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Production of licence
Cap. 143, s. 21 · Revised Edition 2020
Any police officer, or any other person authorised by the Minister, may,
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(a) enter upon any lands for the purpose of requesting any person possessing, carrying or using any firearm or ammunition to produce his licence forthwith;
(b) without a warrant any possessing, carrying or using firearms or ammunition without a licence as provided by this Act who does not satisfactorily account for the non-production of his licence; and
(c) detain any such firearm or ammunition in his custody until such time as he can produce it with the person arrested before the court of summary jurisdiction of the Belize Judicial District or of the district where the arrest was made.
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