Part II Firearm and Shot Gun Certificates; Registration of Firearms Dealers

Registration of firearms dealers

39 Offences in connection with registration.

1

A person commits an offence if, for the purpose—

a

of procuring the registration of himself or another person as a firearms dealer; or

b

of procuring, whether for himself or another person, the entry of any place of business in a register of firearms dealers,

he makes any statement which he knows to be false.

2

A person commits an offence if, being a registered firearms dealer, he has a place of business which is not entered in the register for the area in which the place of business is situated and carries on business as a firearms dealer at that place.

3

Without prejudice to section 38(3) above, a person commits an offence if he fails to comply with any of the conditions of registration imposed on him by the chief officer of police under section 36 of this Act.