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Original Post Date: 2010-04-11 Time: 07:00:01 Posted By: JanOlifant
[Just another attempt to de-arm LAW ABIDING citizens while ‘criminals’ run around horrendously killing innocent UNARMED citizens with MACHINE GUNS! FROM MY COLD DEAD HANDS! Janolifant]
POSTPONEMENT OF COURT CASE BETWEEN SAHGCA AND MINISTER OF POLICE
The Firearms Control Act (Act 60 of 2000) (FCA) was implemented on 1 July 2004.
This Act requires that all firearms licensed under Act 75 of 1969 be renewed and also provides for interim measures to order the process through which 1969 licences would be re-issued in terms of the 2000 Act. These interim measures ended on 30 June 2009.
On 24 June 2009 SAHGCA, however, gained an interim reprieve in the High Court in terms of which the rights of firearm licence holders in terms of the previous Firearms Act (Act 75 of 1969) were upheld until such time as the court had decided the main court case between SAHGCA and the Minister of Police. The date for that court case was indicated as 29 March 2010.
On 11 January 2010 the Minister of Police declared a period of amnesty which ends on 11 April 2010 during which time, people could hand in firearms for which they hold no licences with the SAPS without being liable for prosecution.
This period of amnesty has no reference to the court case between SAHGCA and the Minister of Police and does thus not have any implications for people who still hold green licences for their firearms.
Holders of green licences all hold valid and legal firearm licences in terms of the High Court's interim decision of 24 June 2009, and thus do not have to hand in their firearms for which they have green licences at the end of the amnesty period (11 April 2010) as is alleged by some
SAHGCA supported the Minister of Police in his declaration of the amnesty in a bid to establish the principle of legal firearms ownership in South Africa.
During February 2010, the legal representative of the Minister of Police approached SAHGCA to enquire as to the possibility of having discussions regarding the postponement of the court case of 29 March 2010, and also to discuss the possibility of reaching a settlement in respect of the case.
The court case which would have taken place on 29 March 2010 was postponed until a later date and currently there are discussions taking place between the legal teams of SAHGCA and the Minister of Police.
Although the amnesty period for the surrendering of illegal firearms terminates on 11 April 2010, and despite it not have bearing on the legality of green licences, the Minister did extend an invitation to green licence holders who did not participate in the renewals process before 30 June 2009, to apply for new licences for those firearms they did not apply for during the prescribed period.
In effect the period for renewals was thus extended albeit that it is completed as a different process (applications as if for a new licence).
The legal status of holders of green licences is exclusively dependant on the ruling of the High Court in the case between SAHGCA and the Minister of Police, which is still pending and will follow the outcome of the negotiations between the two mentioned legal teams.
SAHGCA will keep its members and the public informed on the outcome of the process.
Contact:
Danie Venter – 012-808-9300
Krappies Els – 012-808-9300