s.4Travellers to make declaration of firearms, ammunition and bullet-proof vests
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Section 4Part 2 — Importation or exportation of firearms

Travellers to make declaration of firearms, ammunition and bullet-proof vests

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A traveller who disembarks in the Islands and has a firearm, ammunition or a bullet-proof vest in that traveller’s possession or control shall make a declaration regarding the firearm or ammunition in the prescribed form.
A person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine of one hundred thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term of twenty years, or to both.
A customs and border control officer who has reasonable cause to believe that a traveller disembarking in the Islands has in that traveller’s possession or control any firearm, ammunition or bullet-proof vest for which a declaration has not been made under subsection (1), may search the traveller and the traveller’s baggage and any firearm, ammunition or bullet-proof vest found shall be forfeited to the Crown.
The powers conferred by this section are in addition to and not in derogation from the powers of search conferred by the Customs and Border Control Act (2024 Revision).

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