition to any person who is entitled to
purchase or acquire such arms or ammunition under the provisions of the Arms
Act, 1959 or the Arms Rules, 1962.
Explanation.
-The possibility or expectation of the seller obtaining a higher price at a later
date or the refusal by a person to purchase or acquire arms or ammunition
partly of a description demanded by him and partly of a different description
suggested by the licensee, shall not be deemed to be a reasonable cause for the
purpose of this condition.
23. The
conversion into explosives of sulphur in admixture with chlorates shall be
permitted for the following purposes only (and for no other purposes):
(i) in small quantities for
scientific purposes; or
(ii) for the purposes of
manufacturing heads of matches; or
(iii) for use in toy amerces
(paper caps for toy pistols).
1. Ins. by G.S.R. No. 703. dated 15-7-1981.
FORM X
EEE:
(i)
To a holder of licence in Form IX
- Free of fee
(ii)
To others
- Rupees Twenty
Licence
for proof test and keeping for proof-test firearms
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Serial No. |
Name, Description and
residence of licencee and of duly authorised agent(s), if any |
Place of business factory
or shop |
Categories of firearms
allowed to be proof-tested |
Range or other place where
allowed to test |
Date on which the licence
expires |
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
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The |
of 19 |
Date on which copy is sent to the District Magistrate . District (vide Rules 23). Signature and designation of the officer specially empowered to sign the licence under rule 4. |
SEAL |
Signature Secretary/ Joint Secretary to the Government of Indian, Ministry of Home Affairs |
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The |
of 19 |
Date of issue of the licence. |
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FORM OF RENEWAL OF THE
LICENCE |
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Date and year of renewal |
Date on which renewed
licence expires |
Signature and designation
of Renewing Authority |
SEAL |
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CONDITIONS
1. This licence is granted
subject to all the provisions of the Arms Act, 1959 and of the Arms Rules,
1962.
2. The
licensee shall carry on the work of proof testing and stamp proof-marks on the
firearms, which are proved, in accordance with regulations framed or approved
by the Central Government for the purpose.
3. This licence is valid
only so long as the licensee on the work of proof-test and if the work is
discontinued for a continuous period of more than one year, the licence shall ipso facto expire.
4. The licensee shall
maintain a register of all firearms received for proving or of those
proof-tested, of all stock in hand, of all firearms disposed of after
proof-test showing the particulars in such forms as may be prescribed by the
Central Government for the purpose.
5. He shall make available
for inspection his stock and his registers on the demand of any Magistrate or
any police officer of a rank not below that
of Inspector, or, if the Central Government so directs, of sub-Inspector.
6. (1) He shall affix on a conspicuous part of
his place of business, factory or shop a signboard on which shall be painted in
large letters in English/Hindi the language of the district his name and the
words Licensed to proof-test firearms of categories as shown in column 4 of
the licence.
(2). He
shall affix in his place of business or factory a copy of Section 36 of the
Arms Act, 1959, either in English/Hindi or in the language of the district.
7. He shall not proof-test
firearms elsewhere than at the place of business or factory specified in column
3.
8. The
licensee shall forthwith give information at the nearest police station of the
loss or theft of any arms or ammunition covered by the licence.
FORM XI
FEE: RUPEES FIFTEEN
Licence
to convert (except firearms) repair, lest (other than proof-test), sell or
transfer or keep for sale, repair or test, or transfer arms or ammunition of
categories I (b), l (c), I (d), III (a), III (b), III (c), III (d), V and VI
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Serial No. |
Name, description and
residence of licencee and of duly authorised agent or agents, if any |
Place of business factory
or shop |
Description and number of
arms |
Description and quantity
of ammunition |
Name
of the range or other place where allowed to test |
Date and year on which the
licence expires |
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To be converted or
repaired |
To be sold or kept for
sale, etc. |
To be converted or
repaired |
To
be sold or kept for sale, etc. |
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
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The |
of 19 |
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Name
(in capital)/ Signature of licensing authority Designation:
. Place
. Or Name of the officer specially empowered to sign the licence under rule 4. Designation
Place
. |
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Signature
and designation of the officer specially empowered to sign the licence under
rule 4. |
SEAL |
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FORM OF RENEWAL OF THE
LICENCE |
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Date and year of renewal |
Date on which renewed
licence expires |
Signature and designation
of Renewing Authority |
SEAL |
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CONDITIONS
1. (a) This licence is granted subject to all
the provisions of the Aims Act, 1959 and of the Arms Rules, 1962.
(b) This licence entitles the licensee to
fabricate components and parts of firearms and ammunition for the purpose of
repair of firearms or conversion or repair of ammunition of the categories
shows in column 4 but does not entitle him to manufacture such components or
parts for the purpose of, or utilized for assembling into complete arms or
ammunition.
(c) This
licence does not entitle the dealer to take any arms or ammunition for testing
to a testing range or other place without a permit for the purpose, or to prove
any firearms.
(d) This
licence is valid only so long as he carries on the trade or business in the
premises shown in column 3 thereof, and will ipso facto lapse if the
business is discontinued for a continuous period exceeding six months.
