Singapore legislation

Regulation 5

of Guns, Explosives and Weapons Control (Religious Use of Weapons — Class Licence) Order 2025

Regulation 5

Conditions of religious practitioner’s class licence

A class licensee by virtue of paragraph 4 may acquire and possess a defined weapon that he or she is authorised to acquire or possess under that paragraph, and may dispose of the defined weapon, subject to all the following conditions:

(a)

the class licensee ensures that the defined weapon remains blunted at all times;

(b)

the class licensee acquires, or takes part in the acquisition of, the defined weapon from another only for the purpose mentioned in sub‑paragraph (c);

(c)

the class licensee wears or carries, and personally disposes of, the defined weapon in accordance with the requirements of the practice in Singapore of —

(i)

his or her Sikh religion in the case of the kirpan; or

(ii)

his or her other religious belief, religious opinion or religious affiliation in the case of any other defined weapon;

(d)

the class licensee takes all reasonable steps necessary to ensure that the defined weapon, when not worn or carried by the class licensee —

(i)

is not lost or stolen; and

(ii)

is not accessible to anyone else who is not authorised by or under the Act to possess the defined weapon;

(e)

the class licensee takes all reasonable steps necessary to protect other people from alarm when the class licensee wears, carries or is disposing of the defined weapon.