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The Law Of Arms

Original Language Title: Ieroču aprites likums

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The Saeima has adopted and the President promulgated the following laws: the law of Arms chapter I General provisions article 1. The terms used in the law, the law is applied in the following terms: 1) — weapons, the movement of components or accessories, ammunition, explosives, blasting guards, special features or the production of pyrotechnic articles or manufacture, Assembly or repair, purchasing or implementation, collection, export, import and transit; Awards to arms; This succession of objects, records, exposure exhibitions or playback, use or application; the use of weapons in treniņšaušan; storage, carrying, transport, transfer, removal, disposal, destruction, or removal of the Republic of Latvia;
2) repetitive actions — firearm, a firearm which after each shot a new round from the magazine or cylinder type by hand-operated mechanism;
3) cold weapon — a subject that has signs of weapons and for damage caused by using a human muscle strength or special mechanisms;
4) automatic firearm, a firearm which after each shot himself in charge of the new shots, and once it is activated release mechanism, can do more shots;
5) Taser — a special feature which is a high-voltage electric charge temporarily incapacitating effects on human or animal body;
6) long-barrelled firearm-a firearm that exceed 300 millimetres in length or a total length exceeding 600 millimetres;
7) gas can — a special feature, filled with liquefied petroleum gas, which is a temporary irritant or incapacitating effects;
8) gas pistol (pistol) — a special feature that provides temporary effects on the human body and through which we burned up a gunpowder barrel is ejected or incapacitating substances irritating gases containing trace;
9) — weapons, munitions, explosives, explosive guards, special features or the holding of pyrotechnic articles, subject to the safety requirements laid down;
10) smooth-bore firearm-a firearm that has a smooth, at least two thirds of the barrel bore length from certain;
11) acquisition, weapons, munitions, explosives, explosive guards, special features, or obtaining a pyrotechnic articles or possession of the property;
12 — object or weapon), which specially created for life or destruction of or damage to the target;
13 — a copy of the original) arms in the exact replica of the weapon, which is just a reference or decorative functions;
14) transport of weapons-loaded and not separate from ammunition wrapped arms transport or move yourself up in such a way that its use is excluded;
15) weapons repair — the weapon or weapons defects, the owner of the Customize individual needs;
16) weapons or special feature — a ready-to-use carrying weapons or special move with funds outside the place of storage;
17) manufacture of weapons or munitions — individual weapons, ammunition or their components production;
18) weapons or munitions collection-weapons or ammunition, which is a scientific technical, art, history, forensic or other cognitive sources;
19) short firearm-a firearm that the barrel length does not exceed 300 millimetres or whose overall length does not exceed 600 millimetres;
20 caliber, firearm) barrel bore, projectile or shell relative size;
21) large energy weapon: pneumatic the pneumatic weapon, the charge of which sākumenerģij is greater than 12 joules;
22) small power pneumatic weapon: pneumatic weapon that the charge does not exceed 12 sākumenerģij joules;
23) hunting firearm-a firearm that is certified in the Republic of Latvia as a hunting firearm;
24) military smooth-bore firearm — especially the military made or manufactured in smooth-bore gun, who checked in conditions where the pressure is greater on 1300 bar works when pressure is greater than 1000 bar and ammunition is greater than 76.2 mm;
25) military pyrotechnics, especially the military made single-use military pyrotechnic equipment or pyrotechnic products;
26) military firearms and ammunition, especially the military made or manufactured firearms and ammunition;
27) ammunition — articles that constructive and committing the shots made for life or destruction of or damage to the target;
28) — firearms cartridges (with or without the shells) ammunition in one United whole shell, propellant and incendiary device;
29) — the transfer of arms, ammunition, explosives, blasting guards, special features or the transfer of pyrotechnic articles by post, with luggage or with third parties;
30) pyrotechnic article — an article containing combustible or explosive mixtures and is designed for smoke, sound and light effect, signalling or festive Fireworks;
31) pyrotechnic articles class — civilian needs of pyrotechnic articles prescribed assessment according to pyrophoric substances, propellants or explosives and potential degree of danger;
32) pneumatic weapon-a weapon from which a bullet, arrow, or other projectiles fired by compressed gas;
33) propellants, munitions or explosives, rocket fuel;
34) semi-automatic firearm, a firearm which after each shot himself in charge of the new shots, and once it is activated release mechanism, unable to make just one shot;
35) — various types of weapons, munitions, explosives, explosive guards, special features, pyrotechnic articles or components of industrial production, as well as the related scientific and technical studies or development of technical documentation;
36) — weapons, munitions, explosives, explosive guards, special features or pyrotechnic articles sale, Exchange, donation, or other forms of transfer to another person or possession of the property;
37) special features-chemical substances, objects or mechanisms for self-protection or the public order and security, but no weapons;
38) sporting firearm-a firearm that is certified in the Republic of Latvia as a sporting firearm;
39) explosive, chemical compound or mixture of chemical compounds that external factors quickly responds by distributing large quantities of gas or heat energy;
40) blasting installation — a feature that provides a set of explosions from a place and at a time, or specific effects (attacks, missiles and launching devices, detonators);
41) firearm-gun, in which the projectile energy driven movement, a gunpowder burn up to receive gas pressure;
42) projectile, bullet, renkul, Buckshot, arrow, or other article or substance intended or adapted for shooting from the weapon or weapons are fired from;
43) one shot firearm-a firearm that does not have a magazine or cylinder supply and munitions (ammunition) before each shot put by hand;
44) vītņstobr firearm-a firearm that the gun bore throughout its length up spiral grooves, which causes the rotation of the ball.
2. article. The purpose of the law this law aims to provide natural and legal persons, the rights and obligations relating to weapons, their components, ammunition, explosives, blasting guards, special features or the circulation of pyrotechnic articles in the Republic of Latvia, as well as the classification of these articles in order to guarantee the personal and public safety.
3. article. The scope of the law refers to the law of arms, munitions, explosives, explosive device, special funds and pyrotechnical articles, with the exception of: 1) objects and devices that are not weapons, but can be used as weapons;
2) guns made before 1870, and copies of them, if you can not shoot with ammunition for the firearms or prohibited firearms, which requires the movement of the national police;
3) weapons that permanently rendered unfit for use, if this change has officially approved national police;
4) manufactured certified instruments that used firearms operation or design and can be used only for its intended purpose;
5) pyrotechnic signalling device in the accident or rescue signals, as well as boat, yacht, ship or aircraft's minimum equipment with the following warning devices;
6) warning device and the firework cartridges (warning: the subject matter or mechanism that constructively only pyrotechnic light, sound or smoke signal go; the firework cartridges — the patron without shells for shooting simulation, go to salutēšan or signal);
7) submarine hunting weapons and their ammunition.
Chapter II weapons, ammunition, special means and pyrotechnic products