2. The
licensee shall maintain registers of all arms and ammunition in stock, and of
all sales showing the particulars in such form as may be prescribed by the
Central Government for the purpose.
3. He
shall make available for inspection his stock and his register on the demand of
any magistrate or any police officer of a rank not below that of Inspector, or,
if the Central Government so directs of Sub-inspector.
4. (1) He shall affix on a conspicuous part of
his place of business, factory or shop, signboard, on which shall be painted in
large letters in English/Hindi and in the language of the district his name and
the words licensed to convert pair/test (other than proof-test)/sell/transfer
arms and ammunition.
(2) He shall also affix in his place of
business, factory or shop, a copy of Section 36 of the Act, either in
English/Hindi or in the language of
the district.
5. He shall not convert an imitation firearm
into a firearm or shorten a firearm on the strength of this licence.
I
[5-A. Where a licence is granted for
conversion of ammunition, it shall not entitle the licensee to convert blank
cartridges or any ammunition having no projectile into single/multiple
projectile ammunition or to load or re-load any ammunition.]
6. He
shall not sell the arms or ammunition covered by the licence, elsewhere than at
the place of business, factory or shop specified in column 3.
7. He shall not keep Government arms or
ammunition unless he is specially authorised in this behalf by the Central
Government.
Explanation. -For the purposes of this condition-
(a) Government arm means
a firearm of other weapon which is the property of the Government; and
(b) Government ammunition means
ammunition manufactured in any Government factory or prepared for and supplied
to Government other than such ammunition as may be released by Government for
civilian use.
8. He
shall at the time of sale or transfer of any arms or ammunition to a person
holding a licence in Form III, Form IV, Form V, Form VII or Form VIII endorse
on the licence-
(a) The name, description and
residence of the person who takes delivery of the articles sold of transferred;
(b) The nature and quantity of the articles sold transferred; and
(c) The date of sale or
transfer.
and shall sign the endorsement and affix his seal.
9. He shall at the time of sale or transfer
of a weapon enter in his register the number and other identification marks, if
any, stamped on the weapon at the time of manufacture or otherwise.
10. He shall give information
of all sales or transfers of arms and ammunition, to such persons and in such
manner as the Central Government may direct.
11. He
shall not sell or transfer ammunition to any person, licensed to possess or
carry arms, without his first obtaining a written certificate from
such person to the effect that, with the quantity of ammunition proposed to be
acquired by him, the total quantity of ammunition in his possession shall not
exceed the Maximum quantity which he is entitled to possess at any one time or
his total allowance for the year:
Provided that he shall not in any case sell or transfer to any person
any quantity of ammunition in excess of the maximum which may be fixed by the
Central Government for such person or which is endorsed on such persons
licence.
12. He shall
not sell arms or ammunition to an officer, non-commissioned officer or soldier
of the armed forces of the Union unless such person produces a written pass or
permit signed by his Commanding Officer, and then only to the extend and on the
conditions specified in such pass or permit.
13. Where
the licence is granted in and for any local area in West Bengal or Assam, the
licensee shall not sell arms or ammunition, without a special permit from a
Magistrate, to any member of a hill-tribe to which the Central Government may,
from time to time, by notification, apply this condition.
14. The licensee shall
forthwith give information at the nearest police station of the loss or theft
of any arms or ammunition covered by the licence.
15. Subject
to the other conditions contained therein, no licensee shall, without
reasonable cause, refuse to sell arms or ammunition to any person who is
entitled to purchase or acquire such arms or ammunition under the provisions of
the Arms Act, 1959 or the Arms Rules, 1962.
Explanation. -The possibility or expectation of the seller obtaining a higher price at
a later date or the refusal by a person to purchase or acquire arms or
ammunition partly of a description demanded by him and partly of a different
description suggested by the licensee, shall not be deemed to be a reasonable
cause for the purpose of his condition.
16. The coversion into
explosive of sulphur in admixture with chlorates shall be permitted for the
following purposes only (and for no other purposes):
(i) in small quantities for
scientific purposes; or
(ii) for the purposes of
manufacturing heads of matches; or
(iii) for use in toy amorces
(paper caps for toy pistols).
1. Ins. by
G.S.R. No. 703 dated 15-7-1981.
FORM- XII
FEE: RUPEES TEN
Licence
to sell, transfer or test (other than
proof-test) and to keep for sale, transfer or test, arms or ammunition
of categories I (b), I (c), I (d), III (b), III (c), III (d), V.
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Serial No. |
Name, description and
residence of licencee and of duly authorised agent or agents, if any |
Place of business or shop |
Description and number of
arms |
Description and quantity
of ammunition |
Name
of the range or other place where allowed to test |
Date and year on which the
licence expires |
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
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The |
of 19 |
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The
31st December, 19 Name
(in capital)/ Signature of licensing authority Designation:
. Place
. Or Signature of the officer specially empowered to sign the licence under rule 4. Designation
Place
. |
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FORM OF RENEWAL OF THE
LICENCE |
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Date and year of renewal |
Date on which renewed
licence expires |
Name (in Capital/ Signature and designation of Renewing
Authority |
SEAL |
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CONDITIONS
1. (a) This licence is granted
subject to all the provisions of the Arms Act, 1959 and of the Arms Rules,
1962.
