Firearms and Ammunition Ordinance 2026

1. Short title and commencement

This Ordinance may be cited as the Firearms and Ammunition Ordinance 2026 and comes into force on the day appointed by notice in the Gazette.

2. Interpretation

(1) In this Ordinance:

"ammunition" means any cartridge, shell or round designed to be discharged from a firearm, and any bullet, shot, missile, primer or propellant designed for use in one;

"automatic", of a firearm, means capable of discharging more than one round with one pull of the trigger, or readily capable of being adapted to do so;

"carry", in relation to a firearm, means to have it on one's person, or within reach in a vehicle or vessel, in a public place;

"carry permit" means a permit granted under section 16;

"certificate" means a firearm certificate granted under section 11;

"the Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the Coral Island Police Service;

"dealer" means a person who holds a dealer's licence under section 28;

"dwelling" has the meaning given by section 2 of the Criminal Code Ordinance 2026;

"firearm" means a weapon from which a shot, bullet or other missile can be discharged by an explosive or by compressed gas, and includes any component part of such a weapon;

"handgun" means a firearm designed or adapted to be held and fired in one hand, including a pistol and a revolver;

"imitation firearm" means anything that has the appearance of a firearm, whether or not it can be discharged;

"lawful hunting" means hunting in a place where, at a time when and in a manner in which hunting is not prohibited by any law, with the permission of the owner or occupier of the land;

"licensed range" means premises for which a range licence under section 29 is in force;

"licensed security firm" means a company that holds a security firm firearms authority under section 30;

"loaded" means having ammunition in the chamber or barrel, or in a magazine inserted in or attached to the firearm;

"the Minister" means the Minister responsible for public safety;

"possess" includes having in one's custody or control, and keeping in any place or with any person on one's behalf;

"prohibited place" means a place described in Schedule 2;

"prohibited weapon" means any weapon, device or ammunition described in Schedule 1;

"public place" has the meaning given by section 2 of the Criminal Code Ordinance 2026;

"range officer" means a person approved by the Commissioner under section 29 to supervise shooting at a licensed range;

"registered address" means the address on Coral Island entered on a certificate as the place where the firearms listed on it are kept;

"the Registry" means the Firearms Registry referred to in section 3;

"rifle" means a firearm with a rifled barrel designed to be fired from the shoulder;

"road" has the meaning given by section 2 of the Road Traffic Ordinance 2026;

"securely cased", of a firearm, means unloaded and in a closed and locked case or container, with any ammunition for it carried separately;

"security officer" means a person employed by a licensed security firm to provide security services;

"shotgun" means a smooth-bore firearm designed to discharge shot, or a single slug, from a cartridge;

"the standard scale" means the standard scale of fines in section 14 of the Criminal Code Ordinance 2026;

"visitor's permit" means a visitor's firearm permit granted under section 33.

(2) A reference in this Ordinance to a permit, licence or authority is to one granted under this Ordinance, unless the context requires otherwise.

3. Licensing authority and the Firearms Registry

(1) The Commissioner is the licensing authority for this Ordinance.

(2) The Commissioner acts through the Firearms Registry, a branch of the Coral Island Police Service at the Police station, Puerto Coral. The Commissioner may authorise a police officer of the rank of inspector or above to exercise any function of the Commissioner under this Ordinance, except the grant of a carry permit.

(3) The Registry keeps a register of every certificate, permit, licence and authority granted under this Ordinance, and of the firearms and ammunition each covers.

(4) The register is not open to the public. An entry may be disclosed only to the person it concerns, to a police officer or immigration officer for the purposes of their duties, to a court, or to the Attorney General.

(5) Every application under this Ordinance is made in person at the firearms counter at the Police station, Puerto Coral.

(6) The Commissioner may publish a policy explaining how the discretions given by this Ordinance will be exercised. The policy does not change the law, and where the two differ the law prevails.

4. Categories of firearm

(1) Every firearm that is not a prohibited weapon belongs to one of the following categories:
(a) Category A: handguns that are not automatic;
(b) Category B: shotguns with a barrel at least 45 centimetres long that are not automatic;
(c) Category C: rifles that are not automatic, including hunting and precision rifles.

