PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Firearms (Amendment) Act 2016.

No. 13 of 2016.

Certified on: 3 DEC 2016
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS.
1	Firearm licences (Amendment of Section 9).
2	Renewal of pistol and high-powered firearms licence (Amendment of Section 27B).
3	Application for pistol licence or high-powered firearm licence (Amendment of Section 28).
4	Application for licences (Amendment of Section 39).
5	Continuance of former acts, etc.

No.13 of 2016.

An Act

entitled
Firearms (Amendment) Act 2016,
Being an Act to amend the Firearms Act (Chapter 310) to remove fees and charges, and for related purposes,
MADE by the National Parliament to come into operation in accordance with a notice in the National Gazette by the Head of State, acting with, and in accordance with, the advice of the Minister.
1	FIREARM LICENSES (AMENDMENT OF SECTION 9).
Section 9 of the Principal Act is amended in Subsection (1) by deleting the word "prescribed".
2	RENEWAL OF PISTOL AND HIGH-POWERED FIREARMS LICENSE (AMENDMENT OF SECTION 27B).
Section 27B of the Principal Act is amended in Subsection (4), Paragraph (b), by deleting the word "prescribed".
3	APPLICATION FOR PISTOL LICENSE OR HIGH-POWERED FIREARM LICENCE (AMENDMENT OF SECTION 28).
Section 28 of the Principal Act is amended in Subsection (2), Paragraph (b), by deleting the word "prescribed".
4	APPLICATION FOR LICENSES (AMENDMENT OF SECTION 39).
Sections 39 of the Principal Act is amended in Subsection (3), Paragraph (d), by deleting the word "prescribed".
5	CONTINUANCE OF FORMER ACTS, ETC.
All acts, matters or things done or suffered or deemed to have been done or suffered or taken, or procedural steps taken under or for the purposes of the Principal Act and having effect immediately before the coming into operation of this Act, shall, after that coming into operation, continue in full force and effect until those acts, matters, things or procedural steps are otherwise replaced.
I hereby certify that the above is a fair print of the Firearms (Amendment) Act 2016 which has been made by the National Parliament.
Acting Clerk of the National Parliament. 13 DEC 2016
I hereby certify that the Firearms (Amendment) Act 2016 was made by the National Parliament on 11 August 2016.
Acting Speaker of the Parliament. 13 DEC 2016