Firearms Act 1964 Art. 21Amendment of section 17 of Principal Act.

21.— (1) The restriction imposed by section 17 of the Principal Act on the importation into the State of firearms or ammunition shall not apply in relation to the importation of a firearm by the holder of a firearm or ammunition certificate in respect of the firearm which is in force.

(2) The said section 17 is hereby amended by—

(a) the deletion in subsection (3) of “(not exceeding six months)”, and

(b) the deletion in subsection (4) of “(not being more than one month)”.

(3) In this section, “ammunition” does not include—

(a) component parts of ammunition, or

(b) grenades, bombs and other similar missiles or their component parts.