Application for heirloom firearm licence

(1) A person may apply to the Commissioner for an Heirloom Firearm Licence in the form set out in Form 1 in Schedule I. (2) No person shall possess an heirloom firearm unless he is the holder of a valid Heirloom Firearm Licence. 17 (3) The Commissioner may approve or refuse an application under sub-section (1). (4) A person who contravenes sub-section (2) commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years. (5) No person shall be issued an heirloom firearm licence unless he provides sufficient proof of inheritance of the (6) An Heirloom Firearm Licence authorizes the holder to possess a single heirloom firearm or a matched pair or set of (7) An Heirloom Firearm Licence is subject to the condition that the heirloom firearm be rendered permanently incapable of being fired. (8) For the purposes of this section, an heirloom firearm is to be regarded as having been rendered permanently incapable of being fired, upon certification as to such, by the Commissioner.