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MAURITIUS 35 Seizure, disposal and enforcement Seizure, confiscation, forfeiture Analytical category International & regional agreements Current national legislative controls Conformity (2) Where any person to whom a demand is so made fails to produce the licence, or to allow such officer to read the licence, or to show that he is entitled under this Act to have the firearm or ammunition in his possession without holding a licence, the officer may seize and detain the firearm or ammunition, and may require such person to give him his name and address. (3) Such police officer or forest officer may arrest without a warrant any person who refuses so to declare his name and address, or whom such officer suspects of giving a false name and address, or of intending to abscond. (4) Any person who refuses to declare his name and address or giving a false name and address, to a police officer or forest officer acting under this section shall commit an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding 500 rupees. Art. 22 A Duty to give information (1) Any person carrying a firearm or ammunition shall, at the request of a police officer, declare his name and address and furnish full information regarding the purpose for which such firearm or ammunition is being carried. (2) The police officer may arrest without a warrant any person who fails to comply with subsection (1). (3) Any person who fails to comply with subsection (1) or who wilfully furnishes wrong information shall commit an offence and shall be liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding 500 rupees and to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months. Seizure, disposal and enforcement Disposal and destruction Analytical category International & regional agreements Current national legislative controls Conformity Description of controls / provisions SADC Firearms Protocol Art. 11 (1) UN Programme of Action Section II Art. 16 UN Firearms Protocol Art. 6 (2) Specify the need for provisions to ensure the destruction of confiscated, seized or collected firearms where no other form of disposition or use has been officially sanctioned. If firearms are destroyed or disposed of, the methods of disposal of those firearms and ammo have to be recorded. Bamako Declaration Art. 3 A (iv) Recommends that Member States should develop and implement programmes for the identification and destruction of The national legislation does not conform to the regional and international agreements.
36 THE LAW OF THE GUN: AN AUDIT OF FIREARMS CONTROL LEGISLATION Seizure, disposal and enforcement Disposal and destruction Analytical category International & regional agreements Current national legislative controls Conformity surplus, obsolete and seized stocks. Seizure, disposal and enforcement Deactivation Analytical category International & regional agreements Current national legislative controls Conformity Description of controls / provisions UN Firearms Protocol Art. 9 Specifies the need for provisions relating to deactivated firearms and for making it an offence to reactivate previously deactivated firearms or provisions for issuing of a certificate of deactivation or the stamping of marks to that effect. The national legislation does not conform to the regional and international agreements. Seizure, disposal and enforcement Inspection / enforcement Analytical category International & regional agreements Current national legislative controls Conformity Description of controls / provisions SADC Firearms Protocol Art. 5 (3) (j) Requires the monitoring and auditing of licences held in a person’s possession. The national legislation does not conform to the regional and international agreements. Seizure, disposal and enforcement Offences / penalties Analytical category International & regional agreements Current national legislative controls Conformity
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