Registration of licence with an outside licensing authority on change of address

[gwattal]

Hi,

I came across the below information regarding legal requirements on change of address in the arms rules 2016 Page 143 para 17

It appears that no new licence is required, only the data on the NDAL system needs to be updated.

Have any of you guys done a change of address and what was your experience ?

Thanks

Govind



17. Registration of licence with an outside licensing authority and change of address with existing licensing
authority.─ (1) If a person who holds a licence in Form III changes his place of residence, permanently, or
temporarily for a period of more than six months, and carries with him the arms covered by the licence, to a
place falling, other than within the jurisdiction of the existing licensing authority indicated in the licence, he
shall, immediately before the expiry of a period of six months, send intimation about such change to the
licensing authority of the place of his new residence and shall on demand, forthwith produce the licence and
the arm or arms to the new licensing authority by applying in Form B-1 and indicating there in the particulars
of his new residence.
(2) The licensing authority of the new place of residence of the licensee on receiving an application in Form
B-1 under sub-rule (1), shall within a period of fifteen days, register the licensee in the NDAL system whereby
the UIN of the licensee shall stand activated and transferred to its jurisdiction and de-activated from the
records of the original licensing authority or the last renewing authority as the case may be and thereupon a
new licence book shall be issued to the licensee and such new authority shall be the licensing or the renewing
authority in relation to the said licence.
(3) Where the licensee changes his permanent place of residence within the jurisdiction of the existing
licensing authority, he shall forthwith inform the same to the licensing authority with the proof of his new
place of residence and if such change has resulted in change of jurisdiction of police station, along with
information of the police station of his new place of residence and the licensing authority shall within a period
of fifteen days, register the change of residence of the licensee in the NDAL system whereby the UIN of the
licensee shall stand activated under the new police station and de-activated from that of the last police station.

[gwattal]

It appears the whole procedure can be done on the NDALS website, perhaps there is no need for a paper application.

[dev]

My experience transferring from Delhi to Noida has been that one has to have the license endorsed at the District Magistrate's office.
This is done after an NOC is granted by the police commissioner's office.
Then the arms are presented for inspection at the DM'S office and then the license is transferred.
So I am not sure if the online version works.