Firearms Control Act, 2000 (Act No. 60 of 2000)Chapter 7 : Licences issued to particular categories of persons — dealers, manufacturers and gunsmithsPart 1 : Dealers39. Duties of dealer |
| (1) | A dealer may trade in firearms or ammunition only on premises specified in the dealer’s licence. |
| (2) | A dealer may not permit any person to trade in firearms or ammunition on his or her behalf unless that person is in possession of the appropriate competency certificate. |
| (3) | A dealer must keep such registers as may be prescribed and containing such information as may be prescribed at the premises specified in the dealer’s licence. |
| (4) | A dealer must keep his or her dealer’s licence on the premises specified in the licence. |
| (5) | A dealer must, at the request of any police official, produce for inspection— |
| (a) | any firearms or ammunition that the dealer may have in stock; |
| (b) | his or her dealer’s licence; and |
| (c) | any register or electronic data kept by the dealer in terms of Part 1 of this Chapter. |
| (6) | A dealer must establish and maintain a workstation which links the registers referred to in subsection (3) to the central dealers database in the prescribed manner. |
| (7) | The Registrar may, on good cause shown on application by a dealer, exempt the dealer from the duties referred to in subsection (6). |
| (8) | Any dealer exempted as contemplated in subsection (7) must submit weekly returns, completed in the prescribed form, to the Office of the Central Firearms Register. |
| (9) | A dealer must comply with any condition imposed under section 33 and specification prescribed under that section. |