Singapore legislation
Regulation 7
of Guns, Explosives and Weapons Control (Religious Use of Weapons — Class Licence) Order 2025
Regulation 7
Conditions of class licence to conduct funeral event or religious service, etc.
Subregulation 1
A class licensee by virtue of paragraph 6 may acquire and possess a defined weapon that he or she is authorised to acquire or possess under that paragraph, subject to all the following conditions:
the class licensee ensures that the defined weapon remains blunted at all times;
the class licensee does not possess, at any one time, a number of defined weapons that is more than the number necessary for the conduct of the funeral event, funerary memorial event or religious service;
the class licensee uses, or allows to be used, the defined weapon only —
during the period that the funeral event, funerary memorial event or religious service is conducted; and
in accordance with the requirements of the practice in Singapore —
of the Sikh religion in the case of a defined weapon that is a kirpan; or
of any other religious belief, religious opinion or religious affiliation in the case of any other defined weapon;
the class licensee takes all reasonable steps necessary to ensure that the defined weapon —
is not lost or stolen; and
is not accessible to anyone else who is not authorised by or under the Act to possess the defined weapon;
the class licensee takes all reasonable steps necessary to protect other people from alarm relating to the class licensee’s possession of the defined weapon in connection with the conduct of the funeral event, funerary memorial event or religious service.
Subregulation 2
A class licensee by virtue of paragraph 6 may dispose of each defined weapon that he or she is authorised to possess under that paragraph, subject to all the following conditions:
the class licensee disposes of the defined weapon during or without delay after the conduct of a funeral event, funerary memorial event or religious service;
the class licensee takes all reasonable steps necessary to protect other people from alarm when the class licensee is disposing of the defined weapon.