Decree-Law No. 12 1968 Concerning Weapons and Ammunition

Law Summary Record Type: DecreeNumber: 12Date: 08/06/1968 Corresponding to 12/03/1388 HijriNumber of Articles: 20Status: Canceled

Official Gazette :Issue: 7Offcial Journal Issue Publication Date: 01/01/1968 Corresponding to 01/10/1387 HijriPage from: 707

طباعة

Articles (1-20)

We, Ahmed Bin Ali Al-Thani, Ruler of Qatar,

Having perused Law No. 1 of 1962 regulating the supreme administration for the government structure;

Law No. 2 of 1962 regulating the public fiscal policy in Qatar; and

Based on the presentation of the Deputy Ruler;

Hereby promulgate the following Law:

Articles

Article 1

In the application of the provisions of this Law, the word “weapon” means firearms or any part thereof, ammunitions, explosives of all kinds and any material used in their composition

Article 2

The possession, acquisition, manufacture, repair, trade or import of weapons shall be prohibited without first obtaining a license from the Police Chief or his deputy after approval of the Deputy Ruler.

Article 3

The Police Chief or his deputy, after approval of the Deputy Ruler, may grant, reject, withdraw, cancel or restrict in any way he deems the licence referred to in Article 2.

The licence shall be valid from the date of grant to the last day of Dull Hijjah of the year in which it granted, and may be renewed annually as of the first of Muharram of each year, before two months of the expiry date of the license period.

Article 4

A. No licensed weapons shall be carried in public places.

B. In the application of the provisions of previous paragraph, “public places” means squares, public roads, markets, industrial and commercial shops, and other gathering places located within the city boundaries.

Article 5

A. A fee of fifty Riyals shall be imposed on each licence of possession or acquisition of any weapon and on each renewal thereof.

B. A fee of five Riyals shall be imposed on giving replacement of lost or damaged licence.

Article 6

No licensed weapon may be handed over to a third party for possessing or acquiring it prior obtaining a licence in accordance with the provisions of Article 2 hereof.

Article 7

In case of loss of a licensed weapon, the licence holder shall notify the police department immediately after his knowledge of such loss.

Article 8

In case of death of the licensee to possess or acquire a weapon, his heirs who have knowledge of the existence of such weapon shall surrender this weapon to the respective police jurisdiction in his place of residence

Article 9

In case of withdrawal of the licence before the expiry date, the owner of the weapon shall surrender it immediately to the police department

Article 10

The owner of the surrendered weapon to the police department or his heirs shall have the right to dispose it by sale or by other actions to a person licensed to possess or trade in weapon during one year from the date of delivery; otherwise ownership of weapon shall be deemed relinquished to the government without compensation.

Article 11

No licence stipulated in Article 2 hereof shall be granted to the following:

Persons under twenty-one (21) calendar years of age.
Persons sentenced to imprisonment for at least one year for assault, or damage to property, or an offence of drugs trafficking.
Persons convicted of an offense involving the security of the country or system of government.
Persons convicted of any offence in which the weapon was used or if the offender was carrying a weapon during its commission.
Persons previously admitted a mental hospital or health facility.

Article 12

The provisions of this Law shall not apply to weapons delivered by the Government to police and general security personnel permitted to carry such weapons by applicable regulations.

Article 13

Any person in possession, trade, import, manufacture, or repair of weapons shall, within one month of the entry into force of this Law, submit an application to the Police Chief showing the amount and kind of existing weapons to obtain the required licence.

Where application to license such weapons or parts thereof is rejected, such person shall surrender the weapons to the police department immediately after being notified of the rejection and the police department shall give appropriate compensation for each weapon surrendered to it.

Article 14

Any person licensed to trade, manufacture or import weapons shall keep two records, one to note with serial numbers all of his weapons with a statement of their price, parties from which he received and necessary details, and the another to note with serial numbers what sold of them, the price, the registered number in the first record, the name of buyer, title, profession, and place of residence, and the licence number.

A sheet in both records shall be sealed by the police department and the police may request these records and review them at any time.

Article 15

Any person licensed to repair weapons shall keep a record on the manner set forth in the preceding Article to note each weapon or parts thereof which he received for repair, the name of owner, the licence number, the date of deliver and his signature.

All provisions of the preceding Article shall apply to this record.

Article 16

Licences; their application, renewal, and records stipulated in this Law shall be prepared in accordance with forms set by the police department.

Article 17

The Police Chief or any officer whose rank is not less than Inspector First shall have the right at any time to enter shops prepared for trade, manufacture or repair weapons and carry out an inspection to verify implementation of the provisions of this Law.

They also shall have the right to request and examine the commercial books and other documents, records, invoices and papers relating to the import, possession, manufacture or repair of various weapons.

Article 18

Dwellings, private shops or transportation means shall not be inspected for firearms only after obtaining permit from the Deputy Ruler. With exception to this provision, the Police Chief or any officer whose rank is not less than Inspector First may conduct inspection in the following cases:

Case of flagrante delicto.
Case of committing an offence of assault on a person or damage to property in which a weapon used.

Article 19

Without prejudice to any severer penalty provided for by another law:

Each one who violates the provisions of Articles 2, 6, and 13 of this Law shall be punished by imprisonment for a period not more than five years and a fine not more than five thousand Riyals, or either of them.

In all cases, weapons seized pursuant to an offence shall be confiscated.

Any other violation of the provisions of this Law shall be punishable by imprisonment for a period not more than one year and a fine not more than one thousand Riyals, or either of them.

In all cases, licence may be withdrawn and weapons may be confiscated.

Article 20

All competent authorities, each within its own jurisdiction, shall enforce this Law which shall come into force from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.