Section 30, The Arms and Ammunition Act, 2012

This Act shall not apply to any small arm or light weaponintended for use by the Government of Sierra Leone or which are required for any purpose which may be specified by order of the President. Marking of small arms. Marking of ammunition. Manufacturer to keep record. Enforcement and penalty. Exemption. Obliteration. 16 17 31 . (1) The Minister may make rules for the further, better or more convenient carrying out of any of the provisions or purposes of this Act. (2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), the Minister may make rules in respect of all or any of the following matters– (a) the prescription of anything which under this Act requires to be prescribed including the imposition of penalty for the contravention of any of the provisions of the Act; (b) the marking of any small arm or light weapon which do not bear the manufacturer’s name and the manufacturer’s number on the metal portion thereof; (c) the books and forms to be used for any purpose under this Act or rules made thereunder; (d) prescribing fees to be charged for the issue of licences under this Act; (e) the duties and powers of any person engaged or employed in the administration of this Act; (f) the rents to be charged and payable and the method of payment thereof in respect of small arms and light weapons deposited under this Act; (g) the grant of licences under this Act; (h) the duties of any person to whom any licence is granted under this Act; (i) the landing, storage, packaging and transport of small arms and light weapons under this Act; (j) the management, use and control of public and private warehouse and withdrawal therefrom; (k) the keeping and examination of books, records and registers in connection with the administration of this Act or rules made thereunder; (l) the manufacture of small arms and light weapons; (m) the custody and maintenance of small arms and light weapons and the fees payable under this Act; (n) the limitation of the liability of public officers for small arms and light weapons lost or damaged while in their custody; (o) the structural requirements and appointments of public and private warehouse; (p) the disposal of unclaimed small arms and light weapons in any public warehouse; 18 19 Power to make rules. (q) the control of small arms and light weapons in transit; (r) prescribing standards with which any specified small arms and light weapons must comply before being imported into, manufactured or used in Sierra Leone; (s) the destruction of small arms and light weapons declared to be dangerous by the Commissioner, National Commission on Small Arms and Light Weapons; (t) the maximum quantity of small arms and light weapons that the holder of a licence may keep in a private warehouse or have in his possession at any one time; (u) the packing of small arms and light weapons for sale; (v) the maximum quantity of ammunition that the holder of licence issued under this Act may own and use or have in his possession at any one time; (w) the renewal of licences under this Act and the conditions of such renewal either generally or in any particular case or cases; and (x) the information to be supplied to the Registrar by an applicant under this Act. Repeal of Act No. 14 of 1955 and savings 20 21 PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY THE G OVERNMENT P RINTING D EPARTMENT , S IERRA LEONE. GAZETTE NO . 43 OF 30TH AUGUST , 2012