Government Gazette No. 26305, dated 7 May 2004
includes a Notice from the Ministry for Safety and Security which includes
the following:
The Minister hereby gives notice of his
intention to declare all schools and other learning institutions,
including institutions for higher education and Universities, as
firearm-free zones, in terms of section 140 of the Firearms Control Act,
2000.
The consequences of the declaration of a
firearm-free zone are, that without authorization of the Minister, no
person may -
(a) allow any firearm or ammunition to be in a firearm-free zone;
(b) carry any firearm or ammunition in a firearm-free zone;
(c) store any firearm or ammunition in a firearm-free zone;
A police official may without warrant -
(a) search any building or premises in a firearm-free zone if he or she
has a suspicion on reasonable grounds that a firearm or ammunition may be
present in the firearm-free zone in contravention of a notice issued in
terms of subsection (1);
(b) search any person present in a firearm-free zone; and
(c) seize any firearm or ammunition present in the firearm-free zone or on
the person in contravention of a notice issued in terms of subsection (1).
The Minister may in a notice issued in terms of section 140(1) authorize
"exemptions" to the prohibitions referred to above.
Any interested or affected party or person,
and the public in general, is invited to comment on the Minister's
intention to declare all schools and learning institutions as firearm-free
zones in terms of section 140 of the Firearms Control Act, 2000.
Comments must be addressed to:
Assistant Commissioner PC Jacobs, SAPS: Legal Services, Private Bag X302,
Pretoria, 0001
Fax: (012) 393-2296 Email: jacobspc@saps.org.za
Comments must be received not later than 18
June 2004.
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The final Regulations to the Firearms Control
Act were published in the Government Gazette on 26 March 2004.
Click HERE
for a link to the SAPS website to download the Regulation Gazette in
English (pdf file)
Click HERE
for a link to the SAPS website to download the Regulation Gazette in
Afrikaans (pdf file)
Click HERE for a link to an English Word document of the
Regulations.
Click HERE for a link to an Afrikaans Word document of the
Regulations.
Printed copies are available from the Government Printer at R5 per copy
from:
Government Printing Works in Pretoria on telephone (012) 334-4507,
334-4510, 334-4509 or in Cape Town on telephone (021) 465-7531
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Access to Parliamentary Committee information
is made possible by the Parliamentary Monitoring Group (PMG) free of
charge on their website at
www.pmg.org.za
Please note: these minutes are not 'official' or verbatim
but do provide a record of the meetings.
PMG Minutes on Firearms:
Security
& Constitutional Affairs
Promotion of Equality, Administrative Justice & Access
to Information Amendment Bills: adoption; International Conventions for
Suppression of Terrorist Bombings & Financing of Terrorism; SADC Protocol
on Control of Firearms – 5 Nov 2002
Public Accounts
South African Police Service: hearing – 30 Oct
2002
Safety & Security
Firearms Control Act Regulations: deliberations - 24 Feb 2004
Implementation of Regulations of the Firearms
Control Act: SAPS briefing - 18 Feb 2004
2003 Target Assessment: National Commissioner’s briefing -
26 Nov 2003
Firearms Control Act 2000 Draft Regulations: adoption - 19 Nov 2003
Firearms Control Amendment Bill: voting - 19 Sep 2003
SAPS on the Firearms Control Act: briefing
- 17 Sep 2003
Private Security Industry Regulator Authority on Activities of Private
Security Industries: briefing
- 10 Sep 2003
Address by the Minister on the Farm Attacks Report, Firearms Control
Amendment Bill
- 3 Sep 2003
Anti-Terrorism Bill: hearings; Firearms Control Act Regulations on
Accreditation: adoption
- 23 Jun 2003
Firearms Control Act Regulations: Briefing & Firearms Control Act
Amendment Bill: Procedures -
17 Jun 2003
Firearms Control Regulations: briefing
- 11 Jun 2003
Firearms Control Act Implementation: briefing by SAPS; Technikon South
Africa Research on Gun Ownership
- 2 Apr 2003
Enlistment Programmes; Regulations to the Firearms Control Act;
Implementation of Section 49 of the Criminal Procedure Act: briefing by
SAPS - 13 Nov 2002
International Convention for Suppression of Terrorist Bombing;
International Convention for Suppression of Financing of Terrorism; SADC
Protocol on Control of Firearms, Ammunition and Other Related Material in
SADC Region: deliberations
- 12 Nov 2002
Explosives Bill: finalisation
- 31 Oct 2002
Explosives Bill:
deliberations – 23, 25, 30 Oct 2002
Explosives Bill: hearings –
16 & 18 Oct 2002
Explosives Bill: briefing by the Secretariat for Safety
and Security and the SAPS – 18 Sep 2002
Review of the SAPS Act: briefing - 11 Sep
2002
Building and Renovation of Police Stations: briefing by
public works and SAPS: Ratification of the OAU Convention on the
Prevention and Combating of Terrorism - 6 Sep 2002
Explosives Act, Implementation of the Firearms Control Act: briefing - 4
Sep 2002
Briefing by the Institute of Security Studies on the circulation of
Illegal Firearms in South Africa and Contribution to Crime Levels - 14 Aug 2002
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