Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

P9: Export measures n.e.s. 

Date when the measure came into force

01 December 1970 

Publication where the measure is specified

CHAPTER 299 THE FIREARMS ACT 

Regulation where the measure is specified

Firearms Act 1970 

Country/Region applying the measure

Uganda 

Coded list of objectives

X: For purposes n.e.s. 

Description of the measure

26. Importation and exportation of firearms and ammunition.
(1)No person shall import or export any firearm or ammunition except at any one or more places designated for the purpose by the Minister by a notice published in the Gazette and under and in accordance with an import permit issued by the chief licensing officer or an export permit issued by a licensing officer.
(2)No person shall import or export any firearm or ammunition, or any firearm or ammunition of a class or type, of which the importation or exportation, as the case may be, is for the time being prohibited by the Minister by statutory order.
Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of subsection (1) or (2) commits an offence and is liable to imprisonment for life. The chief licensing officer or a licensing officer, as the case may be, may, at his or her discretion, refuse to grant any import or export permit under this section without assigning any reason for the refusal, and shall refuse to grant any such permit authorising—the importation or exportation of any arms or ammunition of war unless the Minister has sanctioned the importation or exportation; the importation or exportation of any firearm or ammunition of which the importation or exportation, as the case may be, is for the time being prohibited under subsection (2); and the importation of any firearm or ammunition which has previously been exported without having obtained an export permit under this Act.
Import and export permits under this section shall be in the prescribed forms and there shall be payable in respect of the permits such fees as may be prescribed.
The chief licensing officer or a licensing officer, as the case may be, may, without assigning any reason for the revocation, revoke any import or export permit granted under this section at any time before the firearms or ammunition to which it relates have been imported or exported.
Any person who, for the purpose of procuring whether for himself or herself or for any other person the issue of an import or export permit under this section, makes any statement which he or she knows to be false or does not believe to be true, commits an offence and is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or to a fine not exceeding twenty thousand shillings or to both. For the purposes of subsection (2), “ firearm” includes a safety, toy and alarm pistol, and a rifle which is capable of being converted into, or has the appearance of, a barrelled weapon or which can be used or adapted for the discharge of any noxious liquid, gas or similar substance.
28. Firearms and ammunitions in transit.
A customs officer shall, after consultation with the chief licensing officer and after obtaining approval of the Minister, grant with or without conditions, or refuse, suspend or revoke transit permits for transportation across Uganda of firearms or ammunition to any place outside Uganda.
Any person who fails to comply with any condition subject to which a transit permit is issued commits an offence and is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding two thousand shillings or to both, and the court before which the person in convicted may order the forfeiture of the firearm or ammunition to which the permit relates. 

Reference of the measure

Section 26 &28 

Measure also domestic

No 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

firearms and ammunition 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

Uganda