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

Chapter 7 : Licences issued to particular categories of persons — dealers, manufacturers and gunsmiths

Part 1 : Dealers

31. Prohibition of unlicensed trading in firearms, muzzle loading firearms or ammunition

 

(1) No person may trade in any firearm, muzzle loading firearm or ammunition without a dealer’s licence.

 

(2) Subject to subsection (3), a person who is not a dealer may dispose of a firearm, muzzle loading firearm or ammunition only through a dealer or as otherwise provided for in this Act.

 

(3) A person who wishes to sell or donate a firearm, or a muzzle loading firearm, or ammunition in a collection, to a willing buyer or donee, as the case may be, may do so without the intervention of a dealer, subject to the provisions relating to possession thereof in the Act, and such conditions as may be prescribed.

 

[Section 31 substituted by section 19 of Act No. 28 of 2006]