(2) Any question whether a firearm belongs to a particular category, or is a prohibited weapon, is decided by the Commissioner, subject to an appeal under section 14.

5. Prohibited weapons

(1) The weapons, devices and ammunition described in Schedule 1 are prohibited weapons.

(2) The Minister may by order published in the Gazette add any weapon, device or ammunition to Schedule 1. The order may allow a period for surrender without prosecution under section 38.

(3) No certificate, permit, licence or authority under this Ordinance authorises any person to possess a prohibited weapon.

6. Offences about prohibited weapons

(1) No person may possess, acquire, make, sell, transfer or carry a prohibited weapon, or offer to sell or transfer one.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person acting under section 35, or to a person taking a prohibited weapon directly to the Police station, Puerto Coral, to surrender it under section 38 or section 39.

(3) A person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 7 on the standard scale, or to imprisonment for 12 months, or to both; or on conviction on indictment to a fine, or to imprisonment for 10 years, or to both.

(4) On conviction the court must order the prohibited weapon to be forfeited.

7. Firearm certificate required

(1) No person may possess, acquire or buy a firearm of Category A, B or C unless they hold a certificate that lists that firearm.

(2) No person may possess, acquire or buy ammunition unless they hold a certificate that authorises ammunition of that calibre.

(3) A firearms licence, permit or certificate issued outside Coral Island, including one issued in Los Santos, has no effect on Coral Island.

(4) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to a person who holds a visitor's permit covering the firearm and its ammunition, to a person exempted by Part 8, or to a person complying with section 12(4), section 13(6) or section 39.

(5) A person who contravenes subsection (1) or (2) commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 7 on the standard scale, or to imprisonment for 12 months, or to both; or on conviction on indictment to a fine, or to imprisonment for 5 years, or to both.

8. Who may hold a certificate

(1) A certificate may be granted only to a person who:
(a) is 21 years of age or over;
(b) is a citizen of Coral Island, holds a residence permit, or holds a work visa and is employed as a security officer by a licensed security firm;
(c) has a registered address; and
(d) shows a good reason for possessing each firearm to be listed.

(2) The person must also:
(a) be a fit and proper person under section 9;
(b) have passed the safety test and handling assessment prescribed by regulations; and
(c) have secure storage at the registered address that a police officer has inspected and approved.

(3) Each of the following is a good reason:
(a) target shooting as a member of a licensed range;
(b) the control of pests on land that the applicant owns or occupies, or has the permission of the owner or occupier to shoot over;
(c) lawful hunting;
(d) employment as a security officer by a licensed security firm.

(4) Personal protection is not a good reason for a certificate.

(5) A certificate granted to the holder of a work visa covers only firearms of the licensed security firm that employs them, for use in that employment, and lapses when the employment or the work visa ends.

(6) The registered address of a security officer may be the premises of the licensed security firm where its armoury is kept.

9. Fit and proper person

(1) No certificate, permit, licence or authority may be granted under this Ordinance to a person who is not a fit and proper person.

(2) A person is not a fit and proper person if:
(a) there is an active warrant for their arrest in Coral Island or in Los Santos;
(b) they were convicted anywhere of an offence punishable with imprisonment in the 180 days before the application;
(c) they have at any time been convicted of an offence listed in subsection (3); or
(d) the Commissioner has reasonable grounds to believe they are a danger to public safety or to themselves.

(3) The offences are murder (section 20 of the Criminal Code Ordinance 2026), manslaughter (section 21), rape (section 31), robbery (section 35), kidnapping (section 28), a terrorist act (section 45), supplying a Class A drug under the Misuse of Drugs Ordinance 2026, and any offence under this Ordinance that is triable on indictment.

(4) An offence committed outside Coral Island counts for subsection (3) if it would have been one of those offences had it been committed on Coral Island.

(5) An applicant must declare on the application form every warrant and every conviction recorded against them in Coral Island or in Los Santos.

(6) The Registry compares the declaration with the records held by the Los Santos authorities and by the Court Registry. A warrant or conviction that was not declared is grounds for refusal, and for the revocation of anything already granted.

(7) Where the applicant is a company, each director and each person who manages its business must be a fit and proper person.

