Download Application for Obtaining Licence for the Acquisition/Possession and Carrying of Arms or Ammunition for Protection of Crops or Cattle

FORM - V Licence for the acquisition/possession and carrying of arms or ammunition for protection of crops or cattle. Name, description and residence of licensee. Namf any member of the licensee's family or servant employed to watch crops or cattle, residing with him, by whom the arms or ammunition covered Arms and ammunition Place or area within which the licence is valid *Period for which the licence is valid. Date on which the licence or the arms or both shall be produced for inspection before the licensing e and description oBrief description of any member of the licensee's family or servant employed to watch crops or cattle, residing with him, by whom the arms or ammunition covered by this license may also be used Quantity and description of each kind of ammunition Maximum to be possessed at any one time Maximum purchasable during the year. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 The .... Of ..... 19........ (SEAL) 2(Signature and designation of the officer specially empowered to sign the licence under Rule 4). Signature......... Licensing Authority .... Designation......... Place .......... *Provided that where a licence is granted in Form III, IV, V or VI for the possession of arms to be acquired by the licensee subsequent to the grant of the licence, the authority granting the licence shall at the time of granting the same direction that within a period specified by him in this behalf, which may be extended form time to time, the arms covered by the licence shall be acquired and that the licence or the arms or both shall be produced for his inspection and if within the period so specified or extended that licensee falls to acquire the arms and to produce the licence or the arms or both, as the case may be, the licence shall cease so to be in force. FORM OF RENEWAL OF THE LICENCE Date and year of renewal Date of which renewed licence expires Signature and designation of renewing authority Seal 1 2 3 4 CONDITIONS 1(1. This licence is granted subject to.- (a) the provisions of the Arms Act, 1959, and of the Arms Rules, 1962, and (b) the provisions of Sections 11 and 39 of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972, or other relevant sections, as the case may be, in respect of the States and Union Territories where the said Act is applicable.) 2. The licensee shall not carry any arms covered by this licence otherwise than in good faith for the destruction of wild animals which do injury to crops or cattle, nor shall he take any such arms to a fair, religious procession or other public assemblage or to any considerable distance beyond the place or area entered in Col.6. 2(Provided that save where he is specially authorized in this behalf by the District Magistrate concerned the licensee shall not carry any arms covered by the licence within the campus or precincts of any educational institution.) 3. He shall not lend any arms or ammunition covered by this licence to any person, other than a member of his family or servant who may be employed by the licensee to protect the crops or cattle situated in the area specified in the licence and who is mentioned in Col. 2 of the licence. 4. The licensee shall - (a) on demand by an authorized officer, produce the weapon covered by this licence. (b) not sell or transfer any arms or ammunition part thereof covered by this licence to any person not lawfully entitled to possess them : ( c) forthwith give information at the nearest police station of the loss or theft of any arms or ammunition covered by this licence : and (d) give prior intimation to the licensing authority concerned of his intention to break up or dispose of any arms or ammunition or any part thereof (otherwise than as mentioned in Cl. (b) above) failing which proof of the articles having been broken up or disposed of will have to be furnished to the satisfaction of the licensing authority. 5. He shall not keep Government arms or ammunition. Explanation - For the purpose of this condition - (a) "Government Arms" Means a fire-arm or other weapon which is the property of the Government :and (b) "Government ammunition" Means ammunition manufactured in any Government factory, or prepared for and supplied to Government other than such ammunition as may be released by Government for civilian use. 6. Condition 5 may be cancelled by the authority granting the licence if empowered to do so by the Central Government and an endorsement added showing the Government arms or ammunition which the licensee is entitled to possess. 7. He shall not purchase or possess ammunition of any kind in excess of the maximum allowed under Cols. 3 and 4 of the licence or of the maximum which may from time to time be fixed by the Central Government for the amount purchasable in a year and for the amount that may be possessed at any one time. 8. At the time of purchasing any arms or ammunition he shall cause the following particulars to be endorsed upon his licence under the vendor's signature, namely : (a) the name, description and residence of the person who takes delivery of the articles purchased : (b) the nature and quantity of the articles purchased : and ( c) the date of purchase : And if the arms are purchased from any person other than a licensed dealer, he shall also cause the particulars specified in Cls. (b) and (c) to be furnished in writing to the authority who granted this licence within such period as may be prescribed for this purpose by such authority. No purchase of ammunition shall, however, be permitted except on a written certificate from the licensee certifying that with the amount proposed to be purchased the total quantity of ammunition in his possession will not exceed the maximum which he is entitled to possess at any one time, or his total allowance for the year. 9. Without prejudice to the voidance of this licence for breach of any of the following conditions, it shall be void if - (a) the licensee dies, or (b) any weapon covered thereby - (i) is sold, or transferred, or (ii) is attached in execution of a decree : 1(Provided that where a weapon is sold or transferred, the licensing authority may permit the holder of the licence to acquire a fresh weapon of the same description within such period as may be specified by him in his behalf and subject to - (a) the production of the weapon so acquired or the licence or both before the aforesaid licensing authority for inspection as required under sub-rule (2) of rule 52, and (b) the payment of the prescribed licence fee in respect of the weapon so acquired.) 10. The authority granting or renewing the licence has the right to enquire at any time during the currency of the licence whether any weapon for which it has been granted is still in the possession of the licensee and to require the production of the weapon for the purposes of such enquiry. 11. Where, after the end of any harvest season, the State Government considers it expedient that for the protection of wild life in any area, any fire-arm or ammunition licensed in this Form should be deposited in a police station or with a licensed dealer, it may, be order, require any licensee to so deposit such fire-arms or ammunition for such period as the arms are not required for protection of crops or cattle and as may be specified therein, thereupon the licensee shall be bound to comply with such order. Note 1.- Any breach of the conditions of this licence is punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months, or with fine which may extend to Rs.500 or with both (Sec. 30 of the Act). Note 2. - Licensees are warned that in case they sell or transfer any arms or ammunition covered by the licenses possessed by them to any person, they shall forthwith inform in writing to the District Magistrate having jurisdiction or the officer-in-charge of the nearest police station, of such sale of transfer, together with the particulars of the fire-arms and ammunition and the person to whom they have been sold or transferred (Sec. 15 of the Arms Act, 1959). Failure to give such information is punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months or with fine which may extend to Rs. 500, or with both ( Sec. 25(3) of the Act.)