Singapore legislation

Regulation 6

of Guns, Explosives and Weapons Control (Type 3 Weapons — Exemption) Order 2025

Regulation 6

Licence not needed for carrier of Type 3 weapon

Subregulation 1

A person is exempt from sections 29(1), 32(1) and 33 of the Act for undertaking any of the following activities either in the course of the person’s employment or engagement or in the course of carrying on the person’s business, and whether on hire or on own account:

(a)

conveying a Type 3 weapon consignment in any conveyance on a Singapore journey;

(b)

acquiring, or taking part in the acquisition of, and possessing, any Type 3 weapon for the purposes of that conveying;

(c)

disposing of any Type 3 weapon which was acquired or in the person’s possession for the purposes of that conveying.

Subregulation 2

In this paragraph, a “Type 3 weapon consignment” means one or more batches of Type 3 weapons (and no other types of weapons) that is or are conveyed on a Singapore journey —

(a)

at the same time; and

(b)

on one and the same conveyance, or on a motor vehicle in the same convoy of not more than 4 motor vehicles,and “batch” and “Singapore journey” have the respective meanings given by regulation 2(1) of the Guns, Explosives and Weapons Control (Weapons and Noxious Substances) Regulations 2025 (G.N. No. S 361/2025).