(b) This
licence does not entitle the dealer to take any arms or ammunition for testing
to a testing range or other place without a permit for the purpose, or to prove
any firearms.
(c) This
licence is valid only so long as he carries on the trade or business in the
premises shown in column 3 thereof, and will ipso facto lapse if the
business is discontinued for a continuous period exceeding six months.
2. The
licensee shall maintain registers of all arms and ammunition in stock and of
all sales showing the particulars in such form as may be prescribed by the
Central Government for the purpose.
3. He
shall make available for inspection his stock and his registers on the demand
of any Magistrate or any police officer of a rank not below that of Inspector,
or, if the Central Government so directs, of Sub-inspector.
4. (1) He shall affix on a conspicuous part of
his place of business or shop a signboard, on which shall be painted in large
letters in English/Hindi and in the language of the district his name and the
words Licensed to sell/transfer or test (other than proof-test) arms or
ammunition.
(2) He
shall also, affix in his place of business or shop, a copy of Section 36 of the
Act in English/Hindi or in the language of the district.
5. He
shall not sell the arms or ammunition covered by the licence elsewhere than at
the place of business, factory or shop specified in column 3.
6. He shall not keep
Government arms or ammunition unless he is specially authorized in this behalf
by the Central Government.
Explanation. -For the purposes of this condition-
(a) Government arms
means a firearm or other weapon which is the property of the Government; and
(b) Government ammunition means ammunition manufactured in any Government factory or prepared for
and supplied to Government other than such ammunition as may be released by
Government for civilian use.
7. He shall at the time of
sale or transfer of any arms of ammunition to a person holding a licence in
Form III, Form IV, Form V, Form VII or Form VIII endorse on the licence-
(a) the name, description and
residence of the person who takes delivery of the articles sold or transferred,
(b) the nature and quantity
of the articles sold or transferred, and
(c) the date of sale or
transfer,
and shall sign the
endorsement and affix his seal.
8. He
shall at the time of sale or transfer of a weapon enter in this register the number
and other identification marks, if any, stamped on the weapon at the time of
manufacture of otherwise.
9. He
shall give information of all sales or transfers of arms and ammunition, to
such person and in such manner as the Central Government may direct.
10. He shall
not sell or transfer ammunition to any person, licensed to possess or carry
arms, without his first obtaining a written certificate from such person to the
effect that, with the quantity to ammunition proposed to be acquired by him,
the total quantity ammunition in his possession will not exceed the maximum
quantity which he is entitled to possess at any one time or his total allowance
for the year:
Provided that he shall not in any case sell or transfer to any person
any quantity of ammunition in excess of the maximum which may be fixed by the
Central Government for such person or which is endorsed on such persons
licence.
11. He shall not sell arms and ammunition to an
officer, non-commissioned officer or soldier of the armed forces of the Union
unless such person produces a written pass or permit signed by his Commanding
Officer, and then only to the extend and on the conditions specified in such
pass or permit.
12. Where the
licence is granted in and for any local area in West Bengal or Assam, the
licensee shall not sell arms or ammunition without a special permit from a
Magistrate, to any member of a hill-tribe to which the Central Government may,
from time to time, by notification apply this condition.
13. The
licensee shall forthwith give information at the nearest police station of the
loss or theft of any arms or ammunition covered by the licence.
14. Subject
to other conditions contained herein, no licensee shall, without reasonable
cause, refuse to sell arms or ammunition to any person who is entitled to
purchase or acquire such-arms or ammunition under the provisions of the Arms
Act, 1959 or the Arms Rules, 1962.
Explanation. -The possibility or expectation of the seller obtaining a higher price at
a later date or the refusal by a person to purchase or acquire arms or
ammunition partly of a description demanded by him and Partly of a different
description suggested by the licensee, shall not be deemed to be a reasonable
cause for the purpose of this condition.
FORM-XIII
Licence to sell, transfer or test (other than
proof- test) and keep for sale, transfer or test arms or ammunition or
categories III (c), III (d), V or VI.
FEE:
|
(i) |
To
the holders of licence in Form IX |
Free of fee |
|
(ii) |
For
arms of category V only |
Rupees Five |
|
(iii) |
Otherwise |
Rupees Ten |
|
Serial No. |
Name, description and
residence of licencee and of duly authorised agent or agents, if any |
Place of business or shop |
Description and number of
arms |
Description and quantity
of ammunition |
Name of the range or other
place where allowed to test |
Date and year on which the
licence expires |
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
|
The |
of 19 |
(SEAL) |
The 31st
December, 19
. (Signature) Licensing
Authority
.. Designation:
. Place
.. |
|||
|
FORM OF RENEWAL OF THE
LICENCE |
|||
|
Date and year of renewal |
Date on which renewed
licence expires |
Signature and designation of Renewing Authority |
SEAL |
|
|
|
|
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CONDITIONS
1. (a) This licence is granted
subject to all the provisions of the Arms Act, 1959 and of the Arms Rules,
1962.
