'File 18/54 I (A 89) Muscat Order in Council: new regulations' [‎64r] (137/396)

Rule 7. All arms, ammunition or parts thereof, deposited in the Arms
Warehouse in accordance with the provisions of rule 4, shall be claimed by
the consignee within a period of three months from the date of deposit in the
Arms Warehouse.
On such claim being made, the Warehouse Superintendent will, subject to
the provisions of rules 8 and 8 {a) immediately following and after due veri-
fication of the Bill of Lading A document confirming the goods which a ship has received. and steamer's agent's delivery order, grant a
detailed receipt in form A above-mentioned.
Bide 8. As soon as, in accordance with the provisions of rule 4 aforesaid,
arms and ammunition or parts thereof are brought to the Arms Warehouse to
be there deposited, the Superintendent, Arms Warehouse, shall notify the
Superintendent of Customs of the arrival of such arms, ammunition or parts
thereof bv form attached and marked C Arabic in oidei that duty
may be collected thereon by the Superintendent of Customs.
Rule 8{a). As soon as such duty has been paid, the Superintendent of
Customs shall immediately return to the Superintendent, Arms Warehouse, the
form marked C dulv endorsed with a certificate that the duty has been
fullv paid on the arms, ammunition and parts thereof noted in the form
aforesaid, and the Superintendent, Arms Warehouse, shall in no case grant
the detailed receipt in form A unless and until he shall have received back
the form marked C duly endorsed as already described by the Superin
tendent of Customs.
Hule 9. Failure by consignee to comply with the provisions of either
of the three preceding rules shall render the arms, ammunition or parts
thereof liable to confiscation.
Issue of arms, ammunition or parts thereof from the Arms Warehouse.
Rule 10. Any person proposing to purchase arms, ammunition or
parts thereof from any trader, owning arms, ammunition or parts thereof
stored in the Arms Warehouse in accordance with the provisions of rules 1
and 4 above, and duly claimed under the provisions of rule 7, and on
which duty and warehouse charges have been fully paid in accordance with
the provisions of rules 8 and 16, respectively, will be permitted to withdraw
arms and ammunition or parts thereof on the production of, and to the extent
covered by, a license in form marked D and attached.
On the application of the trader concerned, who must be present at such,
withdrawal, the Warehouse Superintendent shall draw up the license aforesaid
and submit it for my approval and signature.
Rule 11. It shall be the duty of the Warehouse Superintendent to refuse
to draw up any such license, should he have reason to suppose—
(a) that the purchaser whose name it is proposed to enter in form D
as " bearer" intends to resell the arms, ammunition or parts
thereof to any other person;
(&) that such purchaser is already, whether by license in form D pre
viously issued or otherwise, in possession of arms, ammunition
or parts thereof, whence it may be inferred that the arms, ammu
nition or parts thereof, covered by the license under question,
are not required solely for the personal use or protection of the
purchaser.
Rule 12. It shall further be the duty of the Warehouse Superintendent
to ensure that—
{a) all rifles issuing from the Arms Warehouse under the terms of any
license, issued in accordance with the provisions of .these rules,
shall be clearly marked on the barrel before withdrawal with the
official mark and on the butt with the serial number of issue;
(b) no more than 200 rounds per rifle per annum shall be issued from the
Arms Warehouse to any holder of a license under form D;
(c) in the event of a license under form D being issued for ammunition
only, which must not in any case exceed 200 rounds per annum
per purchaser, the purchaser produces, for the inspection of the
W arehouse Superintendent, the weapon in respect of which the
ammunition is required*
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