### Firearms and Ammunition Ordinance 《火器及彈藥條例》

44. Seizure and forfeiture
(1) A police officer or a member of the Customs and Excise Service may at any time seize, remove and detain any arms or ammunition or imitation firearm if he has reason to suspect that an offence under this Ordinance is being or has been committed in respect thereof or that the arms or ammunition or imitation firearm have been abandoned.
(2) Upon the conviction of any person for an offence under sections 13 or 14 or 16 to 23 (both inclusive), the arms or ammunition or imitation firearm in respect of which the offence was committed shall, without any order in that behalf, be forfeited to the Government and may be disposed of as the Commissioner thinks fit (whether by destruction or otherwise). (Amended 13 of 1999 s. 3)

45. Chief Executive in Council may order delivery up of arms etc. and suspension of dealing
(1) The Chief Executive in Council may, if it appears to him to be necessary or expedient in the public interest to do so, by order published in the Gazette require dealers— (Amended 13 of 1999 s. 3)
(a) to deliver up all arms and ammunition in their possession to a police officer within a specified period; or
(b) to suspend all business whereby arms and ammunition are sold, hired, lent or otherwise disposed of and to close all premises where such business is carried on.
(2) An order under subsection (1) may be limited to specified dealers or to specified classes or descriptions of dealers or of arms and ammunition (including arms and ammunition which are not in the opinion of a specified public officer in safe keeping).
(3) All arms and ammunition delivered up under subsection (1)(a) may be detained by the Commissioner while the order relating to them continues in force.
(4) A dealer who fails without lawful authority or reasonable excuse to comply with an order made under subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable to a fine at level 5 and to imprisonment for 2 years. (Amended E.R. 6 of 2019)

### Firearms and Ammunition Ordinance 《火器及彈藥條例》

46. Storage of arms, ammunition and imitation firearms by Commissioner
(1) The Commissioner may store arms, ammunition and imitation firearms—
(a) which have been seized by a public officer or found by any person or which are otherwise in the possession of the Commissioner, and in respect of which—
(i) in the case of arms and ammunition, no person is shown to be entitled to possession and to be the holder of a licence under this Ordinance authorizing him to have such possession or the person so entitled and holding such a licence is not known, cannot be found or neglects to take possession thereof; or
(ii) in the case of imitation firearms, no person is shown to be entitled to possession without probable risk of a contravention of section 20 or the person so entitled cannot be found or neglects to take possession thereof; or
(b) which are deposited with the Commissioner by any person for storage purposes.
(2) Subject to this section, storage fees shall be payable on arms, ammunition or imitation firearms stored by the Commissioner in accordance with a scale of fees from time to time prescribed by the Financial Secretary by order in the Gazette.
(3) Different fees may be prescribed under subsection (2) for different types or sizes of arms, ammunition or imitation firearms and the storage of arms, ammunition or imitation firearms of any specified type, class or description, or in any specified circumstances, may be declared to be exempt from fees. (Amended 14 of 2000 s. 24)
(4) Any fees payable under this section which remain unpaid at the time of the forfeiture of any arms, ammunition or imitation firearm under subsection (5) shall be deemed to have been remitted.
(5) Where any arms, ammunition or imitation firearms referred to in subsection (1)(a) remain in the hands of the Commissioner at the expiry of such period as may be prescribed after being taken into storage under this section or where any fee payable under this section in respect of any arms, ammunition or imitation firearm remains unpaid for such period as may be prescribed, the arms or ammunition shall be forfeited to the Government and may be disposed of as the Commissioner thinks fit (whether by destruction or otherwise). (Amended 13 of 1999 s. 3)
(6) This section does not apply to arms and ammunition so long as they are detained under section 45 and the order under which they are detained continues in force.

46A. Armouries
The Commissioner may approve any enclosed area for the storage of—
(a) arms;
(b) ammunition;
(c) arms and ammunition;
(d) imitation firearms; or
(e) any type, class or description of arms, ammunition or imitation firearms.
(Added 14 of 2000 s. 25)

### Firearms and Ammunition Ordinance 《火器及彈藥條例》

46B. Shooting ranges
The Commissioner may, for the purposes of—
(a) practice, recreation and sport or competition—
(i) by a person who is a member of a shooting club; or 
(ii) by a person who holds a licence for possession of arms or ammunition;
(b) testing or proving of arms and ammunition by a range officer; or 
(c) instruction in the use and handling of arms under the supervision of an authorized arms instructor,
approve a place or premises (including an open area and an enclosed gallery) designed and constructed or adapted for the target shooting of arms as a shooting range.
(Added 14 of 2000 s. 25)

46C. Range officers
(1) The Commissioner may upon the application of a person approve the person as a range officer with the function of ensuring the safe use of a shooting range, and in particular, for the following purposes—
(a) to conduct and supervise the use of the shooting range for the target shooting of arms;
(b) to test or prove arms and ammunition at the shooting range; or
(c) to supervise persons using the shooting range or other facility used in connection with the shooting range.
(2) An approval under subsection (1) must be in writing and relate to a particular type of shooting range.
(3) The Commissioner may attach any condition he thinks fit to an approval under subsection (1).
(4) The Commissioner may specify a period for which an approval is given under subsection (1).
(5) The Commissioner may revoke an approval or vary or revoke any condition attached to an approval or add further conditions to an approval.
(6) In exercising the powers under this section to grant or revoke an approval, the Commissioner shall, in addition to any other relevant matter that he may reasonably take into consideration, have regard to—
(a) whether the person concerned is or has ceased to be a fit and proper person to be a range officer; and
(b) whether it is objectionable, for reasons of public safety and security, for that person to be a range officer.
(7) For the avoidance of doubt it is stated that approval as a range officer does not exempt a person from any other requirement in this Ordinance which would apply to that person in relation to the purposes referred to in subsection (1).
(Added 14 of 2000 s. 25)