(b) This
licence does not entitle the dealer to take any arms or ammunition for testing
to a testing range or other place without a permit for the purpose, or to prove
any firearms.
(c) This
licence is valid only so long as he carries on the trade or business in the
premises shown in column 3 thereof, and will ipso facto lapse if the
business is discontinued for a continuous period exceeding six months.
2. The
licensee shall maintain registers of all arms and ammunition in stock and of
all sales showing the particulars in such form as may be prescribed by the
Central Government for the purpose.
3. He
shall make available for inspection his stock and his registers on the demand
of any Magistrate or any police officer of a rank not below that of Inspector,
or, if the Central Government so directs, of Sub-inspector.
4. (1) He shall affix on a conspicuous part of
his place of business or shop a signboard, on which shall be painted in large
letters in English/Hindi and in the language of the district his name and the
words Licensed to sell/transfer or test (other than proof-test) arms or
ammunition.
(2) He
shall also, affix in his place of business or shop, a copy of Section 36 of the
Act in English/Hindi or in the language of the district.
5. He
shall not sell the arms or ammunition covered by the licence elsewhere than at
the place of business, factory or shop specified in column 3.
6. He
shall not keep Government arms or ammunition, except under the special or
general order of the Central Government.
Explanation. -For the purposes of this condition-
(a) Government arms
means a firearm or other weapon which is the property of the Government; and
(b) Government
ammunition means ammunition manufactured in any Government
factory or prepared for and supplied to Government other than such ammunition
as may be released by Government for civilian use.
7.
He shall at the time of sale or transfer of any
arms or ammunition to a person holding a licence in Form III, Form IV, Form V,
Form VII, or Form VIII endorse on the licence.
(a) the name, description and
residence of the person who takes delivery of the articles sold or transferred,
(b) the nature and quantity
of the articles sold or transferred, and
(c) the date of sale or
transfer,
and shall sign the endorsement and affix his seal.
8. He
shall at the time of sale or transfer of a weapon enter in this register the
number and other identification marks, if any, stamped on the weapon at the
time of manufacture of otherwise.
9. He
shall give information of all sales or transfers of arms and ammunition, to
such person and in such manner as the Central Government may direct.
10. He shall
not sell or transfer ammunition to any person, licensed to possess or carry
arms, without his first obtaining a written certificate from such person to the
effect that, with the quantity to ammunition proposed to be acquired by him,
the total quantity ammunition in his possession will not exceed the maximum
quantity which he is entitled to possess at any one time or his total allowance
for the year:
Provided that he shall not in any case sell or transfer to any person
any quantity of ammunition in excess of the maximum which may be fixed by the
Central Government for such person or which is endorsed on such persons
licence.
11. He shall
not sell arms and ammunition to an officer, non-commissioned officer or soldier
of the armed forces of the Union unless such person produces a written pass or
permit signed by his Commanding Officer, and then only to the extend and on the
conditions specified in such pass or permit.
12. Where
the licence is granted in and for any local area in West Bengal or Assam, the licensee
shall not sell arms or ammunition without a special permit from a, Magistrate,
to any member of a hill-tribe to which the Central Government may, from time to
time, by notification apply this condition.
13. The
licensee shall not sell or transfer any arms of category V to a person residing
in an area to which Section 4 applies, unless the said person produces a
license, or is exempted from the obligation to take out a licence to acquire,
possess or carry such arms in that area.
14. The
licensee shall forthwith give information at the nearest police station of the
loss or theft of any arms or ammunition covered by the licence.
15. Chlorates shall be kept in
a building constructed of uninflammable materials only and separated from any
dwelling house, other building, highway, street, public thoroughfare or public
place by a distance of not less than 10 feet:
Provided that, where the total quantity stored does not exceed 100 kgs.,
chlorates may be kept exclusively in a closed and secured receptacle and placed
in a building used for the keeping of other articles not being of an explosive
or highly inflammable nature.
16. Sulphur shall not be kept
in the same room with saltpetre in the premises specified in column 3
Provided that, where the quantity of each does not exceed 100 kgs.,
sulphur and saltpetre can be kept in separate closed receptacles in the same
room.
17. No
person shall smoke and no open fires shall be allowed at any time in the
premises specified in column 3, or in the vicinity of the receptacles mentioned
in provisos to conditions 15 and 16.
18. Where
any building used to storage of such materials is fitted with electric lighting
or power, the licensee shall get these installations tested at least once a
year or once during the currency of the licence, by an Electrical Inspector
appointed under the Indian Electricity Act, 1910, to ensure that there is no
danger of fire or sparking.
19. Any
accident, fire or explosion occurring within the
premises specified in column 3 which is attended with loss of human life or
serious injury to person or property shall be reported at once by the licensee
to the officer-in-charge of the nearest police station having jurisdiction over
his place of business, factory or shop as well as to the Inspector of
Explosives of the circle concerned.
20.
Subject to the other conditions contained
herein, no licensee shall, without reasonable cause, refuse to sell arms or
ammunition to any person who is entitled to purchase or require such arms or
ammunition under the provisions of the Arms Act, 1959 or the Arms Rules, 1962.
