Firearms Control Act, 2000 (Act No. 60 of 2000)SchedulesSchedule 1 : Transitional provisions10. Consideration of validity of existing licence, permit and authorisation |
| (1) | Despite this Schedule, the Registrar may at any time notify any person who holds a licence, permit or authorisation contemplated in item 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 that he or she intends investigating the validity of that licence, permit or authorisation. |
| (2) | The person notified must on a date specified in the notice furnish the Registrar— |
| (a) | with the original licence, permit or authorisation in question, against the issue of a receipt; and |
| (b) | with such additional information as may be required in terms of the notice. |
| (3) | If the Registrar finds that the licence, permit or authorisation was not validly issued, the holder of the licence, permit or authorisation must, if applicable and against the issue of a receipt, surrender the firearm in question to a police official at a police station specified by the Registrar in a written notice to the holder. |
| (4) | The firearm must be disposed of as prescribed after the expiration of a period of six months after the date of surrender or after all possible appeals have been concluded or the last date on which any appeal could have been noted has passed without an appeal having been noted, whichever occurs last. |
| (5) | The Registrar may declare the holder referred to in subitem (3) to be unfit to possess a firearm, in which case the provisions of Chapter 12 of this Act apply with the necessary changes. |
| (6) | Any person who fails to comply with subitem (2) or (3) is guilty of an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year or to both a fine and such imprisonment. |