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Restrictions on manufacture and sale of firearms.
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10.—(1) On and after the commencement of this Act it shall not be lawful for any person to manufacture, sell, repair, test, or prove, or expose for sale, or have in his possession for sale, repair, test, or proof, by way of trade or business, any firearm or ammunition unless such person is registered in the register of firearms dealers.
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(2) It shall not be lawful for any firearms dealer to sell to any person (other than a registered firearms dealer or a person officially authorised) any firearm or ammunition, unless at the time of such sale the person to whom such firearm or ammunition is sold—
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(a) produces a firearm certificate authorising him to purchase or hire (as the case may be) such firearm or ammunition, or
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(b) proves to the satisfaction of such firearms dealer that he is by virtue of this Act entitled to have possession of such firearm or ammunition without having a firearm certificate therefor.
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(3) It shall be the duty of every person who sells a firearm or ammunition to any person (other than a registered firearms dealer or a person officially authorised)—
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(a) to comply with the instructions (if any) addressed to such seller contained in the firearm certificate produced at the time of such sale by the person to whom such firearm or ammunition is sold, and
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(b) in the case of a sale of a firearm within forty-eight hours after such sale to send by registered post notice thereof to the superintendent of the Gárda Síochána of the district in which the firearm certificate aforesaid was granted.
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(4) It shall not be lawful for any registered firearms dealer to undertake the repair, test, or proof, of any firearm or ammunition for any person (other than a registered firearms dealer or a person officially authorised) unless such person produces to such firearms dealer before such repair, test, or proof is undertaken as aforesaid either a firearm certificate authorising such person to have possession of such firearm or ammunition or a permit authorising such person to bring such firearm ashore for repair.
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(5) Every person who contravenes any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of an offence under this Act and shall be punishable accordingly.
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(6) In this section—
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(a) the expression “a person officially authorised” means a person authorised by the Minister for Defence to effect the transaction in question for the purposes of the Defence Forces of Saorstát Eireann or authorised by the Minister to effect the transaction in question for the purposes of any lawful police force in Saorstát Eireann, and
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(b) the word “sell” includes letting on hire and lending and the word “purchase” includes hiring and borrowing, and cognate words shall be construed accordingly.
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