(8) A person who, in or in connection with an application under this Ordinance, makes a statement that they know to be false or misleading in a material particular, or recklessly makes such a statement, commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 6 on the standard scale, or to imprisonment for 6 months, or to both.

10. Applications

(1) An application for a certificate, or for its variation or renewal, is made in person at the firearms counter at the Police station, Puerto Coral, on the prescribed form.

(2) The applicant must produce:
(a) proof of identity;
(b) proof of their status on the island, being a certificate of citizenship, a residence permit or a work visa;
(c) a declaration by one referee, who is a citizen or holds a residence permit and has known the applicant for at least 30 days; and
(d) the fee prescribed by the Fees and Charges Regulations 2026.

(3) The fee is paid at the counter when the application is lodged, and a written receipt is given. The fee is not refunded if the application is refused or withdrawn.

(4) After the application is lodged, the Registry arranges the safety test, the handling assessment and the inspection of storage at the proposed registered address.

(5) The Commissioner decides the application within 14 days of the storage inspection and gives the decision to the applicant in writing.

(6) No application under this Ordinance is accepted by post, by message or through any website.

(7) Every other application under this Ordinance is made in the same way, on the prescribed form and with the documents that regulations prescribe for it, and subsections (3) and (6) apply to it.

11. Grant and conditions

(1) If the Commissioner is satisfied that the applicant meets every requirement of section 8, the Commissioner may grant a certificate.

(2) The certificate states:
(a) the name of the holder and the registered address;
(b) each firearm it covers, by category, calibre and serial number;
(c) the calibre and quantity of ammunition authorised for each firearm;
(d) the good reason for each firearm; and
(e) the date of grant and the date of expiry.

(3) A certificate is subject to the standard conditions prescribed by regulations and to any further conditions the Commissioner states on it.

(4) A certificate normally lists no more than 3 firearms. The Commissioner may list more where the holder shows a good reason for each.

(5) A firearm is added to or removed from a certificate, and a change of registered address is recorded, by variation of the certificate on an application under section 10.

(6) A person who fails to comply with a condition of their certificate commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.

12. Duration and renewal

(1) A certificate is valid for 180 days from the date of grant, unless it is revoked sooner.

(2) An application for renewal may be lodged from 30 days before the certificate expires. The storage at the registered address is inspected again before the certificate is renewed.

(3) Where an application for renewal is lodged before the certificate expires, the certificate continues in force until the application is decided.

(4) When a certificate expires without being renewed, the former holder must within 7 days transfer each firearm and all ammunition it covered under section 24, or surrender them at the Police station, Puerto Coral. Until then they may keep them at the registered address, unloaded, and may not carry them in a public place except to transfer or surrender them.

13. Refusal, suspension and revocation

(1) The Commissioner gives written reasons for every refusal of an application under this Ordinance.

(2) The Commissioner must suspend a certificate at once if the holder becomes the subject of an active warrant, or is charged with an offence punishable with imprisonment. The suspension lasts until the warrant is no longer in force and any charge has been finally disposed of.

(3) The Commissioner must revoke a certificate if the holder is convicted of an offence punishable with imprisonment, or no longer meets the requirements of section 8(1) or section 8(2)(a).

(4) The Commissioner may revoke a certificate if the holder breaches a condition of it, if the storage at the registered address no longer meets the standard approved, or if the certificate was obtained by a false statement or without declaring a warrant or conviction.

(5) Notice of a suspension or revocation is given to the holder in writing, with reasons, in person or by leaving it at the registered address.

(6) Within 24 hours of receiving notice, the holder must surrender the certificate, every firearm it covers and all ammunition at the Police station, Puerto Coral. A police officer may instead seize them at once.

(7) A person who fails without reasonable excuse to comply with subsection (6) commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 6 on the standard scale, or to imprisonment for 6 months, or to both.

(8) When a suspension ends and the certificate is still in force, the Registry returns to the holder everything surrendered or seized under subsection (6).

(9) This section applies, with the necessary changes, to every permit, licence and authority under this Ordinance. A carry permit is suspended or revoked with the certificate on which it depends.

14. Appeals

(1) A person may appeal to the Magistrates' Court against a refusal, a condition, a suspension or a revocation under this Ordinance, or a decision under section 4(2), by notice lodged at the Court Registry, Government Complex, Puerto Coral, within 14 days of receiving the written reasons.