Explanation: - The possibility or
expectation of the seller obtaining a higher price at a later dare or the
refusal by a person to purchase or acquire arms or ammunition partly of a
description demanded by him and partly of a different description suggested by
the licensee, shall not be deemed to be a reasonable causes for the purposes of
this condition.
FORM-XIV
Licence for the possession by holders of
licence in Form IX, Form XI, Form XII, or Form XIII of arms or ammunition
deposited by the owners under Section 21 of the Act, or for safekeeping.
FEE:
|
Name, description and residence
of licencee and of duly authorised agent or agents, if any |
Description of arms and
ammunition |
Place (with description)
where articles are to be kept |
Period for which the
licence is valid |
|||
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
|||
|
The |
of 19 |
(SEAL) |
From
. To
.. Signature
.. Licensing
Authority
. Designation:
.. Place
|
|||
|
FORM OF RENEWAL OF THE
LICENCE |
|||
|
Date and year of renewal |
Date on which renewed
licence expires |
Signature and designation of Renewing Authority |
SEAL |
|
|
|
|
|
1. This licence is granted subject to all the provisions of the Arms Act,
1959 and of the Arms Rules, 1962.
2. It
covers only arms or ammunition of the description given in column 2 so long as
they kept in place described in column 3, but does not authorize the licencee
(a) To carry arms; or
(b) To keep Government arms
or ammunition.
Explanation:
- For the purposes of this section-
(a) Government
arms means a firearm or other weapon, which is the property of Government;
and (b) Government ammunition means ammunition manufactured in any
Government factory, or prepared for and supplied to Government other than such
ammunition as released by Government for civilian use.
3. (a) the licensee shall maintain registers of
all arms or ammunition deposited with
him under this licence-
(i) under Section 21(l), and
(ii) for safe custody
otherwise than under Section 21(l),
showing particulars
in such forms as may be prescribed by the Central Government for the purpose.
(b) A copy
of each of the registers certified by the dealer as a true copy, relating to
each preceding quarter of a calender year, shall be forwarded within one week
after the expiry to the District Magistrate, the quarters ending on the last
day of March, June, September, and December.
4. He shall not receive for
deposit arms or ammunition without verifying-
(a) that
they are not being deposited with any mala
fide intention; and
(b) in case
they are being deposited otherwise than under Section 21 (1), that they are
covered by a valid possession licence or are exempt from the need for such
licence.
5. He shall not charge fees
for keeping or maintaining the deposited articles in excess of the prescribed
rates.
6. He
shall not return to the depositor or sell the arms and ammunition deposited
except in the manner and to the extend permitted for the sale of arms and
ammunition to such depositor or purchaser.
7. On the expiry of the period prescribed for
forfeiture of the arms or ammunition deposited, he shall deposit them in the malkhana of the district or such other
place as may be specified by the State Government for the purpose.
8. He
shall make available for inspection such arms or ammunition and his registers
on the demand of any Magistrate or any police officer of a rank not below that
of Inspector, or, if the Central Government so directs, of Sub-Inspector.
9. The
licensee shall-
(a) Either
inform the nearest police station and the District Magistrate personally or
despatch information to the officer-in-charge of the police station and the
District Magistrate concerned by registered post on the day of deposit or
return or disposal as the case may be;
(b) Forthwith
inform the police station and the District Magistrate concerned of the loss or
theft of any deposited article.
Note. - A licence in this form will be granted for a
period ending on the day on which the licensees licence in Form IX, Form XI,
Form XII or Form XIII, as the case may be, is due to expire.
FORM -XV
Licence for import by (See
or Air) or arms or ammunition into the port of
..
FEE:
|
|
|
|
|
|
For
Single weapon |
In
other cases (i.e. consignment of more than one weapon and of ammunition) |
|||
|
|
1. |
(i) |
Firearms
and ammunition |
|
Rs.
5 |
|
|
Rs.
10 |
|
|
|
|
(ii) |
Arms
of Category V |
|
Rs.
1 |
|
|
Rs.
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
(Where
a licence is required) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2. |
|
For
sulphur imported under rule 57(5)-Free of fee. |
|
|
|
|
||
|
Name description of licensee and agent (if any) |
Number of packages |
Arms |
Ammunition |
Purpose for which required |
Value of the arms per piece |
Place where articles are to be deposited or to which they are to be
despatched |
Period for which the licence is valid |
|
|
|
Description |
No |
Descrip-tion |
Weight in Kg., or Number |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
|
The of 19 |
(SEAL) |
From
. To
.
19
.
Signature
Licensing
Authority
Designation:
Place
|
CONDITONS
1. The licence is granted
subject to all the provisions of the Arms Act.1959 of the Arms Rules, 1962.
2. An account of the
contents of each package shall be legibly written thereon.
3. The articles shall be
either-
(a) deposited-
(i) in a
warehouse appointed under Section 15 of the Sea Customs Act. 1878; or
(ii) subject
to the general or special sanction of the Central Government under Section 34
of the Arms Act, 1959, in a warehouse licensed under Section 16 of the 1[Sea Customs Act, 1878], or
(a)
Forthwith despatch to their place of
destination.
