The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (i)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 177] NEW DELHI. MONDAY, JUNE 23, 1980/ASADHA 2, 1902
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MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 23rd June, 1980
G.S.R. 378(E).—Whereas the Central Government is of opinion that it is necessary and expedient in the public interest to exempt certain persons and class of persons and exclude certain description of ammunition from the operation of some of the provisions of the Arms Act, 1959 (54 of 1959).
642 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART1 II-*-SEC: 3(?J!any multiple projectile ammunition in which any projectile has a dimension of 5 mm. or more, which has been dec- lared to be prohibited ammunition vide the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Home Affairs' No. G.S.R. 375(E) dated the 21st June, 1980, from the operation of the provisions of section 7 of that Act subject to the following conditions, namely :—
(a) that the persons or class of persons exempted under this notification shall mate a declaration about the quantity of above said prohibited ammunition within one month from the date of publication of this noti- fication in the Official Gazette to the Offlcer-in-charge of the nearest Police Station or where the prohibited ammunition is in possession of a member of the Armed Forces of the Union, to a Unit Armoury; and
(b) that the above said prohibited ammunition shall not bo sold or offered for consideration, to anybody and the same shall bo got converted into number cart- ridges within a period of one year from the date of publication, of this notification in, the Official Gazette.
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K. N. BHANOT, Jt. Secy.