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Permit to import or export arms or ammunition

Type Class Valid From Valid To
Permit Requirement Goods
Summary:

To apply for a permit to import or export arms or ammunition, a person must complete Form Pol 573 and submit it to an authorized staff member. The permit issued will be in Form Pol 574.

Description:

20. (1) A person who in terms of section 23(1) of the Act wishes to apply for a permit to import or export arms or ammunition shall complete Form Pol 573 and submit the completed form to a staff member who has been authorised to receive the application by the Minister.

(2) The permit to be issued in terms of section 23(1) of the Act shall be in Form Pol 574.

 

Commodities Affected by the Measure

# HS Code Description
1 93.03 Other firearms and similar devices which operate by the firing of an explosive charge (for example, sporting shotguns and rifles, muzzle-loading firearms, very pistols and other devices designed to project only signal flares, pistols and revolvers for firing blank ammunition, captive-bolt humane killers, line-throwing guns)
2 9302.00 Revolvers and pistols (excluding those of heading 93.03 or 93.04)
3 9305 Parts and accessories of articles of headings 93.01 to 93.04

Procedures Implementing the Measure

1 Application for import permit of firearms at Ministry of Industrialization and Trade done after Ministry of Safety and Security approvals
Activity Outcome Valid For Single Use
Import Import permit 1 Years No
2 Application for import permit of firearms and ammunition at police
Activity Outcome Valid For Single Use
Import Import permit 6 Months No

Legal Documents Related to the Measure

Name Type Category
Arms and Ammunition Act 7 of 1996- Regulations of 1998 Act General