(2) On an appeal the court may confirm, reverse or vary the decision, or direct the Commissioner to decide the matter again.

(3) An appeal does not postpone the duty to surrender under section 13(6).

(4) Either party may appeal from the decision of the Magistrates' Court to the Island Court on a point of law, within 14 days of that decision.

15. Carrying in public

(1) No person may carry a firearm in a public place unless:
(a) the firearm is securely cased and the person is going directly between any two of the places in subsection (2);
(b) the person is lawfully hunting, or shooting at a licensed range, with a firearm on their certificate or visitor's permit;
(c) the person holds a carry permit and carries a handgun as the permit allows; or
(d) the person is exempted by Part 8.

(2) The places are the person's registered address, a licensed range, the premises of a dealer, the Police station, Puerto Coral, and a place where the person is engaged in lawful hunting.

(3) Except as subsection (1)(b) or (d) allows, a shotgun or rifle may never be carried in a public place unless it is securely cased.

(4) A person who carries a firearm away from their registered address must have their certificate or permit with them, and must produce it to a police officer on request.

(5) A person who contravenes subsection (1) or (3) commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 7 on the standard scale, or to imprisonment for 12 months, or to both; or on conviction on indictment to a fine, or to imprisonment for 5 years, or to both.

16. Carry permits

(1) A carry permit allows the holder to carry in a public place, loaded and concealed, a Category A handgun listed on their certificate.

(2) The Commissioner may grant a carry permit only:
(a) to a security officer of a licensed security firm, for use on duty only; or
(b) where the Commissioner is satisfied, on information held by the Coral Island Police Service, that there is a specific and continuing threat to the applicant's life that cannot reasonably be met in another way.

(3) The permit states the handgun, the purpose for which it may be carried and any limits of time or place. It may not be used for any other purpose.

(4) A carry permit is valid for 90 days, or for any shorter period it states, and never beyond the expiry of the certificate.

(5) A carry permit never authorises carrying a firearm in a prohibited place.

(6) A person who carries a handgun otherwise than as their carry permit allows is treated as carrying it in contravention of section 15(1), and is liable to the penalty in section 15(5).

17. Prohibited places

(1) No person may take a firearm, ammunition or prohibited weapon into, or have one in, a place described in Schedule 2 (a prohibited place), even if they hold a certificate, a carry permit or a visitor's permit.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to:
(a) a person exempted by section 35, in the course of duty;
(b) a person delivering a securely cased firearm to, or collecting one from, the firearms counter at the Police station, Puerto Coral; or
(c) a security officer carrying a firearm at licensed casino premises under an approval given under section 30(6).

(3) Subsection (1) does not apply to a firearm or ammunition that is to be declared under section 32, or is carried under an import or export permit, while it is securely cased on board a vessel or aircraft passing through or arriving at a prohibited place, or is taken securely cased to the border desk at Government House by a person reporting there under section 10 of the Border Security and Airspace Ordinance 2026.

(4) It is no defence that no notice was displayed at the prohibited place.

(5) A person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 7 on the standard scale, or to imprisonment for 12 months, or to both; or on conviction on indictment to a fine, or to imprisonment for 7 years, or to both.

18. Firearms and intoxication

(1) No person may carry or use a firearm while unfit to do so through drink or drugs.

(2) A person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 6 on the standard scale, or to imprisonment for 6 months, or to both.

(3) On a conviction under this section the Commissioner must revoke every certificate and permit the person holds under this Ordinance.

19. Discharging a firearm

(1) No person may, without lawful excuse, discharge a firearm in a public place, or within 50 metres of a public place, a road or a dwelling.

(2) Shooting at a licensed range, and shooting in the course of lawful hunting, are lawful excuses. Nothing in this section affects section 10 of the Criminal Code Ordinance 2026 (self-defence and defence of others or property).

(3) A person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 7 on the standard scale, or to imprisonment for 12 months, or to both; or on conviction on indictment to a fine, or to imprisonment for 5 years, or to both.

20. Possession with intent

(1) A person who has a firearm or ammunition in their possession with intent to endanger life, or to enable another person to endanger life, commits an offence and is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for life.

