Section 4: Licence for firearm or ammunition

4. Licence for firearm or ammunition (1) Subject to subsections (2), (3) and (4), no person shall purchase, acquire or have in his possession any firearm or ammunition unless he holds a firearm licence in respect of every firearm or the ammunition. (2) No individual shall hold licence for more than 2 firearms at any time. (3) No person shall carry a revolver, pistol or other firearm capable of being carried in the pocket or concealed about the person, unless the firearm licence held by that person is endorsed with a permission to do so by the Commissioner. (4) No firearm licence shall be required of— (a) a police officer having in his possession a firearm in the performance of his duties; (b) an officer of the Mauritius Prisons Service having in his possession a firearm in the performance of his duties; (c) a person carrying on the business of dealer in firearms and registered as such. (5) Any person living in the house at the time of death of a firearm licensee, or in the absence of such a person, his next of kin, shall forthwith inform the Commissioner of the death of the firearm licensee. (6) On being informed of the death of a firearm licensee under subsection (5), the Commissioner shall secure and transfer any firearm and ammunition held by the firearm licensee to the Police Armoury. (7) The Commissioner may deliver the firearm and ammunition to any person who produces— (a) documentary evidence of his property rights on the firearm and ammunition; and (b) a firearm licence.