Singapore legislation
Regulation 22
of Guns, Explosives and Weapons Control (Guns) Regulations 2025
Regulation 22
No regulated activity with gun with no identification mark
Subregulation 1
A holder of a relevant gun licence authorising the holder to carry on a regulated activity involving a gun, must not carry on the regulated activity if the gun involved does not have an identification mark marked on the gun in accordance with paragraph (2).
Subregulation 2
An identification mark for a gun must —
in the case of a firearm — be stamped or engraved into part of the metal structure of the firearm, and on the outside surface of the firearm where it can be easily seen; or
in the case of any other gun — be stamped or otherwise marked on a part of the gun that is on the outside surface of the gun where it can be easily seen.
Subregulation 3
For the purposes of these Regulations, a gun does not have an identification mark as required under these Regulations if the identifying mark has been defaced, altered or removed without the express consent of a Licensing Officer.
Subregulation 4
In this regulation, “relevant gun licence” means any of the following:
a gun manufacturing licence;
a gun repair licence;
a gun supplier’s licence;
a gun trader’s licence;
an armourer’s licence;
a gun possession licence;
a gun use licence.