classification of products and a ban on the movement of article 4. Classification of weapons and ammunition in accordance with their weapons and ammunition for use according to their usage are classified as follows: 1) for military weapons and ammunition;
2) service weapons legal persons provided for in the service or the performance of job responsibilities, and their ammunition;
3) self defense weapons and planned their ammunition;
4) hunting weapons and their ammunition;
5) sports weapons and ammunition;
6) weapons and ammunition collection.
5. article. Weapons, ammunition and technical classification of pyrotechnic articles (1) weapons and ammunition according to their technical characteristics, be classified into A, B, C, D, and pneumatic weapons categories.
(2) category A weapons and ammunition are: 1) the military explosive missiles, launchers and grenade launchers;
2) automatic firearms;
3) firearms, disguised as other objects;
4) ammunition with penetrating, explosive or incendiary projectiles or bullets of such munitions (ammunition bruņusitēj-military ammunition projectile covered hard shell and content caursitoš solid core; explosive munitions — military ammunition shells are explosives that caused the blast impact against incendiary munitions; — military ammunition shell filled with a chemical that ignites the air impact or impact toward the target);
5) pistol and revolver ammunition with projectiles, ekspansīvaj (expansive ball-ball firearms with centre of gravity or to direct the ball, trapped, target, distribute or spread out);
6) this part 1 to 3 above ingredients of weapons, ammunition and guns for individual accessories.
(3) (B) the category of arms and ammunition are: 1) semi-automatic or repeating short firearms transactions;
2) one shot short firearms with ammunition is the Central capsule;
3) one shot short firearms whose overall length is less than 280 millimeters and that ammunition is borders capsule;
4) semi-automatic long firearms whose magazine and certain (patron of the passing mechanism) the total capacity of the three rounds;
5) semi-automatic long firearms whose magazine and certain of the total capacity of not more than three rounds, but the cover is removable, or that using simple tools, you can modify the for the weapon, which covers certain and the total capacity is more than three rounds;
6) repeating semi-automatic action and smooth-bore firearms whose barrel length not more than 600 millimetres;
7) semi-automatic firearms that are not military firearms and visually look like automatic firearms;
8) in this part the weapons components, ammunition and guns for individual accessories.
(4) (C) the category of arms and ammunition are: 1) repeating long firearms transactions, with the exception of the third paragraph of this article 6 referred to firearms;
2) one shot long firearms, vītņstobr;
3) semi-automatic long firearms, with the exception of the third paragraph of this article 4, 5, 6 and 7 of the firearms referred to in paragraph 1;
4) one shot short firearms with a total length of not less than 280 millimeters and that ammunition is borders capsule;
5) in this part the weapons components, ammunition and guns for individual accessories.
(5) category D firearms are single shot long, smooth-bore guns.
(6) air weapons category includes high energy air weapons and small power pneumatic weapons.
(6) pyrotechnic articles divided into 1, 2, 3 and 4 pyrotechnic articles in class and military pyrotechnics. Pyrotechnic articles of classification criteria and procedures determined by the national police in the conformity with the particular pyrotechnic class, determined by the Cabinet of Ministers.
6. article. Self defense weapons, intended for the special features and their ammunition (1) in the Republic of Latvia self-defence authorized to purchase, store, carry, realize, to use and apply such weapons, special features, and their ammunition: 1) category B pusautomātisko, repetitive actions or one shot short firearms, caliber is not greater than 9 millimeters, and ammunition;
2) (C) and (D) the category of smooth-bore firearms long – and their ammunition;
3) gas pistols (revolvers) and their ammunition, with the exception of this law article 7 quarter paragraph 7 of ammunition;
4) gas cans;
5) certified Taser devices.
(2) the substances which are allowed to use gas intended for self defense pistols (revolvers) munitions and containers of gas shall be determined by the Cabinet of Ministers.
7. article. Ban (1) in the Republic of Latvia is prohibited: 1) Latvia binding international treaties prohibited weapons, munitions, explosives, explosive guards, special features, and the circulation of pyrotechnic articles except these items for the removal and destruction;
2) land mine export and transit;
3) non-certified, not marked or improvised firearms, improvised munitions, explosives and pyrotechnics unmarked movement, except for sports and hunting weapons Assembly of cartridges manufactured components (weapons marking, a special tag or number into the weapon or its major components, which allows it to be distinguished from other weapons);
4) technical provisions not appropriate firearms or firearms with a changed technical classification, as well as shooting rounds or hidden to wear a modified firearms or large power pneumatic weapons acquisition, storing, carrying or enforcement;
5) the manufacture and sale of toys which, by external appearance is manufactured firearms.
(2) natural persons are prohibited from: 1) purchase, store, carry, apply and use explosives and detonators, blasting rigs, gas grenades, munitions filled with irritant or incapacitating substances and is not intended for gas pistols (revolvers), the psychological effects of light and sound devices, military and class 4 pyrotechnic articles, underwater guns and their ammunition, as well as weapons, intended for animal to sleep paralysis, temporary or kill and their ammunition;
2) carry bladed weapons, except the hunters needed cold weapons, hunting and sportsmen for the sport needed the weapons — bladed competitions or training.
(3) the natural or legal persons are prohibited to make, buy, store, carry and dispose of any guns with apzāģēt or pārurbt barrels, transformed or dismounted in Bishop, which converted to film, shooting guns with increased capacity magazines or long guns, which transformed the hidden to wear.
(4) natural and legal persons are prohibited to buy, store, carry, realize, apply and use the following kinds of weapons, ammunition and accessories: 1) concentrated directed energy weapons (concentrated directed energy weapons, lasers, particle or high power radio frequency beam system that can destroy or incapacitate a target);
2) category A weapons and ammunition;
3) smooth-bore firearms, military;
4) category B short pusautomātisko, repetitive actions or one shot hunting guns;
5) silencer (shots of the silencer);
6) ammunition, packed with nerves or incapacitating gases, gas pistols (revolvers) ammunition, which may cause injury or cause people death, shooting from a distance greater than meters;
7) gas grenades, munitions filled with irritant or incapacitating substances and is not intended for gas pistols (revolvers), the psychological effects of light and sound devices.
(5) in the fourth paragraph of this article, the restrictions do not apply to the national armed forces.
(6) in the fourth paragraph of this article, certain weapons, their ammunition and accessories (with the exception of concentrated directed energy weapons and A military explosive missiles, launchers and grenade launcher) acquisition, storage, carrying, enforcement, prohibition of the use of the application and are not subject to the constitutional protection Office, Ministry of the Interior system of the bodies for professional firearms, prison administration, the Military Counterintelligence Service and the protection of the Bank of Latvia.
(7) in the fourth paragraph of this article, determine the category A automatic firearms, ammunition and components and those of individual accessories for acquisition, possession, carrying and use of firearms, the ban does not apply to the airport security services and in the Republic of Latvia registered banks or bank branches stores or carrying cash or other value.
(8) the national police in order to guarantee public order and security may prohibit certain types of pyrotechnic articles (except the removal and destruction of the) Cabinet.
Chapter III authorisation and the procedure for the issue of article 8. Weapons permits

