Firearms Control Act, 2000 (Act No. 60 of 2000)RegulationsFirearms Control Fees Amendment Regulations, 2020Chapter 4 : Licence to possess a firearm28. Identification marks on firearms |
| (1) | Any permanently imported firearm which does not have a manufacturer’s serial number or which has a manufacturer’s serial number that duplicates with a similar make, model, type and calibre firearm that appears on the Central Firearms Register, must for the purpose of its licensing in the Republic of South Africa, have the additional identification mark determined by the Registrar under section 23(4) of the Act, stamped on the barrel and the frame, or the barrel and the receiver of the firearm in accordance with the provisions of this regulation, subject to the provisions of section 23(3) of the Act. An identification mark can be engraved, stencilled or etched on the barrel and the frame or the barrel and the receiver of the firearm on the circumstances determined by the Registrar and with prior approval from the Registrar. |
| (2) | An identification number contemplated in section 23(2) of the Act must be stamped, engraved, stencilled or etched to a depth of at least 0.2 mm. |
| (3) | A firearm that is temporarily imported or in-transit through the Republic of South Africa, or a collectable firearm which has been approved for collection by an accredited collectors association in terms of section 17(1)(a) of the Act, which does not have a manufacturer’s serial number stamped on the barrel, frame or the receiver of the firearm or which has a manufacturer’s serial number stamped on the barrel or the receiver of the firearm that duplicates with a similar make, model, type and calibre firearm that appears on the Central Firearms Register, must be allocated with a unique firearm identification number by the Registrar and such number must be affixed to the firearm in the form of a tag securely affixed to the firearm and that number must remain on the firearm for the period that the firearm remains in the Republic of South Africa. |
[Regulation 28(3) amended by section 15 of the Firearms Control Regulations, 2012, dated 1 March 2012]