{"ActName":"ARMS AND AMMUNITION ACT 2003","FootNoteRels":[],"IsFirstSection":"false","act_description":"

AN ACT TO REGULATE AND CONTROL THE MANUFACTURE, IMPORTATION, EXPORTATION, SALE, POSSESSION, USE AND STORAGE OF ARMS AND AMMUNITION AND FOR RELATED MATTERS

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[ARA 2] Interpretation2 

(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires\u2014
accessory

includes a magazine, sighting system, sling, weapon bag or case, weapon cleaning kit, ammunition belt, wooden stock for butt or fore or any component or part of any arms that does not affect the normal discharge of the arms;

ammunition

\u2009

  • (a)means live ammunition for any arms;
  • (b)and includes a missile, cartridge, cartridge case or anything designed or adapted for or capable of use with any arms, or designed or adapted to contain any noxious liquid, gas or other thing, and any military ordnance, grenade, mortar, rocket, naval shell, field gun ammunition, paint ball gun ammunition or charge used in explosive-operated power tools;
  • (c)but does not include a spear discharge from any arms solely for the purpose of killing fish;
arms

\u2009

  • (a)means\u2014
    • (i)any lethal weapon with or without barrel of any description from which any shot, bullet or other missile can be discharged or which can be adapted for the discharge of any such shot, bullet or other missile; and
    • (ii)any weapon of any description designed or adapted for the discharge of any noxious liquid, gas or other thing dangerous to persons;
  • (b)and includes any component part of any weapon mentioned in paragraph (a)(i) or (ii), any accessory to any such weapon designed or adapted to diminish the noise or flash caused by firing the weapon and any explosive-operated power tool, ramset, hilt or fire nail fastener operated by pneumatic pressure;
  • (c)but does not include an article designed or adapted solely to discharge a spear for spearing fish;
arms identification card

means a card issued under section 7(3);

arms licence

means a licence issued under section 6;

authorised officer

means a police officer authorised in writing by the Commissioner for the purposes of this Act;

carry

in relation to any arms or ammunition, means to be in physical possession of it;

Commissioner

means the Commissioner of Police appointed under section 129 of the Constitution of the Republic of Fiji;

[def am Act 31 of 2016 s 8, effective 1 December 2016]

dealer\u2019s licence

means an arms dealer\u2019s licence issued under section 10;

imitation arms

means anything that has the appearance of any arms, whether or not capable of discharging a shot, bullet or other missile;

import licence

means a licence issued under section 16;

interim import licence

means an interim import licence issued under section 17;

licence

means a licence of any description issued under this Act;

licensed arms dealer

means the holder of a valid licence to deal in and repair arms or explosive-operated power tools or to deal in and store arms and ammunition issued under this Act;

missile

includes a shell, bullet, shot, dart or any other similar thing;

permit to purchase

means a permit issued under section 15;

police station

includes a police post;

pistol

means any arms or other weapon of any description from which any shot, bullet or other missile can be discharged and of which the length of barrel (not including any revolving, detachable or magazine breech) does not exceed 9 inches (22cm);

prohibited area

means a prohibited area declared under section 26;

repealed Act

means the Arms and Ammunition Act (Cap. 188); and

use

in relation to arms or ammunition, means to use any arms or ammunition or hold any arms so as to cause a reasonable belief that it will be fired, whether or not it is capable of being fired.

(2) For the purpose of this Act, a person is in possession of any arms or ammunition\u2014
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