(2) A person who has a firearm or ammunition in their possession with intent to cause any person to believe that unlawful violence will be used against them or another person commits an offence and is liable on conviction on indictment to a fine, or to imprisonment for 10 years, or to both.

21. Firearms in other offences

(1) A person commits an offence who has a firearm with them at the time of committing any of the following:
(a) an offence against the person under Part 4 of the Criminal Code Ordinance 2026;
(b) robbery or burglary under section 35 or section 36 of that Ordinance;
(c) an offence under the Misuse of Drugs Ordinance 2026.

(2) It is a defence for the accused to show that they had the firearm with them for a lawful purpose unconnected with the other offence.

(3) A person who commits an offence under this section is liable on conviction on indictment to a fine, or to imprisonment for 10 years, or to both.

(4) A sentence of imprisonment for a term passed under this section runs consecutively to any sentence of imprisonment for a term passed for the other offence.

22. Imitation firearms

(1) A person who has an imitation firearm in a public place with intent to cause any person to fear unlawful violence commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or to imprisonment for 6 months, or to both.

(2) On conviction the court may order the imitation firearm to be forfeited.

23. Safe storage

(1) When a firearm listed on a certificate is not being carried or used as this Ordinance allows, the holder must keep it unloaded at the registered address, in the cabinet approved on inspection, with its ammunition locked away separately, as regulations prescribe.

(2) No person may leave a firearm or ammunition unattended in a vehicle or vessel.

(3) A person who contravenes subsection (1) or (2) commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.

24. Transfers

(1) No person may sell, give, lend, hire or otherwise transfer a firearm or ammunition, or receive one, except:
(a) to a certificate holder whose certificate has first been varied to list the firearm, or authorises that ammunition;
(b) to or from a dealer;
(c) by surrender at the Police station, Puerto Coral;
(d) between a sponsor and the holder of a visitor's permit covering the firearm; or
(e) for use at a licensed range under section 36(3).

(2) Each party to a transfer under subsection (1)(a) or (b) must notify the Registry of it on the prescribed form within 72 hours.

(3) A person who contravenes subsection (1) or (2) commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 6 on the standard scale, or to imprisonment for 6 months, or to both.

25. Loss and theft

(1) A person who holds a certificate or permit must report the loss or theft of any firearm, ammunition, certificate or permit to the Coral Island Police Service within 24 hours of discovering it.

(2) A person who fails without reasonable excuse to comply with subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.

26. Serial numbers

(1) Every firearm on Coral Island must bear a serial number marked on it by its maker or, where it has none, a number assigned by the Registry and marked on it by a dealer or a police officer.

(2) A person who removes, obliterates or alters the serial number of a firearm, or possesses a firearm knowing that its serial number has been removed, obliterated or altered, commits an offence and is liable on conviction on indictment to a fine, or to imprisonment for 5 years, or to both.

(3) Subsection (2) does not apply to a person who possesses such a firearm in order to deliver it to a police officer, or to a police officer holding it as evidence or for destruction.

27. Ammunition

(1) A certificate holder may possess only ammunition of a calibre for a firearm listed on their certificate, and no more than the limits prescribed by regulations or stated on the certificate.

(2) Expanding ammunition may be possessed and used only for lawful hunting, and only where the certificate authorises it.

(3) A person who contravenes subsection (1) or (2) commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 6 on the standard scale, or to imprisonment for 6 months, or to both.

28. Dealers

(1) No person may, by way of business, sell, hire, repair, test, make or adapt firearms or ammunition unless they hold a dealer's licence granted by the Commissioner.

(2) A dealer's licence may be granted only to a person who holds a business licence under the Business Licensing Ordinance 2026, is a fit and proper person, and has premises on Coral Island with secure storage that a police officer has inspected and approved.

(3) A dealer's licence is valid for 90 days. It may be renewed on a fresh application lodged from 30 days before it expires.

(4) A dealer must:
(a) keep a register of every transaction, as regulations prescribe, for 1 year, open to inspection by a police officer at any reasonable time;
(b) transfer a firearm only to a person whose certificate or visitor's permit covers it, or to another dealer;
(c) sell ammunition only to a person whose certificate authorises that calibre, or to another dealer; and
(d) notify the Registry of every sale or transfer of a firearm within 72 hours.

