SRINAGAR, JULY 16: The
Government today made it clear that all the Individual Arms Licenses issued
from January 2017 to February 2018 have not been revoked by virtue of Order No:
922-Home of 2018 dated 12 July 2018 as has been reported by a section of the
media.
“Through the said order the District Magistrates have been asked to take
urgent steps to revoke all such individual arms licenses issued from 15th July,
2016 i.e. the date of notification of Arms Rules, 2016, onwards to various
persons (excluding Personnel belonging to State Police, Army and CAPFs), which
after scrutiny, are not found to meet the requisite conditions prescribed in
said Rules,” said a spokesman of the Home Department.
He said some of the conditions prescribed in the said Rules relate to
proof of identity/residence, undertaking with regard to safe use and storage of
firearms and medical certification about the mental health and physical fitness
of the applicant. “Therefore, all such persons who had acquired an
Arms License, after fully complying the requisite conditions would not be
adversely affected by the Government’s directive,” he said adding that the
District Magistrates have also been asked to ensure strict compliance with the
provisions of Arms Rules of 2016, on their being approached by a licensee for
renewal.
He said the District Magistrates have been further asked to that new
individual arms licenses shall not be issued by them in the State of J&K
till further orders.
The spokesman further stated that the Government had through its earlier
order of 6th March, 2018 asked the Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir and Jammu
to verify all the cases of new individual arms licenses issued during 1.1.2017
to 23.2.2018 in respect of eight districts namely Kishtwar, Kupwara, Ganderbal,
Leh, Rajouri, Ramban, Reasi and Udhampur and besides, pending this
verification, District Magistrates of these eight districts had been directed
not to issue any new individual arms licenses till further orders.
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