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

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Firearms Control Fees Amendment Regulations, 2020

Chapter 4 : Licence to possess a firearm

20. Safety measures for the display of firearms in a public collection and museum

 

A public collector and museum may display a firearm only if—

(a) the firearm is unloaded;
(b) the firearm is secured by a chain or metal cable that is passed through the trigger guard, with one end of the chain or cable attached to a wall or permanent fixture on the premises and the other end attached by a lock to a wall or permanent fixture, in such a manner as to prevent the removal of the firearm by a person other than the public collector or a person so authorised; or
(c) the firearm is rendered inoperable by means of a secure locking device, or in the case of a prohibited or restricted firearm by the removal of the bolt, bolt carrier or firing pin, and displayed in a location that is accessible only to the public collector or a person so authorised.

[Regulation 20(c) substituted by section 14(c) of the Firearms Control Regulations, 2012, dated 1 March 2012]

 

[Regulation 20 substituted by section 14(a) and (b) of the Firearms Control Regulations, 2012, dated 1 March 2012]