ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Firearms Act
13. Registration of firearms dealers
Edition: 2022-12-31 · In force
13. Registration of firearms dealers
(1)For the purposes of this Act, the chief licensing officer shall keep in the prescribed form a register of firearms dealers in which, subject as hereinafter provided, he shall cause to be entered the name of every person who applies to be registered as a firearms dealer and furnishes the prescribed particulars:Provided that—(i)the licensing officer shall not register an applicant who is prohibited from being registered by order of a court made under section 19; and(ii)the licensing officer may refuse to register an applicant if he is satisfied that the applicant cannot be permitted to carry on business as a firearms dealer without danger to the public safety or to the peace.(2)On the registration of an applicant as a firearms dealer there shall be payable such fee as may be prescribed.(3)If the licensing officer, after giving reasonable notice to any person whose name is on the register, is satisfied that that person—(a)is no longer carrying on business as a firearms dealer; or(b)cannot be permitted to continue to carry on business as a firearms dealer without danger to the public safety or to the peace,he shall cause the name of that person to be removed from the register.(4)The licensing officer shall also cause the name of a person to be removed from the register if that person so desires.(5)If any person, for the purpose of procuring the registration of himself or any other person as a firearms dealer, makes any statement which he knows to be false, he shall be guilty of an offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to a fine not exceeding ten thousand shillings or to both.