(5) A person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable on conviction on indictment to a fine, or to imprisonment for 7 years, or to both.

(6) A dealer who contravenes subsection (4), or a condition of their licence, commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 6 on the standard scale.

29. Shooting ranges

(1) No person may operate a shooting range for use by the public or by the members of a club unless a range licence granted by the Commissioner is in force for the premises.

(2) A range licence may be granted only to a person who holds a business licence and is a fit and proper person, for premises whose layout, safety measures and secure storage a police officer has inspected and approved.

(3) A range licence is valid for 90 days. It may be renewed on a fresh application lodged from 30 days before it expires.

(4) Firing may take place at a licensed range only while a range officer is present. The Commissioner approves range officers, each of whom must hold a certificate.

(5) A person who does not hold a certificate for the firearm may shoot at a licensed range only under the direct supervision of a range officer, and only if they hold a visitor's permit or shoot as regulations provide.

(6) A person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable on conviction on indictment to a fine, or to imprisonment for 7 years, or to both.

(7) A licence holder who contravenes subsection (4) or (5), or a condition of the licence, commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 6 on the standard scale.

30. Security firms

(1) No company may provide security services in which its employees carry firearms unless it holds a security firm firearms authority granted by the Commissioner.

(2) An authority may be granted only to a company that holds a business licence for security services, whose directors and managers are fit and proper persons, and whose armoury a police officer has inspected and approved.

(3) An authority is valid for 90 days. It may be renewed on a fresh application lodged from 30 days before it expires.

(4) The authority lists the firearms the firm may hold. They are kept in the firm's armoury whenever they are not issued for duty.

(5) The firm may issue a firearm only to a security officer who holds a certificate listing it and a carry permit, and only for a period of duty. Every issue and return is recorded as regulations prescribe.

(6) With the written approval of the Commissioner and of the Coral Island Gaming Commission, security officers of a licensed security firm may carry firearms on duty at the licensed casino premises named in the approval, despite section 17.

(7) A company that contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable on conviction on indictment to a fine. A director or manager who consented to or connived at the contravention also commits that offence and is liable on conviction on indictment to a fine, or to imprisonment for 7 years, or to both.

(8) A firm that contravenes subsection (4) or (5), or a condition of its authority, commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 6 on the standard scale.

31. Import and export

(1) No person may bring into Coral Island, or take out of it, any firearm, ammunition or component part of a firearm except under an import or export permit granted by the Commissioner for that consignment.

(2) An import or export permit may be granted only to a dealer, a licensed range, a licensed security firm, a certificate holder whose certificate lists the firearm or authorises the ammunition, or the holder of a visitor's permit that covers it.

(3) The permit states the items, the place and date of arrival or departure, and the craft that will carry them. It is valid only for that consignment.

(4) No import or export permit may be granted for a prohibited weapon.

(5) A person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable on conviction on indictment to a fine, or to imprisonment for 10 years, or to both.

(6) On conviction the court must order the items to be forfeited.

32. Declaration on arrival

(1) Every person who arrives on Coral Island with a firearm, ammunition or prohibited weapon, and the master or pilot in command of any vessel or aircraft carrying one, must declare it at once to a police officer, an immigration officer or the Harbour Master.

(2) The firearm or ammunition must be delivered, unloaded, to the Police station, Puerto Coral. It is held there until a certificate or permit covering it is produced, or until it is taken off the island again under an export permit.

(3) A prohibited weapon declared under this section, or found at the border, is seized and forfeited.

(4) A person who fails to comply with subsection (1) or (2) commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 6 on the standard scale, or to imprisonment for 6 months, or to both, and the court must order the firearm, ammunition or weapon to be forfeited.

(5) Nothing in this section affects the duty to report to the border desk under section 10 of the Border Security and Airspace Ordinance 2026.

33. Visitors' firearm permits

(1) The Commissioner may grant a visitor's firearm permit to a person who:
(a) holds a visa, and is neither a citizen nor the holder of a residence permit;
(b) is 21 years of age or over;
(c) is a fit and proper person under section 9; and
(d) is sponsored in writing by a licensed range or a dealer.

