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FIREARMS CONTROL ACT 60 OF 2000

Consolidated to: 14 April 2023
Source reviewed: 3 October 2025
Assented: 4 April 2001
In force from: 1 July 2004

10 sections here are not law yet

The remainder of the 2006 Amendment Act has never been proclaimed, so the consolidation prints those provisions twice — as they read now, and as they will read. Every not-yet-in-force version is banded and badged, and the version above it is the one that binds you.

Reproduced from SAFLII, South Africa: Consolidated Acts. South African legislation carries no copyright; the consolidation is SAFLII's editorial work. Where this text and the Government Gazette differ, the Gazette is right.

Preamble Preamble 0 s
Chapter 1 Introductory provisions 2 s
Chapter 2 Prohibitions 2 s
Chapter 3 Special provisions in respect of certain devices 1 s
Chapter 4 Competency certificates, licences, permits, authorisations and 3 s
Chapter 5 Competency certificates 3 s
Chapter 6 Licence to possess firearm 21 s
Chapter 7 Licences issued to particular categories of persons - dealers, 42 s
Chapter 8 Import, export and carriage in-transit of firearms and ammunition 10 s
Chapter 9 Storage, transport and carrying of firearms and ammunition 7 s
Chapter 10 Control of ammunition and firearm parts 5 s
Chapter 11 Exemptions 7 s
Chapter 12 Declaration of persons as unfit to possess firearm 4 s
Chapter 13 Inspections 4 s
Chapter 14 Search and seizure 7 s
Chapter 15 Presumptions 3 s
Chapter 16 Offences, penalties and administrative fines 3 s
Chapter 17 Organisational structures 10 s
Chapter 18 Right of appeal 1 s
Chapter 19 Compensation 4 s
Chapter 20 Special powers relating to amnesties and firearm-free zones 3 s
Chapter 21 General provisions 14 s
Schedule 1 Transitional provisions 13 s
Schedule 2 Crimes and offences giving rise to unfitness enquiry by court 8 s
Schedule 3 Laws repealed 0 s
Schedule 4 Penalties 0 s

The guide explains what the Act is made of and which provisions Sentry acts on.