Singapore legislation

Regulation 50

of Guns, Explosives and Weapons Control (Guns) Regulations 2025

Regulation 50

Other special measures to convey relevant consignment

Subregulation 1

A holder of a gun transport licence to convey any relevant consignment by water or road on a Singapore journey must take all reasonable steps necessary to ensure that the vessel or vehicle used in conveying the relevant consignment —

(a)

is not left unattended in any public place in Singapore at any time —

(i)

while the relevant consignment is on board the vessel or vehicle; and

(ii)

before the consignee authorised by or under the Act to possess the guns, gun parts or gun accessories in the relevant consignment takes delivery of the relevant consignment; and

(b)

is not piloted or driven by an individual who is adversely affected by alcohol, a drug or an intoxicating substance.

Subregulation 2

A holder of a gun transport licence to convey any relevant consignment by water or road on a Singapore journey must take all reasonable steps necessary to ensure that the relevant consignment —

(a)

is not unpacked or opened in any way while being conveyed; and

(b)

is not transferred at the end of the journey to a person who does not first produce to the holder acceptable proof of the person’s authorisation to possess the guns, gun parts or gun accessories comprised in the relevant consignment.

Subregulation 3

In paragraph (2), a reference to an acceptable proof of a person’s authorisation to possess a gun, gun part or gun accessory is a reference to any documentary evidence that might reasonably be accepted as applying to the person and as proving that the person is authorised by or under the Act to possess the gun, gun part or gun accessory.

Subregulation 4

For the purposes of this regulation, an individual is adversely affected by alcohol, a drug or an intoxicating substance if the individual’s judgement or capacity is impaired to the extent that the individual may expose the individual’s or another individual’s health or safety to a risk if the individual pilots the vessel or drives the vehicle in question.