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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

24. Conditions applicable to a temporary authorisation to possess a firearm

 

(1) The holder of a temporary authorisation to possess a firearm issued in terms of section 21 of the Act must keep the temporary authorization wherever the firearm is located and must at the request of a police official produce the temporary authorisation and the firearm to a police official for inspection.

 

(2) The temporary authorisation will only be valid for the firearm and period and specific use specified in the temporary authorisation.

 

(3) The holder of the temporary authorisation may not possess more than 200 cartridges per calibre of firearm stipulated in the temporary authorization unless, for the purpose of sports-shooting, the Registrar has on good cause shown, specified a larger quantity in the temporary authorisation.

 

(4) The Registrar may require that a person to whom a temporary authorisation will be issued, must provide documentary proof of having successfully undergone the prescribed training and testing contemplated in section 9(q) and (r) of the Act prior to the issuing of the temporary authorisation or in the case of a hunter or sports person who is a non-citizen, an affidavit stating his or her training and experience in the handling of firearms.

 

(5) The Registrar may determine and specify in the temporary authorisation a specific place where the firearm may be used.