Firearms Control Act, 2000 (Act No. 60 of 2000)Chapter 7 : Licences issued to particular categories of persons — dealers, manufacturers and gunsmithsPart 3 : Gunsmiths67. Duties of gunsmith |
| (1) | A gunsmith may conduct business as a gunsmith only on premises specified in the gunsmith’s licence. |
| (2) | A gunsmith must keep registers containing such information as may be prescribed at the premises specified in the gunsmith’s licence. |
| (3) | A gunsmith must keep his or her gunsmith’s licence on the premises specified in the licence. |
| (4) | A gunsmith must, at the request of any police official, produce for inspection— |
| (a) | any firearms or ammunition that the gunsmith may have in his or her possession; |
| (b) | his or her gunsmith’s licence; and |
| (c) | any register or electronic data kept by the gunsmith in terms of Part 3 of this Chapter. |
| (2) | A gunsmith must in the prescribed manner establish and maintain a workstation, which links the registers referred to in subsection (2) to the central gunsmiths’ database. |
| (6) | The Registrar may, on good cause shown on application by a gunsmith, exempt the gunsmith from the duties referred to in subsection (5). |
| (7) | Any gunsmith exempted as contemplated in subsection (6), must submit weekly returns, completed in the prescribed form, to the Office of the Central Firearms Register. |
| (8) | A gunsmith must comply with any condition imposed under section 61 and specifications prescribed under that section. |