(1) the national police persons issued such acquisition and possession of weapons or a carrying permit (with a validity period of time from one year to five years): 1) D, (B) or (C) permit the category sports or hunting firearms, as well as high energy air weapons possession;
2) permits a short firearms of category B a carrying that caliber is not greater than 9 millimeters.
(2) the national police legal entities issued in categories B, C and D firearms, as well as high energy air weapons acquisition, storage and transport.
(3) the national police security undertakings that have received category special permission (license) to the issue of firearms in categories B and C (with the exception of the vītņstobr hunting guns) acquisition or possession.
(4) weapons storage permits issued by legal persons for a period of one year to five years.
(5) the order in which the State police issued the first, second and third subparagraphs, as well as to the validity of the determination of the criteria and permits shall be established by the Cabinet of Ministers.
(6) the order in which the national police issued automatic firearms and their ammunition acquisition and storage permissions, the order in which the national police recorded automatic guns, as well as the order in which these weapons are issued for use of the service shall be determined by the Cabinet of Ministers.
(7) For all types of weapons permit and permit the extension of the stamp duty charged on the Cabinet in the order and amount.
9. article. The weapon acquisition permit for weapons acquisition and procedures (1) the weapon acquisition permit shall be valid for three months from the date on which the State police have taken a decision on the authorisation. Permission is granted to the person the right to: 1) buy permissions specified in guns, big guns and pneumatic energy ammunition in the Republic of Latvia or foreign arms trade companies under national law;
2) store and carry a weapon until the registration of national police;
3 re the State police) another person's guns or large power pneumatic weapons in her name.
(2) natural and legal persons within three working days after the firearms or large energy weapon acquisition or in the air within three working days after the date of such weapons in the Republic of Latvia for the import of weapon registered in the national police.
10. article. Weapon storage permit Weapons storage permission is granted to the person the right to possess a firearm or high energy air gun weapon specified in the permit holder's (natural persons) residence or property location, or the owner of the weapons (legal persons) specially installed in the weapons storage facility, to carry or to transfer the weapon and ammunition purchase and keep it, as well as to apply and use the weapon in the cases stipulated by law and order.
11. article. Weapon carrying permit weapon carrying permit natural person granted the right to possess a firearm in a location specified in the permit, to wear, carry or transfer them, buy and keep its ammunition, as well as apply and use a firearm in the cases stipulated by law and order.
 
12. article. Permission to carry weapons Weapons permit the realisation of the right to grant authorisation to the person indicated on the big guns, energy weapons or ammunition for pneumatic sell with the Republic of Latvia specialised weapons trading company, or reregister the national police by another person.
13. article. Weapons acquisition, possession and carrying of validity and expiry of authorizations for natural persons the State police the natural persons extend firearms or large power pneumatic weapons acquisition, storage or a carrying permit or revoke the permission (also personal honours firearm storage or a carrying permit), if: 1) breach of weapons and their ammunition acquisition, marketing, registration, storage, carrying, use, exploitation, transportation, transfer order or order What specific weapons and their ammunition into the Republic of Latvia or the export thereof from, the time from one year to three years;
2) weapon worn, used, transported, used or carried out from the treniņšaušan's alcoholic beverages, narcotic, psychotropic or other intoxicating substances,, for a period from one year to three years;
3) joined this law limits laid down in article 20;
4) reversed the Hunter's license;
5) lost or stolen weapon negligent by reason of, for a period from one year to three years.
14. article. Acquisition and possession of weapons to the validity of the extension and cancellation of permits the entities (1) national police legal entities not extended or the storage of weapons acquisition permit or revoke the permit before deadline if: 1) breach of weapons and ammunition;
2) over this law, article 36, first paragraph the above business lines issued to special permissions (licenses) or is this special permit (license) cancelled;
3) a legal person dissolved or suspend its operation.
(2) a legal person, which has been withdrawn or the storage of weapons acquisition permits, the new national police, an authorization may be granted after a certain period (from one year to three years).
15. article. Weapons acquisition, storage and carrying the validity and renewal authorizations procedures for firearms acquisition, storage or carrying permits and big energy acquisition and pneumatic weapons storage the validity extension or cancellation procedures and criteria for the determination of the period for which the period of validity shall be extended or cancelled permit shall be governed by the Cabinet of Ministers.
16. article. New weapon acquisition, storage or a carrying permit (1) If storage or carrying a weapons permit is lost or stolen, a new permit shall be issued by the national police authority, which issued the prior authorization.
(2) new weapon acquisition permit issued by the State police after three months from the date of notification of the loss or theft of the authorisation.
Article 17. The transfer of weapons and ammunition in the State police If firearms or large energy storage or pneumatic weapon carrying permit deadline is extended or withdrawn before the expiry of the permit, the weapon and ammunition within three working days after receipt of the notice must be served on the State police or with its authorisation, the arms trade business.
18. article. The decision on the appeal against the decision of refusal to issue a firearms or high energy air weapon acquisition, storage or carrying permission to extend its validity period or the withdrawal of the authorisation before its expiry date person month after receipt of the notice can be a challenge for national police chief and his decision — appeal to the Court.
 
