Singapore legislation
Regulation 7
of Guns, Explosives and Weapons Control (Type 3 Weapons — Exemption) Order 2025
Regulation 7
Licence not needed to possess Type 3 weapon for ornamental or vocational purposes
An individual is exempt from section 29(1) of the Act for undertaking any of the following activities:
carrying, handling or otherwise possessing a Type 3 weapon for the individual’s personal use for any of the following purposes, and no other purposes:
as an ornament for display to the general public or otherwise;
as a curio or as part of a collection due to the Type 3 weapon’s commemorative, historical, thematic or heirloom value;
as a tool or implement to carry out manual work in the course of the individual’s vocation or employment, or the individual’s lessons or training, that requires the use of the Type 3 weapon;
as a tool or implement to carry out, either for the individual’s own food or personal recreation or hobby —
any cultivation of plants or keeping of fish, bees or animals; or
any gardening, landscaping or other similar manual work that requires the use of the Type 3 weapon;
storing any Type 3 weapon when the Type 3 weapon is not being handled in connection with any activity mentioned in sub‑paragraph (a)(iii) or (iv).