(2) A visitor's permit covers only Category B or C firearms, and only for target shooting at a licensed range or for lawful hunting. It may cover a firearm belonging to the sponsor, or the visitor's own firearm brought to Coral Island under an import permit.

(3) A visitor's permit is valid for the period it states, of no more than 14 days, and never beyond the expiry of the holder's visa.

(4) When it is not in use, the firearm is kept at the sponsoring range or at the Police station, Puerto Coral, and it is carried between there and the place of use securely cased.

(5) The Commissioner may require the applicant to pass the handling assessment before the permit is granted.

(6) A person who contravenes subsection (2) or (4), or a condition of their visitor's permit, commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 6 on the standard scale, or to imprisonment for 6 months, or to both.

34. Scheduled flights

(1) No person may carry a firearm, ammunition or prohibited weapon, on their person or in their baggage, on a scheduled passenger flight between Sandy Shores Airfield and Coral Island Airfield.

(2) A person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable on conviction on indictment to a fine, or to imprisonment for 5 years, or to both.

35. Police and Defence Force

(1) Sections 6, 7, 15, 17, 23 to 25, 27 and 31 to 34 do not apply to a police officer, a member of the Coral Island Defence Force, or an officer of the Border Security Directorate or Coastguard Command, while on duty, in respect of:
(a) firearms, ammunition and weapons issued to them under the standing orders of their service; and
(b) anything they have seized or received in the course of their duty.

(2) An officer of any other state, including a police officer of Los Santos, has no exemption under this Ordinance unless the Commissioner authorises it in writing, and then only as the authority states.

(3) The use of firearms and other weapons by police officers is governed by section 14 of the Police Service Ordinance 2026 and the standing orders of the Commissioner.

36. Other exemptions

(1) Sections 7 and 15 do not apply to a dealer, or an employee of a dealer, possessing or carrying firearms and ammunition in the course of the dealer's licensed business, at the dealer's premises or securely cased between those premises and any place the business requires.

(2) Sections 7 and 15 do not apply to a range officer possessing the firearms and ammunition of a licensed range in the course of its licensed business.

(3) Sections 7 and 15 do not apply to a person who, at a licensed range, holds a firearm for a certificate holder under that holder's supervision, or shoots a firearm belonging to the range under the direct supervision of a range officer as section 29(5) allows.

(4) Sections 7 and 15 do not apply to a person taking a firearm or ammunition directly to the Police station, Puerto Coral, to surrender it under this Ordinance or deliver it under section 32, securely cased where practicable.

(5) Sections 7 and 15 do not apply to a person who takes possession of a firearm or ammunition to prevent an offence or for safety, and who delivers it to a police officer as soon as practicable.

37. Powers of officers

(1) A police officer may require any person whom the officer reasonably believes to have a firearm or ammunition with them to produce their certificate, permit or other authority for it. If it is not produced, the officer may seize the firearm and ammunition.

(2) A police officer may inspect the storage at a registered address on reasonable notice to the holder, and the premises of a dealer, a licensed range or a licensed security firm at any reasonable time.

(3) A police officer may seize any firearm, ammunition or prohibited weapon that the officer reasonably believes is held in contravention of this Ordinance, and must give a receipt for it.

(4) Premises may be entered and searched for firearms, ammunition or prohibited weapons only under a warrant, or as otherwise allowed by section 12 of the Police Service Ordinance 2026. A person or vehicle may be stopped and searched under section 8 of that Ordinance.

(5) An immigration officer, the Harbour Master, an officer of Coastguard Command or a reef warden who finds a firearm, ammunition or prohibited weapon may detain it, and must hand it to the Coral Island Police Service as soon as practicable.

(6) Obstructing an officer in the exercise of a power under this section is an offence under section 54 of the Criminal Code Ordinance 2026.

(7) Anything seized under this section, other than a prohibited weapon, that is not needed as evidence and is not forfeited is returned when a certificate or permit covering it is produced.

38. Surrender and amnesties

(1) Any person may at any time surrender a firearm, ammunition or prohibited weapon at the Police station, Puerto Coral. A receipt is given for everything surrendered.