 Chapter IV, the special features of weapons and acquisition of pyrotechnic articles, registration, record keeping, storage, carrying, transport, transfer, and enforcement article 19. Persons that have the right to purchase, store, carry and move weapons and special features, as well as the purchase and use of pyrotechnic articles (1) a natural person who has reached 16 years of age, have the right to acquire, store and carry gas cans for self defense, as well as purchase and use class 1 and 2 pyrotechnic articles.
(2) a natural person who has reached the age of 18, have the right to: 1) buy, store and carry cold weapons, small energy weapons and their ammunition pneumatic;
2) to purchase, store and carry gas pistols (revolvers), their ammunition and certified Taser devices;
3) to purchase and use class 3 pyrotechnic articles.
(3) a citizen of Latvia, Latvian citizen, the Republic of Latvia permanent residence permits to aliens, stateless persons have received and refugee (hereinafter person permanently resident in Latvia) who has reached 18 years of age, if not covered in article 20 of this law, those limitations are entitled to buy or get as a personal award, stored and transported in a category C (B), (D) and long, smooth-bore hunting and sporting firearms and ammunition as well as the use of these weapons, hunting, treniņšaušan and shooting sports competitions.
(4) permanently resident in Latvia for the person who has reached 21 years of age and has the Hunter's license and at least three years seniority hunters (if the person is not subject to this law, the limits referred to in article 20), have the right to buy or get as a personal award, to store and to transport categories (B) and (C) long-vītņstobr hunting guns and their ammunition, high power pneumatic weapons and use these weapons hunting , treniņšaušan, and shooting sports competitions.

(5) permanently resident in Latvia for the person who has reached 21 years of age and who is at least a three-year sport organisation established seniority and at least a second class of sport shooting (if the person is not subject to this law, the limits referred to in article 20), have the right to buy or get as a personal award, stored and transported in a category B, C and D sport firearms and their ammunition and to use these weapons in the treniņšaušan and shooting sports competitions.
(6) a citizen of Latvia who have reached 21 years of age (if he is not the subject of this Act referred to in article 20 restrictions) have the right to buy or get as a personal award, keep or keep and wear pusautomātisko in category B, repetitive actions and one shot short firearms, caliber is not greater than 9 millimeters, and the ammunition and use these weapons in the treniņšaušan and shooting sports competition as well as applied to self-defence.
20. article. Weapons and ammunition acquisition, possession and carrying of Firearms restrictions on natural persons or a high power pneumatic weapons acquisition, storage or carrying prohibited to issue a permit to the person: 1) which once penalized for committing a criminal offence, three years after the sentence;
2) where two or more times penalized for committing a criminal offence (whether criminal or removal of deletion);
3) which punished for committing a crime (whether criminal or removal of deletion);
4) which has been found psychiatric disorders or any detected earlier and have a medical prognosis that they could repeat itself, or which is the hospital's records (in the registry) alcoholism, drug abuse or toksikomānij;
5) physical deficiencies which are not able to use a firearm or great power pneumatic weapon;
6) which in the past two years, the administrative punishment for violations related to alcohol, narcotic, psychotropic or toxic substance abuse, bullying or petty about which State police is the news that the weapon can be used maliciously, or that mention unjustified acquisition of arms;
7) for which the public prosecutor's Office or the police, State security authorities is a message that confirms the person's affiliation with the banned paramilitary or armed gangs, public organizations (parties) or their associations, which have not been reported in accordance with the procedure prescribed by law;
8) which is not declared (registered) residence;
9) which is called a criminally liable for committing a criminal offence.
21. article. Weapons and their ammunition acquisition, storage and carrying conditions natural persons (1) a natural person shall have the right to buy, keep or carry firearms and ammunition, as well as large energy weapons and their ammunition pneumatic self-defense, hunting or sporting purposes or to buy collections and store these weapons if it has national police permission.
(2) a natural person without arms collection authorisation has the right to acquire or keep firearms and not more than 10 big pneumatic energy weapons.
(3) a natural person shall have the right to buy or store at no more than 500 one-caliber firearm in self-defense ammunition. Sporting and hunting weapons allowed, there is no limit on the number of cartridges.
(4) a natural person shall have the right to simultaneously carry no more than two firearms.
(5) the natural person with the permission of the national police have the right to sports guns and large-power pneumatic weapons store sports organization weapons storage facilities.
22. article. Natural persons the right to dispose of weapons and their ammunition (1) If you have received a national police permission, natural person your registered firearm or high energy air gun can be realized, but only with arms trading company or re-register the weapon to another person in the national police force, which is the State police.
(2) a natural person shall have the right without weapons trading company to dispose of its current self-defense, sports or hunting firearms ammunition to other natural persons that have the appropriate storage or carrying of firearms permit, if feasible munitions does not exceed 500 patrons.
(3) the order in which the national police issue firearms and persons of great power pneumatic arms sales permit and the sample is determined by the Cabinet of Ministers.
23. article. Legal persons who are eligible to purchase, store and transport weapons and ammunition to the State police the right to buy permissions, store and carry guns and their ammunition, as well as large energy weapons and their ammunition pneumatic has the following legal entities: 1) legal persons granted this right in accordance with the law;
2) State and local government educational institutions founded on which lessons related to the shooting sports, jaunsarg or military-training programs;
3) Latvian sports federations that deal with sports, associated with the shooting (sporting federations);
4) legal persons who have received permission to create a category 2 and 3. shooting gallery (shooting bench).
24. article. Weapons and their ammunition acquisition, storage and transport conditions for legal entities (1) legal persons have the right to acquire, store and transport category (B), (C) and (D) firearms and ammunition, as well as large energy weapons and their ammunition, pneumatic, if you have received a national police permission. Legal entities have the right to purchase without a State police permission to meet your munitions owned weapons.
(2) the airport security services and in the Republic of Latvia registered banks or bank branches stores or carrying cash or other value and have the permission of the Bank of Latvia has the right to buy and store firearms and their ammunition, automatic, as well as to issue these weapons for use of the service, security or bank security service staff, if you have received a national police permission.
(3) legal persons shall have the right specified in the authorisation the firearms and ammunition issued to its employees for work duties, if these employees are service firearm carrying permit.
(4) sports federations have the right specified in the authorisation the firearms and the ammunition issued for the athletes and sports treniņšaušan shooting matches certified trainer or instructor's supervision.
(5) sports federations after coordination with the national police have the power to take possession of the athlete personal firearms and large pneumatic energy weapons.
(6) legal persons have the right to temporarily sleep in animals, paralysis, or killing for weapons and ammunition issued to its employees on duty.
(7) Legal persons have rights after coordination with the national police to identify natural persons and special features of weapons carrying limits their premises, land and public events.
25. article. Legal entity the right to dispose of weapons and their ammunition (1) legal persons owned firearms, ammunition or high power pneumatic weapons marketed only if it has the permission of the national police, with the arms trading companies or national police arms other legal re-register or natural person who has the permission of the national police.
(2) the order in which the national police issue firearm for legal persons and large pneumatic energy weapons sales permission and the permission of the model is determined by the Cabinet of Ministers.
26. article. Personal weapons (1) award for special services to the Republic of Latvia, the President and the Prime Minister is entitled to grant a person a personal award, pursuant to article 19 of this law.
(2) For exemplary service or job duties, the Minister of defence to the Minister of the Interior, the Minister of Justice and the constitutional protection Office Director is entitled to reward employees with personal Awards weapons pursuant to article 19 of this law.
(3) the personal awards of arms may be of category B, C and D firearms, high energy air weapons and cold weapons (swords and daggers).
(4) personal honours firearm and high power pneumatic weapons awarded person within three working days from the date of award records the State police.
(5) personal honours firearm or high energy air gun owner, State police issued perpetual storage or a carrying permit.
(6) an award for firearms and large energy weapons acquisition order of air is determined by the Cabinet of Ministers.
27. article. Succession and donation of weapons (1) a Person in possession of firearms, ammunition or high power pneumatic weapons or donates property under civil law and this Act.

