Section 59

to rescind, alter or add to any of the fees or forms prescribed by or under this Act;

to regulate the importation, exportation, landing, transhipping, transportation, conveyance, manufacture, sale, and purchase of arms, ammunition and imitation arms;

to provide for the marking of arms and ammunition for the possession of which a licence is issued;

to regulate the manner in which applications for licences or permits shall be made and to provide for the taking and recording of photographs and finger and thumb prints of applicants for licences or permits;

to regulate the conditions and restrictions on and subject to which licences and permits shall be granted, the grant of licences and permits generally (including the making of deposits or giving of security as a condition precedent for the grant thereof), the grounds on which they may be suspended or cancelled, and the fees payable therefor;

to provide for the furnishing of information in respect of arms and ammunition by persons in possession thereof;

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to direct by whom and in what manner fees payable under this Act are to be collected and accounted for;

to regulate the disposition, destruction or sale of articles forfeited under this Act, or detained under section 26 or 47, or deposited under subsections 27(2) and (3); and

generally to give effect to this Act, and may restrict the operation of any such regulations to particular

States, districts or areas.

Minister’s powers to exempt