Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification
B14: Authorization requirements for importing certain products 
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. 
Reference of the measure
Section 26 
Measure also domestic
Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Code Product Partial coverage Partial coverage indication Date in Date out
93 Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof No    
Description
firearms and ammunition 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Inclusion/Exclusion Country Date in Date out
Inclusion Entire world 01 December 1970  
Description
All countries