(2) a Person in possession of firearms, ammunition or high power pneumatic weapons can receive only donations in succession or the person to whom the weapon acquisition permit. Inherited or dāvināto guns or high power pneumatic weapons within three working days from the receipt of the gift or inheritance the day state police in re-register.
(3) personal Awards weapons can receive donations, but not in succession.
(4) personal Awards weapon heir has the right to: 1) to reregister your name relevant firearm or great power pneumatic weapon;
2) State police make weapon permanently unfit for use and store it in memory;
3) put the weapon to the police or the State, then the weapon permanently rendered unfit for use, put it in a Museum, if the weapon is re-registered in the national police.
(5) firearms, ammunition or high power pneumatic weapons owner's death or went absent arms and munitions within 10 working days of the national police in storage for a while, until the entry into force of the judgment of the Court of the law of succession.
(6) if the firearm, ammunition or high energy air weapons can not or not yet heir to receive the weapon acquisition permit, weapons and munitions disposed of with arms trading company heir, be transferred to the national police, or re-register after heir of the application to another person who has received the weapon acquisition permit.
28. article. Weapons, ammunition and special features, registration, purchasing, accounting, marketing, storage, transport, transfer or carrying (1) procedures for natural and legal persons acquire, record, records, distributes, stores, transport, transfer or carry firearms and ammunition, as well as large energy weapons and ammunition for pneumatic, acquire, store, carry and distributes gas pistols (revolvers) self-defense, hunting, sports, work or the performance of duties as well as weapons purchases and keep collections, determined by the Cabinet of Ministers.
(2) the Ministry of the Interior system of institutions, national security authorities, the national armed forces, protection of the Bank of Latvia administration, the Prosecutor's Office, the State revenue service, the prisons administration, corruption prevention and combating Bureau and municipal police property (possession) of existing weapons and special means of storage, carrying and use of such institutions shall lay down the procedure governing laws and regulations, but the procedures of that institution buys and distributes weapons and special means shall be determined by the Cabinet of Ministers.
 
Chapter v, the special features of firearms and the use of pyrotechnic articles and the use conditions and procedures article 29. Firearms and the use of special features and conditions of use (1) Firearms or gas pistols (revolvers) is a directed shots (except for sports shooting, hunting shooting or treniņšaušan) or the shot that caused the death of people, damage to human health or damage to the property or makes it harmless to the animal.
(2) gas sprays applied to self-defence with gas Assistance Act on the human or animal body.
(3) electric shock applied to the device with a high-voltage electrical charge assistance from acting on a human or animal body.
(4) a Person may use a firearm or gas pistols (revolvers) emergency situation to: 1) protect themselves or others from the attack, the real threat to life or health or are likely to cause significant material injury;
2) prevent the illegal attempt to violently take away a firearm;
3) bated, which surprised the person committing the crime and show resistance;
4) make harmless animal that threatens human life, health or property.
(5) the firearm or gas pistols (revolvers), may be used to call for help, warn about the use of weapons or frighten the animals.
(6) using a firearm or special feature, must not violate the limits of necessary self-defence.
30. article. Firearms and gas pistols (revolvers) and application procedures (1) before a firearm or gas pistols (revolvers), the application warns you about the intention of their use or of firearm made warning shots.
(2) without warning a firearm or gas pistols (revolvers) apply if: 1) attack is sudden;
2) attack used weapons or objects that are at risk to the life or health of the person, or use a motor vehicle;
3) attachable person resists using weapons or objects that are threatened by another person's life or health.
(3) the firearm or gas pistols (revolvers) for use in case the person who applied for it, doing everything possible to minimize the damage and to guarantee the safety of other persons.
(4) for each instance of the use of firearms to a person whom it utilised, shall immediately notify the State police. This person keeps the scene conditions and remain on site, but if there are victims, give them the first medical assistance and provide emergency medical care.
(5) it is prohibited to apply and use guns or gas pistols (revolvers), when the application or may suffer due to the use of another person, against whom the weapon or special feature is not focused.
31. article. The use of pyrotechnic articles (1) pyrotechnic articles prohibited to use, if their use endangers human life, health, property or may cause damage to the environment.
(2) the procedure for the use of pyrotechnic articles and the use restrictions set by the Cabinet of Ministers.
 
