Firearms Control Act, 2000 (Act No. 60 of 2000)

Chapter 6 : Licence to possess firearm

Purchase

(1)	The Registrar may issue a licence to possess a firearm in a public collection, a permit to possess ammunition in a public collection, or both such permit and licence, to a public collector or an accredited museum.

[Section 19(1) substituted by section 15(a) of Act No. 28 of 2006]

(2)	Despite section 4 —

(a)	such prohibited and restricted firearm as may be prescribed may be licensed under this section; and

(b)	the holder of a permit issued in terms of this section may possess projectiles, rifle grenades and cartridges manufactured to be discharged by prohibited firearms if the propellant, high explosive and primer of the projectiles, rifle grenades and cartridges have been removed or deactivated.

[Section 19(2) substituted by section 15(b) of Act No. 28 of 2006]

(3)	The holder of a permit contemplated in subsection (1) may not possess more than 200 rounds of ammunition of any particular calibre unless the Registrar approves the possession of a higher number in writing.

(4)	A firearm, prohibited firearm and restricted firearm in respect of which a licence has been issued in terms of this section and ammunition in respect of which a permit has been issued in terms of this section, may only be displayed—

(a)	in an accredited museum or by an accredited public collector; and

(b)	in accordance with such safety measures as may be prescribed.

[Section 19(4) substituted by section 15(c) of Act No. 28 of 2006]

(4A)	Before a prohibited or restricted firearm is displayed in terms of subsection (4), it must undergo such reversible non-damaging procedure as may be prescribed in order to ensure that no cartridge can be loaded into or discharged from that firearm.

[Section 19(4A) inserted by section 15(d) of Act No. 28 of 2006]

(5)	A firearm in respect of which a licence has been issued in terms of this section may only be used on an accredited shooting range in accordance with the rules of that shooting range and in accordance with such conditions as the Registrar may impose.

(6)	The holder of a permit issued in terms of this section may not discharge any ammunition in his or her collection.