Firearms Act

Marginal note:Authorization to transfer prohibited weapons, devices and ammunition

• 24 (1) Subject to section 26, a person may transfer a prohibited weapon, prohibited device or prohibited ammunition only to a business.

• Marginal note:Conditions

  (2) A person may transfer a prohibited weapon, prohibited device, ammunition or prohibited ammunition to a business only if

  • (a) the business holds a licence authorizing the business to acquire and possess prohibited weapons, prohibited devices, ammunition or prohibited ammunition, as the case may be;

  • (b) the business produces to the person a document that purports to be a licence authorizing the business to acquire and possess prohibited weapons, prohibited devices, ammunition or prohibited ammunition, as the case may be;

  • (c) the person

    • (i) has no reason to believe that the business is not authorized by the document to acquire and possess prohibited weapons, prohibited devices, ammunition or prohibited ammunition, as the case may be, and

    • (ii) informs a chief firearms officer of the transfer and obtains the authorization of the chief firearms officer for the transfer; and

  • (d) the prescribed conditions are complied with.