Chapter VI foreign nationals, diplomatic and consular missions and foreign armed forces owned weapons article 32. Foreign nationals in the Republic of Latvia of rights to purchase, store, carry and carry weapons (1) foreign nationals if they have their own national authorities issued weapons and ammunition acquisition permit, which gives the right to buy the weapon and ammunition abroad can get state police weapon acquisition permit and (after purchasing the weapon or ammunition) of the arms and ammunition authorization for export from the Republic of Latvia. The weapon acquisition permit are entitled to purchase the arms trade, transporting, receiving or accepting donations in succession (B), (C) and (D) the category of sport and hunting guns and their ammunition, high power pneumatic weapons and their ammunition.
(2) foreign nationals if they have their own national authorities issued weapons possession or carrying of a firearm licence and permit for the export from the country in which it is established or with those of the European firearms pass, which gives right to a firearm without a firearm export (import) permission to leave the country or be imported into this country, as well as the justification (invitation) to enter the Republic of Latvia, to lead the weapon, after State police authorisation is entitled to participate in the weapons-hunting , treniņšaušan, or shooting sports competitions, as well as to move the weapons and ammunition in transit.
(3) foreign citizens in the Republic of Latvia is prohibited to store the firearms collection, to realize in the territory of the Republic of Latvia abroad registered weapons or abroad to exercise in the Republic of Latvia registered weapons.
(4) the national police whenever a foreign citizen purchased a firearm shall immediately report to the relevant foreign authority which issued the permit, or by the specified foreign competent authority.
(5) the order in which the national police issued to foreign nationals of authorisation provided for by this article, and permits shall be established by the Cabinet of Ministers.
33. article. Foreign diplomatic person, diplomatic and consular protection services and foreign armed forces owned weapons (1) foreign diplomatic and consular staff in the Republic of Latvia after coordination with the Foreign Ministry and the national police authorization may acquire, store and carry and use services of their tasks in accordance with this law, chapter V B pusautomātisko, repetitive actions or one shot short firearms that caliber is not greater than 9 millimeters.
(2) foreign diplomatic and consular staff after firearms import (export) the authorization state police may be imported into the Republic of Latvia or to be exported from the guns and their ammunition. Imported guns within three working days from the date of entry recorded in the national police.
(3) foreign diplomatic and consular missions, high foreign officials or international officials guarding or security staff after checking with the Department of Foreign Affairs and the national police authorization was allowed in the service of the Republic of Latvia during the performance of the tasks and instead carry category B pusautomātisko, repetitive actions or one shot short firearms in accordance with national laws and apply them in accordance with chapter V of this law.

(4) high foreign officials or international officials to visit the State police may allow foreign security personnel to be imported in the Republic of Latvia and carry automatic guns and their ammunition. For such authorization shall inform the Ministry of Foreign Affairs the national diplomatic missions or international organizations concerned.
(5) a foreign person in the armed forces at a time when they are staying in the Republic of Latvia has the right to carry and use firearms only for service tasks.
Chapter VII collection of weapons and ammunition in article 34. General provisions (1) build weapons or ammunition collection (except in the Republic of Latvia chose the weapons, but including weapons, to which this Act does not apply) is entitled to State institutions, municipal museum or the commercial register of the Republic of Latvia registered private museums, as well as citizens of Latvia who have reached 21 years of age, if the citizens, legal persons, managers, and employees directly related to the storage of weapons and ammunition or security not apply article 20 of this law (except 5) restrictions. The provisions of this article shall not apply to weapons and ammunition in exhibitions and product samples.
(2) collection uses the valid use of weapons, weapons, as well as weapons, rendered permanently unfit for use or not repairable.
(3) use valid collection weapons natural and legal persons registered in a national police.
(4) the authorisation of the natural and legal persons storing of weapons collection by the State police.
(5) collection, transmission or exhibition outside the storage location specified in the permit is required for the national police.
(6) in order to buy weapons or to a collection of ammunition, subject to this Act, requires the acquisition of weapons or ammunition.
(7) if the persons owned firearms and large energy total number of pneumatic weapons is greater than 10, it requires weapons collection permit.
(8) national police withdraw weapons or ammunition collection permit if: 1) breach of weapons and ammunition in the order, for a period from one year to three years;
2) is not complied with this law, article 20 (except 5) restrictions;
3) is eliminated by national bodies, municipalities or private museum.
(9) the arms or ammunition collection and storage conditions for authorisation, registration and cancellation procedures shall be determined by the Cabinet of Ministers.
35. article. National collection of weapons and ammunition (1) State police in the Cabinet in the order of service for use of: 1) weapons collection for comparative research purposes, which are weapons that were purchased or donated, seized or forfeited, including improvised, illegally modified or restricted weapons;
2) Republic of Latvia registered vītņstobr firearms (except national armed forces guns) and shells kontrolkolekcij bullets that caliber is not greater than 12.7 mm (0.5 inches);
3) Republic of Latvia certified firearms and ammunition (except for national armed forces and ammunition Firearms) sample collection.
(2) the Ministry of defense in cooperation with the national police force of weapons, ammunition, explosives and explosive components of the sample collection.
 
