Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification
B14: Authorization requirements for importing certain products 
Date when the measure came into force
01 September 2007 
Publication where the measure is specified
Revised Laws of Mauritius. F14 – 7. [Issue 1] 
Regulation where the measure is specified
Firearms Act 
Country/Region applying the measure
Mauritius 
The rationale of the measure
None specified 
Coded list of objectives
X: For purposes n.e.s. 
Description of the measure
24. Weapons which discharge noxious materials
(1) No person shall, without the authority of the Commissioner, manufacture, sell, transfer, purchase, acquire or have in his possession any weapon, designed or adapted for the discharge of any noxious liquid, gas, or other thing, or any ammunition containing, or designed or adapted to contain, any such noxious thing.
(2) Any authority granted by the Commissioner shall be subject to such conditions as he may impose, including—
(a) the number of weapons that an individual may have in his possession at any one time;
(b) the surrender of weapons whose mark or stamp referred to in subsection (3) has been defaced, altered or erased.
(3) The Commissioner may direct that any weapon referred to in subsection
(1) and authorised by him be marked or stamped in such manner as he deems fit. 
Reference of the measure
Article 24 
Measure also domestic
Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Code Product Partial coverage Partial coverage indication Date in Date out
9301.10.00 - Artillery weapons (for example, guns, howitzers and mortars) Yes Firearms that discharge noxious materials    
9301.20.00 - Rocket launchers; flame-throwers; grenade launchers; torpedo tubes and similar projectors Yes Firearms that discharge noxious materials    
9301.90.00 -Other Yes Firearms that discharge noxious materials    
9302.00.10 --- Starter Yes Firearms that discharge noxious materials    
9302.00.90 --- Other Yes Firearms that discharge noxious materials    
9303.10.00 - Muzzle-loading firearms Yes Firearms that discharge noxious materials    
9303.20.00 - Other sporting, hunting or target-shooting shotguns, including combination shotgun-rifles Yes Firearms that discharge noxious materials    
9303.30.00 - Other sporting, hunting or target-shooting rifles Yes Firearms that discharge noxious materials    
9304.00.00 Other arms (for example, spring, air or gas guns and pistols, truncheons), excluding those of heading 93.07. Yes Firearms that discharge noxious materials    
9305.10.00 - Of revolvers or pistols Yes Firearms that discharge noxious materials    
9305.20.00 - Of shotguns or rifles of heading 93.03 Yes Firearms that discharge noxious materials    
9305.91.00 -- Of military weapons of heading 93.01 Yes Firearms that discharge noxious materials    
9305.99.00 -- Other Yes Firearms that discharge noxious materials    
Description
Weapons and ammunitions which discharge noxious materials 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Inclusion/Exclusion Country Date in Date out
Inclusion Entire world    
Description
Entire world