Arms Act, 1959
10. License for import and export of arms ,
etc.-
(1) No person shall bring into, or take out of
India by sea, land or air any arms or ammunition unless he holds in this behalf
a license issued in accordance with the provisions of this Act and the rules
made thereunder :
Provided that -
(a) a person who is entitled by virtue of this
Act or any other law for the time being in force to have, or is not prohibited
by this Act or such other law from having , in his possession any arms or
ammunition, may without a license in this behalf bring into, or take out of,
India such arms or ammunition in reasonable quantities for his own private use;
(b) a person being a bona fide tourist
belonging to any such country as the Central Government may, by notification in
the Official Gazette, specify, who is not prohibited by the laws of that country
from having in his possession any arms or ammunition, may, without a license
under this section but in accordance with such conditions as may be prescribed,
bring with him into India arms and ammunition in reasonable quantities for use
by him for purposes only of sport and for no other purpose
Explanation- For purpose of clause (b) of this
proviso, word "tourist" means a person who not being a citizen of
India visits India for a period not exceeding six months with no other object
than recreation, sight-seeing, or participation in a representative capacity in
meetings convened by the Central Government or in international conferences,
associations or other bodies.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in the
proviso to subsection (1) where the collector of customs or any other officer
empowered by the Central Government in this behalf has any doubt as to the
applicability of clause (a) or clause (b) of that proviso to any person who
claims that such clause is applicable to him or as to the reasonableness of the
quantities of arms or ammunition iun the possession
of any person referred to in such clause, or as to the use to which such arms
or ammunition in the possession of such person until he receives the orders of
the Central Government in relation thereto.
(3) Arms and ammunition taken from one part of
India to another by sea or air or across any intervening territory not forming
a part of India, are taken out of, and brought into, India within the meaning
of this section.