Categories covered by the amnesty

• Stolen firearms or

ammunition

• Firearms lawfully or unlawfully imported and never licensed

• Firearms lawfully imported by a foreigner who visited the country and donated or sold firearms which were then never licensed

• Firearms from a deceased estate which have never been licensed in the deceased’s name or relicensed in the heir’s name

• Failure to renew firearm

licence or permit

• People declared unfit to possess a firearm but who are still in possession of the firearm/s

• Firearms where the import/export/temporary authorisation has lapsed • People wishing to voluntarily

surrender firearms which are

no longer needed

• Business firearms where the

business has ceased trading • Official and non-official institutions wishing to surrender obsolete, redundant or discarded firearms

• People with licenses issued in terms of the repealed Arms and Ammunition Act, No. 75 of 1969, or issued in terms of any other authority under previous firearm legislation • Ammunition under an ammunition collector’s permit in terms of the previous Act and not having applied to become a collector under the new regime.