Section 5: Identification of firearm

5. Identification of firearm (1) No firearm licence shall be issued in respect of a firearm unless it bears the manufacturer’s serial number or any other mark by which the firearm may be identified. (2) The Commissioner may direct that any firearm in respect of which an application for a licence is made and be marked and stamped in such manner as may be prescribed with such additional identification mark as he may determine. (3) No person shall erase, alter or in any manner tamper with— (a) the manufacturer’s serial number or any other identification mark on a firearm; or (b) any mark, stamp, or additional mark directed by the Commissioner to be made on a firearm. (4) A person who is in possession of a firearm of which the manufacturer’s serial number or other identification mark, or the Commissioner’s additional identification mark, is erased, altered or in any other manner [Issue 6] F14 – 4 Revised Laws of Mauritius tampered with or becomes illegible, shall commit an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding 50,000 rupees and to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year.