Grant of firearm licences to security companies

(1) here a security company has been granted a licence under this Act, it may apply to the Commissioner for a firearm licence under the Firearms Act, Cap 143 for such number and category of firearms and ammunition as it may reasonably require to carry out its operations. (2) It shall be lawful for the Commissioner to issue one firearm licence to a security company to cover all firearms and ammunition which the Commissioner may approve for the reasonable use of such company. (3) A security company shall be responsible for the proper custody and safe keeping of firearms and ammunition for which it is licensed. (4) Every security company to whom a firearm licence has been granted shall forward to the Commissioner a list of Private Security and Investigation Services (Control) 13 security guards employed by it to whom it intends to issue the licensed firearms. Any change in such list shall be immediately notified to the Commissioner. (5) A security company shall issue the licensed firearms only to such security guards employed by it whose names have been previously notified to the Commissioner and who are certified by the Commissioner as fit and proper persons for handling a firearm. (6) A security company shall, on every occasion when it issues a firearm to a security guard, keep a full record of the number and type of the firearm so issued, and shall produce such record to a police officer if so required. (7) A security company shall ensure that the firearms are issued to its security guards solely for the lawful exercise of their functions, and shall be liable for any improper or un- authorised use of any firearm by any of its security guards. (8) Every security company shall be responsible for imparting suitable training to the security guards employed by it in the use of firearms and shall at all times abide by the Code of Conduct and other regulations and instructions issued by the Commissioner. (9) Notwithstanding section 3 of the Firearms Act, Cap. 143, but subject to the provisions of this section, it shall be lawful for a security guard, (a) who is licensed under this Act; (b) who is employed as a security guard by a security company; and (c) whose name appears on the list of security guards sent to the Commissioner under Private Security and 14 subsection (4) above and who is certified by the Commissioner as being a fit and proper person for handling a firearm, to use any of the firearms or ammunition for which the security company with whom he is employed is licensed under the Firearms Act, Cap. 143, for the lawful exercise of his duties as a security guard. (10) Every security company or security guard who contravenes the provisions of this section shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or to both such fine and imprisonment, and, in addition, the licence of such company or security guard may be revoked.