Safe custody of firearms

(1) Any person may hand to an officer in charge of a police station any firearm which has become unserviceable or which such person no longer wishes to retain. (2) Subject to sub-section (3)– (a) where any firearm has been handed to an officer in charge of a police station under sub- section (1); or (b) where any firearm has come into the possession of any police officer whether by finding or otherwise and the owner of such firearm is unknown, the Commissioner of Police may, not less than six months after such firearm has been handed in or come into the possession of the Police, publish an Order in the Gazette setting out– (i) the details of such firearm; (ii) the owner’s name if known; and (iii) the date the firearm came into his (3) The Order mentioned in sub-section (2), shall also state that unless such firearm is claimed within twenty-eight days of the publication of the Order, it will be disposed of in a manner as the Minister may direct, and the Commissioner of Police shall thereafter dispose of it in accordance with the Minister’s direction. (4) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (2), no such Order shall be published before 1st January, 1967. dispersal of