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Spurious refusals by the CFR

Recently there have been a number of spurious rejections by the Central Firearm Registry (CFR), what I call ‘machine gun’ refusals.   Firstly, a client’s alleged application for a ‘machine gun’ was refused late last year. I deemed this to be a once-off error by the CFR, as the client had applied for a semi-automatic …

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Late Renewal Update

Late Renewal Update – By Damian Enslin On Thursday 24 November 2016, an application brought by the South African Arms and Ammunitions Dealers (SAAADA) against the South African Police Service (SAPS) was heard in the North Gauteng High Court before Judge Raulinga. However, Judge Raulinga declined to grant any relief, and directed further that the …

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What are your firearm rights?

Published originally in Gun Africa (edition 27). http://www.gunafrica.com/item/258-what-are-your-firearm-rights   What rights do a firearm owner have in terms of South African law and, more importantly, the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, Act 108 of 1996?   The right to own a firearm is not entrenched in our Constitution, unlike the Constitution of the …

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Occasional Sport Shooting or Hunting Licences

Published originally in Gun Africa (edition 27). http://www.gunafrica.com/item/257-the-occasional-sport-shooting-or-hunting-licences   One of the easier types of licences to obtain is the occasional sport shooting or occasional hunting licence in terms of Section 15 of the Firearms Control Act, 60 of 2000 (FCA). Although the FCA appears to have few stipulations for such a licence, my experience …

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Late Renewal of Firearm Licences – What is the situation?

Published originally in Gun Africa edition 26 (September 2016). http://www.gunafrica.com/item/221-update-late-renewal-situation   UPDATE: Late renewal situation We take a look at the latest developments with regard to the late renewal of licences – that is, persons who have submitted their licence renewal application either within 90 days of the expiry of the licence, but more often …

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Ensuring a “BULLETPROOF” licence application motivation – Part One

Published originally in Gun Africa edition 26 (September). http://www.gunafrica.com/item/228-ensuring-a-bulletproof-licence-application-motivation   Part One:  The Section 13 Self-Defence licence application Here we highlight what constitutes a good, proper and detailed motivation for various licence applications. These articles are not the final word, and are only meant to serve as a guide to ensuring that your licence application …

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THE TRUST QUANDARY – PART 4

Our sincere apologies for the substantial delay in rolling out our fourth and final article on trusts dealing with the tax and other benefits which flow from conducting one’s affairs through the medium of a trust. There are a number of potentially significant tax and other savings which one is able to achieve by the …

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THE TRUST QUANDARY : PART 3

What exactly is a trust? Whilst a trust is an entity separate from an individual, and quite distinct from an individual, it does not enjoy separate legal personality in the way that a company or a close corporation does, since it is not a creature of statute, but rather the product of a contractual arrangement. …

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THE TRUST QUANDARY – PART 2

  Asset protection It is often thought that asset protection has the effect of rendering the asset ‘immune’ to attachment or the claims of creditors.  This is not quite correct, in that it is all but impossible to make an asset which is essentially under your control ‘bullet proof’ against the claim of a tenacious …

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