Chapter VIII, arms, munitions, explosives, explosive guards, special means and pyrotechnic articles in the commercial chain, article 36. Weapons, munitions, explosives, explosive guards, special means and pyrotechnic articles in the commercial chain rules (1) To deal with weapons, munitions, explosives, explosive guards, special features, or 1, 2, 3, or 4. class of pyrotechnic articles, individual components or accessories these items production (manufacture), as well as weapons or special features (except self-defence envisaged gas cans), this subject matter between the marketing trade shows wholesale or retail export, import, or transit or provide services in connection with these objects, the operator requires a special permit (license) for individual business lines. State police in the Cabinet in the order you can specify separate types of class 1 pyrotechnic articles, which imports, exports and the implementation does not require special permit (license).
(2) special permissions (licenses) are entitled to legal entities that are members, leaders, and individuals occupying positions in the governing bodies of the merchant, is at least 21 year of age reached Latvia or of Member States of the European Union citizens if they are in article 20 of this law certain limitations (except for article 20, paragraph 5 of the above restrictions), and the operator's employees who are directly associated with the first paragraph of this article, the subject of the production (manufacture) the execution, repair, storage, transportation, related services or security, is at least 21 year of age reached the citizens of Latvia, if they are not in article 20 of this law establishes limitations and if national security authorities is not news that the economic operator action is directed against the security of the Republic of Latvia or violate international treaties or international organizations contained certain restrictions.
(3) the special authorization (license) by the payment of State fees shall be issued for a period of one year to five years.
(4) the national regulatory authority, which issued the special permission (license) is not entitled to extend its period of validity, be suspended for a period its action or to revoke it if: 1) found that the merchant special permissions (licenses) or the extension of its validity supplied incorrect information;
2 of this law has been infringed) or other legislation or the special permission (license) included conditions.
(5) the decision on refusal to issue a special permit (license) or to extend its period of validity, the special permission (license) the suspension or withdrawal of the appeal court.
(6) special permission (license), the extension of its validity and special permissions (licenses) cancellation policy, national toll of special permissions (licenses), as well as the order in which operators are carrying out the first paragraph of this article, be determined by the Cabinet of Ministers.
37. article. Special permission (license) (1) of this Act shall be issued by the Ministry of Interior referred to in article 36 of the special permission (license), which gives the right to manufacture (produce), repaired, the exhibit shows, realize, export, import or transport in transit: 1) category A weapons and ammunition it needs legal persons (imports), for which this law provides for the right to buy a certain category A firearms and ammunition;
2) of category B, C and D sports and smooth-bore hunting firearms;
(B) and (C) category 3) vītņstobr sport or hunting guns, which the caliber is not greater than 12.7 mm (0.5 inches);
4) self defense for short firearms of category B, where the caliber is not greater than 9 millimeters;
5) pneumatic weapons;
6 bladed weapons);
7) special features (except for repairs);
8) 1, 2, 3, or 4. class of pyrotechnic articles (except for repairs);
9) (B), (C) and (D) the category of sports, hunting or firearms intended for self-defence, pneumatic weapons or gas pistols (revolvers) ammunition (except for repairs), components and accessories;
10) explosives (including gunpowder) or blasting rigs (other than repair).
(2) the Ministry of Defence issued this law referred to in article 36 special permissions (licenses): 1) military weapons (including components and accessories), their ammunition, military explosives, blasting guards, military pyrotechnics, propellants, gas grenades and such munitions, which filled with irritant or incapacitating substances and is not intended for gas pistols (revolvers), as well as the psychological effects of the light and sound equipment imports, exports and transit — the national armed forces and the Ministry of the Interior system authorities;
2) military weapons (including components and accessories), their ammunition, military explosives, blasting guards, military pyrotechnics, propellants, gas grenades and such munitions production (manufacture), which is filled with irritant or incapacitating substances and is not intended for gas pistols (revolvers), as well as the psychological effects of light and sound devices in the production (manufacture);
3) blasting operations or pyrotechnic services-national armed forces.
(3) weapons, munitions, explosives, explosive guards, special means and pyrotechnic articles of manufacture (manufacturing) arrangements, the repair of weapons and arms, munitions, explosives, explosive guards, special means and pyrotechnic articles shall lay down the procedure for organising trade shows by the Cabinet of Ministers.
(4) explosive conformity assessment and marking shall be determined by the Cabinet of Ministers.

38. article. Weapons, munitions, explosives, explosive guards, special means and pyrotechnic articles wholesale and retail, import and export, transit procedures (1) operators have the right to dispose of the weapons, including special features, ammunition or pyrotechnic articles only special placement in stores, which address the special permission (license).
(2) on the seven-day period preceding the Republic of Latvia officially established holidays, in coordination with the State police, State fire and rescue services and local authorities, economic operators, which is a special permit (license), the Licensing Commission of the Ministry of Interior in the Cabinet of Ministers in the order issued by special permission (license) class 1 and 2 seasons of pyrotechnic articles to trade general trade items.
(3) the operator of each firearm or large energy weapon in enforcing air three working days notify the State police and provide it with information about gun buyers and realized.
(4) the business operators allowed only vītņstobr firearms sales, which kontrolšāvien State police made no earlier than five years ago.
(5) each export, import or transit of firearms-transaction with the vītņstobr, their ammunition, components and devices, explosives, blasting appliances, as well as propellants with 2, 3 and 4 class pyrotechnical articles and military pyrotechnics requires strategic goods export, import or transit licence. These licences shall be issued by the strategic goods control Committee.
(6) in the fifth subparagraph of this article, such licences are not necessary for the national security authorities, the Bank of Latvia defence administration, the State revenue service corruption prevention and combating Bureau, the public prosecutor's Office, municipal police, national armed forces, the prison administration and the Ministry of the Interior system of the arms or ammunition to the authorities for imports carried out without mediation of economic operators.
(7) the economic operators, the cabinet order provides armed security of firearms, ammunition, high energy air guns, explosives, bomb components and military pyrotechnics transport in the territory of the Republic of Latvia.
(8) the transfer of vītņstobr firearms across the border of the Republic of Latvia at the time — exhibitions, demonstration or repair of firearms marketing company requires this article to in the fifth subparagraph, such licences.
(9) the weapons and munitions, explosives, explosive components, special tools and procedures for the implementation of pyrotechnic articles shall be determined by the Cabinet of Ministers.
(10) the Vītņstobr ammunition, firearms, their components and accessories, explosives, explosive, propellant components, as well as 1, 2, 3 and 4 pyrotechnic articles of class and military pyrotechnics of export, import and transit licensing procedures shall be determined by the Cabinet of Ministers.
39. article. Weapons and special means of production (manufacture), repair and storage, as well as ammunition, pyrotechnic articles, explosives and explosive components for the production (manufacture) and storage of pyrotechnic blasting and the provision of services (1) the operator produced (made), repair or store weapons or special features, as well as producing (producing) or stored in ammunition, pyrotechnic articles, explosives and blasting rigs in place, only the address given in the special authorization (licence) or address indicated by the national labour inspectorate by making this article the registration referred to in the third subparagraph.
(2) the security requirements and weapons and special means of production (manufacturing), repair and storage, ammunition and pyrotechnic articles, explosives and propellants for the production (manufacture) and storage space design and technical rules for their use, as well as the necessary authorisation procedures shall be determined by the Cabinet of Ministers.
(3) before the work of industrial explosive, pyrotechnic service, electric shock equipment manufacturing (manufacturing) and repairs, as well as the work and services provided for the pyrotechnic articles, explosives, detonators or their accessories storage (with the exception of this law, article 37 second paragraph 2 and paragraph 3 referred to commercial activities) Merchant registered with national labour inspectorates. The operator recorded on its members, managers, and individuals occupying positions in the governing bodies of the merchant, and the employees directly related to the activities referred to in this article, not the subject of the article 20 of this law 1., 2., 3., 4., 6., 7., and limits laid down in paragraph 9. National police checks on the persons concerned do not apply article 20 of this law 1., 2., 3., 4., 6., 7., and limits laid down in paragraph 9.
(4) the order in which registered merchants who want to make industrial blasting works, provide pyrotechnic services produce (make) and repair of electric equipment, keep that work and services for pyrotechnic articles, explosives, detonators or their accessories, as well as the provision of services and pyrotechnic blasting works and the subject of the order is determined by the storage cabinet.
 
