Citation(s) from the GunPolicy.org literature library
Ireland. 2009 ‘Reporting of Loss of Firearm or Ammunition.’ Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act Number 28 of 2009; Part 4. Dublin: Houses of the Oireachtas. 21 July
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Reporting of Loss of Firearm or Ammunition
34. The Principal Act is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 5:
"5A. (1) Where a firearm or ammunition is lost (whether by theft or otherwise) after the commencement of this section, the certificate holder to whom the firearm or ammunition relates, shall within three days of becoming aware of the loss, report the loss to the issuing person who granted the certificate.
(2) A person who fails, without reasonable excuse, to report the loss of a firearm or ammunition in accordance with this section shall be guilty of an offence."