ACT No. XXII of 2016 AN ACT to amend the Arms Act, Cap. 480.

I assent.

M ARIE- L OUISE

(L.S.)

C OLEIRO P RECA

President

6th May, 2016

ACT No. XXII of 2016

AN ACT to amend the Arms Act, Cap. 480.

BE IT ENACTED by the President, by and with the advice and

consent of the House of Representatives, in this present Parliament

assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:-

(1) The short title of this Act is the Arms (Amendment) Short title and

Act, 2016, and this Act shall be read and construed as one with the commencement.

Arms Act, hereinafter referred to as "the principal Act".

(2) This Act shall come into force on such a date as the

Minister responsible for the Police may by notice in the Gazette

establish, and different dates may be so established for different

provisions or different purposes of this Act.

Article 34 of the principal Act shall be amended as Amendment of

article 34 of the

follows

principal Act.

(a) in the proviso thereto, for the words "and the

provisions of article 26 shall mutatis mutandis apply." there

shall be substituted the words "and the provisions of article 26

shall mutatis mutandis apply:"; and

(b) immediately after the current proviso thereof, there

shall be added the following new proviso

"Provided further that the Commissioner may

authorise a non-resident who is under the age of sixteen

years but not under the age of fourteen years to practise

target shooting with airguns only or by a firearm of a

different kind referred to in paragraph (c) as may be

prescribed by regulations under this Act. Such shooting

on a licensed range is subject to such terms and

conditions as the Commissioner may deem fit and the

provisions of article 26 shall mutatis mutandis apply.".

Passed by the House of Representatives at Sitting No. 384 of the

3rd May, 2016.

A NĠLU F ARRUGIA

Speaker

R AYMOND S CICLUNA

Clerk of the House of Representatives