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REPUBLIC OF VANUATU
FIREARMS (AMENDMENT)
ACT NO. 18 OF 2017
Arrangement of Sections
REPUBLIC OF VANUATU
Assent: 16/06/2017
Commencement: 16/06/2017
FIREARMS (AMENDMENT)
ACT NO. 18 OF 2017
An Act to amend the Firearms Act [CAP 198].
Be it enacted by the President and Parliament as follows-
The Firearms Act [CAP 198] is amended as set out in the Schedule.
This Act commences on the day on which it is published in the Gazette.
AMENDMENTS OF FIREARMS ACT [CAP 198]
Repeal the definition, suute
““ammunition” 221; means the complete round and includes cartridge cases, primers, propellant powder, bullets and projectiles used in firearms, and any prohibited ammunition, but does not include spears discharged from a firearm solely for the purpose of killing fish;”
Repeal the definition, substitute
““firea221; means eans any portable barrelled weapon that expels, is designed to expel or may be readily converted to expel a shot, bullet or projectile by the action of an explosive, and includes any air weapon, any prohibited weapon and any component of a firearm, but does not include an antique firearm or any replica of an antique firearm;”
Insert in their correct alphabetical positions
““antique firearm” means a firearm manufactured during or before the year 1899;
“component” of a firearm means any element or replacement element designed specifically for a firearm and essential to its operation, including a barrel, frame or receiver, slide or cylinder, bolt or breech block, and any device designed or adapted to diminish the sound caused by firing a firearm;”
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