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Personal firearm or ammunition of ship passenger or crew

Guns, Explosives and Weapons Control (Maritime Industry — Exemption) Order 2025

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—(1) A passenger, a crew member or the master of a ship mentioned in paragraph 3(1) is exempt from —(a)sections 11(1) and 14 of the Act for storing or having possession of, and for importing and exporting, any relevant firearm or relevant firearm part or any relevant firearm accessory, respectively; and(b)sections 22(1) and 24(1) of the Act for storing or having possession of, and for importing and exporting, any ammunition, respectively,where the relevant firearm or relevant firearm part, relevant firearm accessory, or ammunition (as the case may be) is the declared baggage of the passenger, crew member or master, and is kept in accordance with the safekeeping conditions in sub‑paragraphs (2) and (4), or sub‑paragraphs (3) and (4) (as the case may be), when he or she is in Singapore.(2) Where the relevant firearm or relevant firearm part, relevant firearm accessory, or ammunition mentioned in sub‑paragraph (1) is kept on board the ship, the relevant firearm, relevant firearm part, relevant firearm accessory or ammunition must be stored in the ship either —(a)in a suitable secure room that is guarded against unauthorised access by 2 or more auxiliary police officers while armed with firearms; or(b)in a suitable locked container that is guarded against unauthorised access and theft by 2 or more auxiliary police officers while armed with firearms.(3) Alternatively, where the relevant firearm or relevant firearm part, relevant firearm accessory, or ammunition mentioned in sub‑paragraph (1) is not kept on board the ship, the relevant firearm, relevant firearm part, relevant firearm accessory, or ammunition must be stored onshore with another person approved by a Licensing Officer for this purpose —(a)by transferring, without delay after the ship moors or anchors in Singapore waters, the relevant firearm in an inoperable state, and the relevant firearm part, the relevant firearm accessory or the ammunition (as the case may be) to the temporary control or management of that other person; and(b)by having that other person re‑transfer the relevant firearm in an inoperable state, and the relevant firearm part or the relevant firearm accessory or the ammunition (as the case may be) to the possession of the passenger, crew member or the master (as the case may be) of that ship before it leaves Singapore waters.(4) The relevant firearm mentioned in sub‑paragraph (1) must be stored in an inoperable state.(5) In this paragraph, “declared baggage”, of a passenger, crew member or master of a ship, means any property of the passenger, crew member or master about which the passenger, crew member or master gives to a Licensing Officer, at least 72 hours before the ship moors or anchors in Singapore waters, the following information:(a)the passenger’s, crew member’s or master’s full name and the number of his or her identity card or passport;(b)the name of the ship in which the passenger, crew member or master arrives in and will leave Singapore;(c)the number of items of property, including the number of relevant firearms if more than one, and the number of rounds of ammunition; (d)a description of the property (including the type, make, model and identification mark of the relevant firearm).

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