1. See
now Customs Act, 1962.
FORM- XVI
Licence for import (by land or river) of arms or
ammunition
FEE:
|
|
|
|
|
|
For
Single weapon |
In
other cases (i.e. consignment of more than one weapon and of ammunition) |
|||
|
|
1. |
(i) |
Firearms
and ammunition |
|
Rs.
5 |
|
|
Rs.
10 |
|
|
|
|
(ii) |
Arms
of Category V |
|
Rs.
1 |
|
|
Rs.
2 |
|
|
Name description of licensee and agent (if any) |
Number of packages |
Arms |
Ammunition |
Place of despatch and route |
Purpose for which acquired |
Place of destination |
Name, description and residence of consignee |
Period for which the licence is valid |
|
|
|
Description |
No. |
Description |
Weight in Kg., or Number |
|
|
|
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
The |
of 19 |
(SEAL) |
From
To
. (Signature) Licensing Authority
Designation:
. Place
|
|
|
|
Date on
which a copy sent to the Government of the State of [Rule 31 (1)]
District
magistrate
.. District [Rule 31 (1)] Station
Master at the
.. Station [Rule 31(2)] |
|
CONDITIONS
1. This licence is granted subject to all provisions of the Arms Act, 1959
and of the Arms Rules, 1962.
2. The
articles shall not be conveyed by any route other than that specified in column
7; and bulk shall not be broken, nor shall the consignment be stopped, before
the articles reach the place of destination.
3. The
account of the contents of each package shall be legibly written thereon; and
where the articles are conveyed by rail, each package shall be marked with the
word Arms or Ammunition, as the case may be, so as to be readily
recognizable by the railway authorities.
FORM XVII
Licence
for Export (by see or air) of arms or ammunition
From
..
To
..
FEE:
|
|
|
|
|
|
For
Single weapon |
In
other cases (i.e. consignment of more than one weapon and of ammunition) |
|||
|
|
1. |
(i) |
Firearms
and ammunition |
|
Rs.
5 |
|
|
Rs.
10 |
|
|
|
|
(ii) |
Arms
of Category V |
|
Rs.
1 |
|
|
Rs.
2 |
|
|
Name, description& residence of licensee and agent (if any) |
Number of packages |
Arms |
Ammunition |
Place of despatch and route |
Purpose for which acquired |
Place of destination |
Name, description and residence of consignee |
Period for which the licence is valid |
|
|
|
Description |
No. |
Description |
Weight in Kg., or Number |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
From
.. 19
To
. 19
.. |
|
The The |
of
19 |
(SEAL) |
|
Signature
Licensing Authority
Designation:
. Place
|
|
|
|
Date on
which a copy is sent to the
.. Agent or Master of
Vessel or air carrier at the
port [Rule 33(1)]. |
||
FORM XVIII
Licence for export (by land or river)
From
. To
|
|
|
|
|
|
For
Single weapon |
In
other cases (i.e. consignment of more than one weapon and of ammunition) |
|||
|
|
1. |
(i) |
Firearms
and ammunition |
|
Rs.
5 |
|
|
Rs.
10 |
|
|
|
|
(ii) |
Arms
of Category V |
|
Rs.
1 |
|
|
Rs.
2 |
|
Name descr- iption and |
No. Of packages
|
ARMS
|
AMMUNITION
|
Place of despatch
|
Purpose for which
|
Place of destination
|
Name,
description
|
Period for
|
|||||
residence of licensee and agent (if any)
|
Description
|
Number
|
Description
|
Weight in Kg`s or Number
|
and route
|
required
|
|
and residence of consignee
|
which the licence
|
||||
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
11
|
|||
|
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From
the |
|
|
To
the |
|
|
19 |
The
|
of
|
19
|
Date on which a certificate of no objections is
obtained From
the Government of the State of Jammu and Kashmir, District
Magistrate of the district of
..(vide Rule 50).
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The
|
of
|
19
|
Date on which a copy is sent to the District Magistrate
of The
.. District/ Government of the State
of Jammu and
Kashmir {vide Rule 34(a)].
District magistrate of
. District [vide Rule 34
(b)].
|
|
|
|
|
(Signature)
|
The
|
of
|
19
|
Licensing Authority
..Designation
..
|
(SEAL)
|
|
Place
..
|
|
|
Fee: |
|
For
Single weapon |
In
other cases (i.e. consignment of more than one |
|||||||||||
|
|
|
Rs. |
Rs. |
|||||||||||
|
(1) |
(i) |
Fire-arms and ammunitions- |
5 |
10 |
||||||||||
|
|
(ii) |
Arms of Category V |
1 |
2 |
||||||||||
|
(2) |
For
re-export and re-import
|
|
|
|||||||||||
|
|
Under
the Rule 35
|
|
1 |
|||||||||||
|
Name, description |
Licensees place of |
Number of |
ARMS |
AMMUNITION |
Place of despatch, |
Place of destination |
Name description |
Period for |
||||||
|
and residence of licensee,
and agent (if any) authorised for the purpose of this consignment |
business, if any |
packages |
Description |
Number |
Description |
Weight in kilograms or
number |
route and mode of transit |
|
and residence of consignee |
which the licence is valid |
||||
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
||||
|
|
||||||||||||||
From the:
.., To the
19
.
