Re: Kruger official fires shots to scare elephant
Posted: Fri May 30, 2014 9:11 am
Flutterby wrote:The "disciplinary steps" are probably just taken to appease the tourists and keep us quiet!

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Flutterby wrote:The "disciplinary steps" are probably just taken to appease the tourists and keep us quiet!
Firearms Control Act, 2000 (Act No. 60 of 2000)
Chapter 16 : Offences, penalties and administrative fines
120. Offences
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1)A person is guilty of an offence if he or she contravenes or fails to comply with any—
a)provision of this Act;
b)condition of a licence, permit or authorisation issued or granted by or under this Act; or
c)provision, direction or requirement of a notice issued under this Act.
2)
a)Any person who is aware of the existence of a firearm or ammunition that is not in the lawful possession of any person and fails to report the location of the firearm or ammunition to a police official without delay is guilty of an offence.
b)A police official to whom a person has made a report contemplated in paragraph (a), must immediately provide the person with written proof that the report has been made or, in the case of a telephonic or similar report, with the official reference number of the report.
3)It is an offence to—
a)cause bodily injury to any person or cause damage to property of any person by negligently using a firearm, an antique firearm or an airgun;
b)discharge or otherwise handle a firearm, an antique firearm or an airgun in a manner likely to injure or endanger the safety or property of any person or with reckless disregard for the safety or property of any person; or
c)have control of a loaded firearm, an antique firearm or an airgun in circumstances where it creates a risk to the safety or property of any person and not to take reasonable precautions to avoid the danger.
4)It is an offence to handle a firearm, an antique firearm or an airgun while under the influence of a substance, which has an intoxicating or a narcotic effect.
5)A person is guilty of an offence if he or she gives control of a firearm, an antique firearm or an airgun to a person whom he or she knows, or ought reasonably to have known—
a)to be mentally ill; or
b)to be under the influence of a substance which has an intoxicating or a narcotic effect.
6)It is an offence to point—
a)any firearm, an antique firearm or an airgun, whether or not it is loaded or capable of being discharged, at any other person, without good reason to do so; or
b)anything which is likely to lead a person to believe that it is a firearm, an antique firearm or an airgun at any other person, without good reason to do so.
7)It is an offence to discharge a firearm, an antique firearm or an airgun in a built-up area or any public place, without good reason to do so.