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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

39. Duties of dealer

 

(1) A dealer may trade in firearms or ammunition only on premises specified in the dealer’s licence.

 

(2) A dealer may not permit any person to trade in firearms or ammunition on his or her behalf unless that person is in possession of the appropriate competency certificate.

 

(3) A dealer must keep such registers as may be prescribed and containing such information as may be prescribed at the premises specified in the dealer’s licence.

 

(4) A dealer must keep his or her dealer’s licence on the premises specified in the licence.

 

(5) A dealer must, at the request of any police official, produce for inspection—
(a) any firearms or ammunition that the dealer may have in stock;
(b) his or her dealer’s licence; and
(c) any register or electronic data kept by the dealer in terms of Part 1 of this Chapter.

 

(6) A dealer must establish and maintain a workstation which links the registers referred to in subsection (3) to the central dealers database in the prescribed manner.

 

(7) The Registrar may, on good cause shown on application by a dealer, exempt the dealer from the duties referred to in subsection (6).

 

(8) Any dealer exempted as contemplated in subsection (7) must submit weekly returns, completed in the prescribed form, to the Office of the Central Firearms Register.

 

(9) A dealer must comply with any condition imposed under section 33 and specification prescribed under that section.