|
The |
of |
19 |
Date on which copy is sent to the- |
|
|
|
|
(a)
Secretary, Central Administration of the Department Government of the
State of Pondicherry. |
|
|
|
|
(b) District
Magistrate
..district. |
|
|
|
|
(c)
Station Magistrate
Railway Station
.. |
|
|
|
|
(d)
Authority at the port of export/re-import (vide Rule 35). |
|
The |
Of |
19 |
(Signature) |
|
|
|
Licensing Authority
..Designation |
|
|
(SEAL) |
|||
|
Fee: |
For Single Weapon |
In other cases (i.e. consignment of more than one
Weapon and of ammunition) |
|
|
|
|
Rs. |
Rs. |
|
1 |
(i) Fire-arms and ammunition- |
5 |
10 |
|
|
(ii) Arms of Category V |
1 |
2 |
|
2 |
Where the arms or-ammunition Are transported for re-export And re-import under Rule 35. |
||
|
Name,
|
Licensees
|
Number
|
Arms |
Ammunition |
Place
of |
Place
of |
Name, |
Period |
||
|
description
and residence of licensee, and agent (if any) authorised for the purpose of
this consignment |
place
of business, if any |
of
packages |
Description |
Number |
Description |
Weight in kilograms or number |
despatch,
route and mode of transit |
destination |
description
and residence of consignee |
for
which the licence is valid |
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
From 19
.
To
.19
.
|
The |
of |
19 |
|
Date
on which a certificate of no
objection is obtained from - |
|
|
|
|
|
Commissioner
of Police .................................. |
|
|
|
|
|
Government
of the State of
. |
|
|
|
|
|
District
Magistrate of the District
. |
|
|
|
|
|
(vide Rule 50) |
|
The |
of |
19 |
|
Date
on which a copy is sent to the District Magistrate of the District the
. |
|
|
|
|
|
Government
of the State of
.. |
|
|
|
|
|
District
Magistrate at
.. |
|
|
|
|
|
(vide Rule 38) |
|
|
|
|
|
(Signature) |
|
The |
of |
19 |
|
Licensing
Authority
.. |
|
|
|
|
|
Designation
|
|
|
|
Place
.
|
||
|
|
SEAL |
|||
CONDITIONS
1. This licence is granted
subject to all the provisions of the Arms Act, 1959 and of the Arms Rules,
1962.
2. The
articles shall not be conveyed by any route other than that specified in column
8; and bulk shall not be broken, nor shall the consignment be stopped before
the articles reach the place of destination:
Provided that where the consignment is ready but could not be despatched
in one bulk, for reasons beyond the control of the licensee, the articles may
be sent in lots provided proper intimation is sent to the licensing authority
who may extend the time-limit in column 11, if necessary.
3. An account of the contents of each package
shall be legibly written thereon; and where the articles are conveyed by rail,
each package shall be marked with the word Arms or Ammunition, as the case
may be, so as to be readily recognizable by the railway authorities.
4. The articles shall be
delivered only to a person lawfully entitled to receive them.
5. Where a
licence granted for industrial purposes has been made valid for a period longer
than the normal period of twice the time taken in journey from godown to
factory vide proviso to sub-rule (4) of rule 38, necessary entries shall
promptly be made in the stock-register maintained by the dealer for the purpose
at both the places, (viz., godown and factory),
FORM-XXI
FEE : FREE OF FEE
Licence for the
import into possession for the duration of the journey in, transport across,
and export out of India of arms of arms
or ammunition carried by His Majesty the King of Nepal, personnel accompanying
him, his brother, the Prime Minister of Nepal, and Nepal Government
troops or police, from one
place in Nepal to
another place in Nepal through Indian Territory
FEE: FREE OF FEE
|
Designation of licencee agent(s) |
Number of retainers |
Arms and ammunition that licencee is entitled to
import / possess transport / export |
Place of entry in India |
District (s) through which the arms or ammunition shall |
Place of departure from India |
Period for which the licence is valid |
||||||
|
|
||||||||||||
|
|
|
Brief Description of the arms |
Quantity and description
of each kind of ammunition |
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CONDITIONS
1. This
licence is granted subject to all the
provisions of the Arms Act, 1959 and of the Arms Rules, 1962.
2. It
covers only the person named, and the arms or ammunition described therein.
3. The
licensee shall not, while in India, sell or transfer any arms or ammunition
covered by this licence.
Note.
- Any breach of the conditions
of this licence is punishable with imprisonment for a term, which may extend to
three months, or with fine, which may
extend to Rs. 500, or with both (Section 33 of the Act).
FORM XXII
Transit licence for import
into, or acquiring in possession and transport in, and export out of India
of personal arms or ammunition in reasonable quantities by
traveller/Tourist.
