Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023

Insertion of new section 26A into Act of 1925

18. The Act of 1925 is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 26:

“Regulations regarding disposal of certain firearms

26A. Without prejudice to the operation of any other section of this Act, the Minister may, following consultation with the Commissioner, make regulations—

(a) to provide for the methods of destruction of such illicitly manufactured or trafficked firearms, parts, components and ammunition as he or she may prescribe,

(b) to provide for the methods of assignment for forensic, scientific, historical, or cultural purposes, of such illicitly manufactured or trafficked firearms, parts, components and ammunition as he or she may prescribe, and

(c) to provide for the marking of the firearms to which paragraph (b) relates and the recording of the methods of assignment of the firearms, parts, components and ammunition prescribed under that paragraph.”.