45 days sale notice
Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2011 4:15 pm
5. Licence for manufacture, sale, etc., of arms and ammunition
No person shall---
(a) manufacture, sell, transfer, convert, repair, test or prove, or
(b) expose or offer for sale or transfer or have in his possession for sale, transfer, conversion, repair, test or proof,
any firearm or any other arms of such class or description as may be prescribed or any ammunition, unless he holds in this behalf a licence issued in accordance with the provisions of this behalf a licence issued in accordance with the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder:
Provided that a person may, without holding a licence in this behalf, sell or transfer any arms or ammunition which he lawfully possesses for his own private use to another person who is entitled by virtue of this Act or any other law for the time being in force to have, or is not prohibited by this Act or such other law from having, in his possession, such arms or ammunition; but the person who has sold or transferred any firearm or ammunition in respect of which a licence is required under section 3 or any arms in respect of which a licence is required under section 4, shall, immediately after the sale or transfer, inform in writing the district magistrate having jurisdiction or the officer in charge of the nearest police station, of such sale or transfer and the name and address of the other provision to whom the firearm, ammunition or other arms has or have been sold or transferred.
once one has informed the LA of intention to sale, then wait 45 days.
what if the person one has agreed to sell to (their details given in the 45 days notice to LA) the deal does not come of and you have a anther buyer. in such a case does one have to give a fresh 45 days notice to sale?
any thoughts on this?
No person shall---
(a) manufacture, sell, transfer, convert, repair, test or prove, or
(b) expose or offer for sale or transfer or have in his possession for sale, transfer, conversion, repair, test or proof,
any firearm or any other arms of such class or description as may be prescribed or any ammunition, unless he holds in this behalf a licence issued in accordance with the provisions of this behalf a licence issued in accordance with the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder:
Provided that a person may, without holding a licence in this behalf, sell or transfer any arms or ammunition which he lawfully possesses for his own private use to another person who is entitled by virtue of this Act or any other law for the time being in force to have, or is not prohibited by this Act or such other law from having, in his possession, such arms or ammunition; but the person who has sold or transferred any firearm or ammunition in respect of which a licence is required under section 3 or any arms in respect of which a licence is required under section 4, shall, immediately after the sale or transfer, inform in writing the district magistrate having jurisdiction or the officer in charge of the nearest police station, of such sale or transfer and the name and address of the other provision to whom the firearm, ammunition or other arms has or have been sold or transferred.
once one has informed the LA of intention to sale, then wait 45 days.
what if the person one has agreed to sell to (their details given in the 45 days notice to LA) the deal does not come of and you have a anther buyer. in such a case does one have to give a fresh 45 days notice to sale?
any thoughts on this?
and that is + taxes