Citation(s) from the GunPolicy.org literature library

Print Close

Singapore. 2003 ‘Licences Required in Respect of Guns, Arms, Explosives, etc..’ Arms and Explosives Act 2003 (Chapter 13) [Revised Edition with Amendments to 2010]; Part III (Section 13). Singapore: Parliament of Singapore. 21 March

Relevant contents

Licences Required in Respect of Guns, Arms, Explosives, etc.

13. (1) No person shall, unless authorised thereto by licence, and in accordance with the conditions of the licence and such other conditions as may be prescribed --
(a) have in his possession or under his control any gun, arms, explosives, poisonous or noxious gas or noxious substance;
(b) import any gun, arms, explosives, poisonous or noxious gas or noxious substance;
(c) export any gun, arms, explosives, naval or military stores, poisonous or noxious gas or noxious substance; or
(d) manufacture or deal in guns, arms, explosives, poisonous or noxious gas or noxious substance.

2) Any person who, in contravention of this section --
(a) imports any gun, arms, explosives, poisonous or noxious gas or noxious substance;
(b) exports any gun, arms, explosives, naval or military stores, poisonous or noxious gas or noxious substance; or
(c) manufactures or deals in guns, arms, explosives, poisonous or noxious gas or noxious substance,
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 and to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years.

(3) Any person who, in contravention of this section, has in his possession or under his control any gun shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 for every such gun and to imprisonment for a term which may extend to 3 years.

(4) Any person who, in contravention of this section, has in his possession or under his control any arms, explosives, poisonous or noxious gas or noxious substance shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 and to imprisonment for a term which may extend to 3 years.

(5) Upon the conviction of any person of an offence under subsection (4), if it is proved to the satisfaction of the court before which the conviction is had that the offender had possession or control of the arms, explosives, poisonous or noxious gas or noxious substance for the purpose of committing an offence punishable under the Penal Code (Cap. 224), the offender shall, in addition to the imprisonment prescribed by that subsection, be liable to caning.

(6) Subsection (1) (a) shall not apply to any bayonet, sword, dagger, spear or spearhead in any dwelling-house kept therein as a curio or for ornamental purposes.

ID: Q1115

As many publishers change their links and archive their pages, the full-text version of this article may no longer be available from the original link. In this case, please go to the publisher's web site or use a search engine.

Array
(
    [type] => 8
    [message] => Trying to get property 'websource' of non-object
    [file] => /home/gpo/public_html/components/com_gpo/helpers/citation.php
    [line] => 153
)