FEE: ONE RUPEE PER WEAPON
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licencee is entitled to import or acquire in India / possess/ transport/
export |
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CONDITIONS
1. This licence is granted subject to all the provisions of the Arms Act,
1959, of the Arms Rules, 1962.
2. It covers only the persons named, and
the arms or ammunition described therein.
3. The
licensee shall not, unless specially empowered in this behalf by the authority
granting the licence, carry arms ammunition to fair, religious procession or
other public assemblage.
4. The licensee shall not
carry Government arms or ammunition.
Explanation. -For the purposes of this
condition-
(a) Government arm means a firearm or
other weapon which is the property of the Government; and
(b) Government ammunition means
ammunition manufactured in any Government factory or prepared for and supplied
to the Government other than such ammunition as released by Government for
civilian use.
5. The licensee shall, on
demand by any Magistrate or Police Officer, produce the weapons covered by this
licence.
6. The
licensee shall not, while in India, sell or transfer any arms or ammunition
covered by this licence without previous approval of the licensing authority of
the place of sale or transfer.
7. The
licensee shall produce the weapon or permission of the licensing authority
[vide rule 44(3)(a)] at the time of leaving India and return his licence to the
passport-checking authority or other officer empowered by the District
Magistrate in this behalf at the port or other place of departure from India.
Note. - Any breach of the condition of this licence
is punishable with imprisonment for a term, which may extend to three months,
or with fine, which may extend to Rs. 500, or with both (Section 30 of the
Act).
1[FORM A]
The
form of Application for an arms license
(See
Rule 51)
PART-
A
Identity of applicant
1. Name
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2. Fathers/ husbands name
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3. Place of birth
(Nativity)
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4. Date of birth in
Christian era both in words and figures
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5. Present Address :
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**(a) Nearest Police Station
6. Permanent address
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**(a) Nearest Police Station
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7. Occupation; and
designation of office, held
if any (together with
address)
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Signature/Thumb impression
Note: - ** Nearest Police Station
means the police station under whose jurisdiction the place given in the
address comes).
1. Subs. by GSR 52(E) dated
24-1-1989.
PART-B
Other particulars of
applicant
9. Where the applicant has
been
(a) Convicted
if so, the offence (s), the sentence and date of sentence;
(b) Ordered
to execute a bond under Chapter VIII of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of
1974) for keeping the peace or for good behaviour if so, when and for what
period;
(c) Prohibited
under the Arms Act, 1959, or any other law from having the arms/ammunition.
10. (a) Whether the applicant applied for a licence
before-if so, when to whom and with what result;
(b) Whether
the applicants licence was ever suspended or cancelled/revoked-if so, when and
by whom and on what account;
(c) Whether
any other member of the applicants family is in possession of an arms licence,
if so, particulars thereof
11. Whether the applicant: -
(a) is a licensee or
exemptee, if so, description of the arms, held;
(b) Has a safe place to keep
the arms;
(c) Is a bona fide tourist, if so
(i) Name of the country to
which he belongs;
(ii) Whether
he is prohibited by the laws of his country from having in his possession any
arms and ammunition;
(iii) the probable date of his
arrival in India.
Note: - Bona fide tourist is permitted to bring into India, subject to the conditions
specified in Section 10 and in rule 32, arms and ammunition in reasonable
quantities for his use for purpose only of sport and for no other purpose.
PART C
Particulars of Licence
12. Need for licence
13. The Form in which the
licence is required
14. Description of
arms/ammunition
15. (a) Area within which applicant wishes to carry
arms;
(b) Place
where arms/ammunition will be kept/manufactured etc.;
(c) Place/route
of import/export/transport.
16. Other particulars required
as in the relevant licence Form:
17. Claims for special
consideration.
Note: -Against column 12 the applicant should clearly mention the purpose(s)
for which the licence is required-such as use, Acquisition, possession,
carrying, manufacture, sale, transfer, repair, convert, proof-test, import,
re-import, export, re-export, transport, self-protection, sport, display, destruction
of wild animals which do injury to human beings/cattle, protection of crops and
cattle, target practice/shooting, temporary possession as bona fide traveller
visiting India etc.
PART
D
For applicant requiring
licence for import/export/transport/ re-export and re-import
18. (a) Whether the previous sanction of the
concerned authority required under Rule 50, if any, has been obtained, and, if
so,
(b) The evidence in support
thereof.
Declaration:
I hereby declare that the above particulars given
in the application are true, complete and correct to the best of my knowledge
and belief. I understand that in the
event of any information being found false or incorrect at any stage, I am
liable to be proceeded against and action taken under the relevant provisions
of the Arms Act.1959, the Arms Rules, 1962, and other central enactments or the
law for the time being in force.
Signature Thumb impression of applicant
Places:
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Date
(Note: -Strike off the entries not
relevant)
Warning: Suppression of any factual information or furnishing of any false or
wrong information in the Application Form in violation of Rule 51-A will render
the applicant liable for punishment under Section 30 of Arms Act, 1959.
[u1]1. Subs. by G.S.R. 404(E) dated 28-03-1990.