(2) The Minister may by notice in the Gazette declare an amnesty period. A person who surrenders a firearm, ammunition or prohibited weapon under subsection (1) during an amnesty period is not prosecuted for possessing it.

(3) An amnesty does not protect any person from prosecution for any other offence, including an offence in which a surrendered item was used.

(4) Surrendered items are dealt with as regulations prescribe.

39. Transitional provisions

(1) The period from 1 October 2026 to 31 October 2026 is an amnesty period under section 38.

(2) A person who on 1 October 2026 has on Coral Island a firearm of Category A, B or C, and ammunition for it, may keep them without a certificate at their address on the island, unloaded and not carried in a public place, until 31 October 2026, if by that date they apply for a certificate covering the firearm.

(3) Where that application is lodged by 31 October 2026, the person may continue to keep the firearm on the same terms until the application is decided. If it is refused, they must surrender the firearm and its ammunition at the Police station, Puerto Coral, within 7 days of the refusal.

(4) A person keeping a firearm under this section may take it, securely cased, directly to the Police station, Puerto Coral, or to a licensed range, for the handling assessment or for surrender.

(5) Every prohibited weapon on Coral Island must be surrendered at the Police station, Puerto Coral, by 31 October 2026.

40. Regulations

(1) The Minister may make regulations for carrying this Ordinance into effect, including regulations about forms, the safety test and handling assessment, storage, standard conditions, ammunition limits, dealers, ranges, security firms, permits, records and surrendered items.

(2) The Minister responsible for finance may make regulations prescribing the fees payable under this Ordinance. The fees in force are set by the Fees and Charges Regulations 2026.

(3) Regulations and orders under this Ordinance are published in the Gazette as legal notices.

Schedule 1. Prohibited weapons

The following are prohibited weapons for the purposes of section 5:

(1) any automatic firearm of any kind, including a sub-machine gun, a machine pistol, a personal defence weapon, an assault rifle and an automatic carbine;

(2) any shotgun with a barrel shorter than 45 centimetres, and any firearm whose barrel or stock has been sawn off or otherwise shortened;

(3) any firearm disguised as another object;

(4) any sound moderator, and any other device designed or adapted to reduce the noise or flash of a firearm when it is discharged;

(5) any device designed or adapted to convert a firearm into an automatic firearm;

(6) any grenade launcher, rocket launcher or other launcher of explosive projectiles, and any grenade, mine or other explosive device made or adapted for use as a weapon (fireworks and stage effects used lawfully are not weapons for this purpose);

(7) ammunition designed to pierce armour, and ammunition containing an explosive or incendiary charge;

(8) any weapon designed or adapted to incapacitate a person by an electric current, including a stun gun;

(9) any launcher of less-lethal projectiles, including baton rounds, bean bag rounds and irritant projectiles, and any less-lethal ammunition for one;

(10) any knuckle-duster, being a band of metal or other hard material worn on the hand to increase the force of a blow;

(11) any component part designed only for use in anything described in paragraphs (1) to (9).

Schedule 2. Prohibited places

The following are prohibited places for the purposes of section 17:

(1) Government House, Puerto Coral, and the Government Complex, Puerto Coral, including their grounds and public counters;

(2) any court, the Court Registry, and any place where a court is sitting;

(3) the Police station, Puerto Coral, except when delivering or collecting a securely cased firearm at the firearms counter;

(4) Coral Island Airfield, including the passenger terminal and every area airside, and any aircraft, except for a firearm to be declared under section 32 or carried under an import or export permit;

(5) licensed casino premises, and any place where gaming takes place under a licence or permit of the Coral Island Gaming Commission, except as approved under section 30(6);

(6) premises licensed under the Liquor Licensing Ordinance 2026 to sell alcohol for consumption on the premises, while they are open;

(7) the Island Health Clinic;

(8) any school, and any polling station on a polling day;

(9) any event held under an event permit under the Public Order and Events Ordinance 2026, and any public assembly or procession;

(10) the Reef Line Protected Area, Mangrove Bay Marine Park and the Salt Pond Wildlife Reserve, designated by the Reef and Marine Parks (Protected Areas) Order 2026;

(11) any protected place declared under section 3 of the Protected Places and Restricted Areas Ordinance 2026.