AMENDMENTS TO BE MADE TO ARMS ACT.
(Special to the “ Star.”) WELLINGTON. October 15. Important amendments to- the Arms Act are contained in the Arms Amendment Bill introduced in the House thus afternoon by Mr Wilford. The main object of the Bill is to retain in the Arms Act the clauses dealing with revolvers and automatic pistols and to remove the present restrictions relating to firearms, ammunition or explosives. Sporting guns and rifles will not require to be registered and no permit will be required by farmers, who desire to make use of explosives for lawful purposes. Persons holding licenses as dealers will be required to register sales and will still require a permit to sell. Registration of sales by dealers will act as a check on the possession of rifles and sporting guns, but the holders of such rifles will hot be required to go through the present roundabout procedure in connection with registration as provided in the existing Act.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18890, 15 October 1929, Page 11
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