The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, prohibit the bringing into, or the taking out of, India, arms or ammunition of such classes and descriptions as may be specified in the notification.
(1) The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette,-
(a) direct that no person shall transport over India or any part thereof arms or ammunition of such classes and descriptions as may be specified in the notification unless he holds in this behalf a licence issued in accordance with the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder; or
(b) prohibit such transport altogether.
(2) Arms or ammunition trans-shipped at a seaport or an airport in India are transported within the meaning of this section.
Section 2 Definitions and Interpretation
Section 3 Licence for acquisition and possession of firearms and ammunition
Section 4 Licence for acquisition and possession of arms of specified description in certain cases
Section 5 Licence for manufacture, sale, etc., of arms and ammunition
Section 6 Licence for the shortening of guns or conversion of imitation firearms into firearms
Section 8 Prohibition of sale or transfer of firearms not bearing identification marks
Section 10 Licence for import and export of arms, etc
Section 14 Refusal of licences
Section 15 Duration and renewal of licence
Section 16 Fees, etc., for licence
Section 17 Variation, suspension and revocation of licences
Section 19 Power to demand production of licence, etc
Section 20 Arrest of persons conveying arms, etc., under suspicious circumstances