Court rules sections of Firearms Act unconstitutional
Parliament has 18 months to amend Act.
Yesterday, 4 July, Judge Ronel Tolmay ruled in the Gauteng North High Court that sections 24 and 28 of the Firearms Control Act 60 of 2000 are unconstitutional.
The ruling was made in favour of the SA Hunters Association who felt the administration of the Act was mired in chaos. In 2009, the association obtained an urgent interim interdict declaring that all licences issued in terms of the old Act would remain valid, pending an application to have certain provisions of Schedule 1 of the Act declared unconstitutional.
Tolmay has given Parliament 18 months to amend the Act. All firearm licences issued in terms of the Act which have expired or will expire before then shall be deemed to remain valid until the Act has been amended.
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