Firearms Control Act, 2000 (Act No. 60 of 2000)RegulationsFirearms Control Fees Amendment Regulations, 2020Chapter 5 : Licences issued to particular categories of personsPart 2 : Dealers37. Registers in respect of a dealer |
| (1) | A dealer must keep a register as contemplated by section 39(3) of the Act comprising of a set of books or computer printouts known as "the Firearms Stock Register" in respect of every firearm received in stock from whatever source, wherein must be recorded— |
| (a) | on the debit-side— |
| (i) | a stock number that must be clearly affixed by means of a temporary marking on the firearm; |
| (ii) | the make, type, calibre of the firearm, as well as, every manufacturer’s serial number or additional identification mark contemplated in section 23(4) of the Act that is reflected on the firearm; |
| (iii) | the date of receipt of the firearm; |
| (iv) | the full names, surname, identity number or registration number, as the case may be, and physical address of the person from whom the firearm was acquired; and |
| (v) | the number and date of issue of the existing licence, authorisation or permit, as the case may be, and in the case of a private transfer, the signature of the person from whom the firearm was acquired; |
| (b) | on the credit-side against the stock number referred to in subregulation (1)(a)(i)— |
| (i) | the date of sale of the firearm; |
| (ii) | the full names, surname, identity number or registration number, as the case may be, and physical address of the person to whom the firearm was sold; |
| (iii) | the number and date of issue of the licence, authorisation or permit in terms whereof the firearm may be possessed by the person contemplated in subparagraph (ii); and |
| (iv) | the signature of the person who is responsible for the transfer of the firearm that must be affixed to the recorded particulars. |
| (2) | A dealer must keep a register comprising of a set of books or computer printouts known as "the Ammunition Stock Register" in respect of all ammunition received wherein must be recorded— |
| (a) | on the debit-side— |
| (i) | the calibre, make and quantity of all ammunition received; and |
| (ii) | the date of receipt; and |
| (iii) | the number and date of issue of the existing licence, authorisation or permit, as the case may be, of the person from whom the ammunition was acquired; |
| (b) | on the credit-side— |
| (i) | the date of sale of the ammunition; |
| (ii) | the full names, surname, identity number or registration number, as the case may be, and physical address of the person to whom the ammunition was sold; |
| (iii) | the number and date of issue of the licence, permit or authorisation contemplated in section 90(d) of the Act, in terms whereof the person to whom the ammunition has been sold, may possess the ammunition; |
| (iv) | the calibre, make and quantity of all ammunition sold; and |
| (v) | the signature of the person to whom the ammunition has been sold or transferred that must be affixed to the recorded particulars. |
| (3) |
| (a) | A dealer must keep a register comprising of a set of books or computer printouts known as "the Firearms Safe Custody Register" regarding all firearms that the dealer receives and holds on behalf of a holder of a licence, authorisation or permit for the purpose of the safe custody or transfer of the firearms. |
| (b) | The Firearms Safe Custody Register must contain— |
| (i) | the date of receipt of the firearm; |
| (ii) | the full names, surname, identity number or registration number, as the case may be, and physical address of the person from whom the firearm was acquired; |
| (iii) | the make, type, calibre of the firearm, as well as, every manufacturer’s serial number or additional identification mark contemplated in section 23(4) of the Act that is reflected on the firearm; |
| (iv) | the number and date of issue of the existing licence, authorisation or permit, as the case may be, and signature of the person from whom the firearm was acquired; |
| (v) | the date of return, transfer or disposal of the firearm; and |
| (vi) | the signature of the person to whom the firearm was returned, transferred or disposed to. |
| (4) | A dealer must keep a register wherein the full names, surname, identity number and physical address and number of the applicable competency certificates in respect of natural persons who are involved in trading on behalf of the dealer, are recorded. |
| (5) |
| (a) | The registers comprising of a set of books that are kept in terms of this regulation, may not be taken into use or be used, unless every page of such register is numbered in sequence and the relevant Designated Firearms Officer, has signed every such page and appended an official date stamp reflecting the particulars of the office to which the relevant Designated Firearms Officer is attached, with every such signature. |
| (b) | A dealer must, within seven days after the end of a month hand the register comprising of computer printouts that are kept in terms of this regulation, of which every page must be numbered in sequence, to the relevant Designated Firearms Officer who must sign every page and appended an official date stamp reflecting the particulars of the office to which the relevant Designated Firearms Officer is attached, with every such signature. |
| (6) | An entry recorded in a register referred to in this regulation must be printed or written in ink, and any amendment thereof must be effected by means of interlineation or crossing out in ink and not by way of erasure, and any such amendment must be initialled by the person effecting the amendment. |
| (7) | No person may remove or cause to be removed any page from any register contemplated in this regulation and if any page is removed from such register, it will be deemed, in the absence of evidence to the contrary which raises reasonable doubt, to have been removed by or on the authority of the person who is in terms of any provision of this Act obliged to keep such register. |
| (8) | A dealer must, if directed thereto at any time by the Registrar by written notice, submit a return providing such particulars regarding ammunition which has been acquired or procured or which has been transferred or disposed of, as the Registrar may in the notice determine. |
| (9) | All particulars that must be entered in a register referred to in this regulation, must be recorded by a person endorsed on the dealers licence on receipt, transfer or disposal, as the case may be, of the firearm or ammunition concerned. |
| (10) | Subject to the provisions of section 146 and regulation 102(1) a register prescribed in this regulation and regulation 34(f), must be kept for a period of 10 years from the date of the last entry therein on the business premises specified on the dealer’s licence. |