Chapter Šautuvj IX (shooting bench), teaching shooting, and shooting sports treniņšaušan the race for the order of article 40. Šautuvj (shooting bench) category in the Gallery (shooting bench) according to the type of weapons to be used shall be divided into the following categories: 1) first category gallery that allowed to use bladed weapons (bows, crossbow, metamo knives, hatchets), low power pneumatic weapons and ammunition;
2) category Gallery, which allowed large energy weapons and ammunition for pneumatic, (B), (C) and (D) the category of firearms and their ammunition;
3) category gallery that allowed to use automatic category A firearms and ammunition, as well as the category for the type of shooting gallery allowed weapons and their ammunition.
Article 41. Šautuvj (shooting bench) (1) natural and legal persons is a municipal permit, have the right to create the first category Gallery (shooting bench).
(2) a natural person shall have the right to create the first category Gallery (shooting bench) it only owned or owned the real property.
(3) legal persons are the national police permission, and the municipal licence (permit), you have the right to create category Gallery (shooting bench).
(4) category Gallery (shooting bench) have the right to create the national armed forces and the Ministry of the Interior system, as well as legal entities, which have national police permit automatic firearms storage.
(5) the cabinet shall determine the šautuvj (firing stand), and use, as well as the procedures for the authorization to be served šautuvj (shooting bench) for the operation, for the acquisition of weapons, the storage and use of the shooting range.
Article 42. Security requirements for target (shooting stalls) (1) on the treniņšaušan and shooting sports competition rules, as well as on the technical and organisational measures, the audience members or other persons to ensure the security of treniņšaušan or training at the time of the shooting, is in charge of the Gallery (shooting bench) owner.
(2) the shooting sports competitions for the players, spectators or other persons, as well as the provision of medical treatment is responsible for race Organizer and certified Chief Judge of competitions.
(3) it is prohibited to participate in treniņšaušan, as well as stay in the Gallery (shooting bench) the persons who are alcoholic beverages, narcotic, psychotropic or other intoxicating substances.
(4) Treniņšaušan the second and third categories in the Gallery (shooting stalls) only a certified instructor or trainer.
(5) the shooting range (shooting stalls) are defined in the following treniņšaušan, teaching shooting or shooting sports competitions the minimum age of participants: 1) age category in the Gallery is not limited;
2) shooting with high power pneumatic weapons or small-bore B or C category sports vītņstobr firearms that ammunition is borders, — 12 year capsule;
3) shooting with category D firearms — 12 years;
4) shooting with firearms in categories B and C-16;
5) shooting with automatic firearms in category A – 18 years.
(6) persons who do not have the appropriate storage or carrying of firearms permits, treniņšaušan, teaching shooting or shooting sports competitions only certified instructor or trainer. Instructor or trainer instructions for these persons is required.
(7) the order in which treniņšaušan takes place in the Republic of Latvia, learning shooting and shooting sports competitions, as well as the necessary safety measures shall be adopted by the Cabinet of Ministers.
(8) the shooting instructor, coach, and shooting sports competition judges certification procedure determined by the Cabinet of Ministers.
Chapter x of the Republic of Latvia to the frontier with arms and ammunition

43. article. The order in which soldiers and officers carrying weapons and ammunition across the border of the Republic of Latvia, the order in which the borders of the Republic of Latvia in a time of peace with weapons or ammunition across the State institutions, national armed forces personnel, foreign armed forces to comply with the national armed forces coordinated service mission, as well as Foreign Affairs or security staff, which is in agreement with the Ministry of the Interior to carry out coordinated arrived service mission determines the appropriate legislation.
44. article. Firearms, ammunition, and large pneumatic transport of energy weapons across the border of the Republic of Latvia (1) firearms, ammunition or high energy air transport of the arms across the borders of the Republic of Latvia require State police issued weapons or ammunition to the import, export or transit authorization.
(2) firearms or large power pneumatic weapons across the border of the Republic of Latvia only allowed them loaded, packaging and not separate from their ammunition, under the Customs Act and other legislation.
(3) firearms or large power pneumatic weapons during the post removed from the package until after the customs or border guards.
(4) the foreign diplomatic and consular staff, which is the State police issued firearms import, export or transit authorization, have the right to carry across the border of the Republic of Latvia (B) categories of short firearms Holster, but without the cartridge Chamber.
(5) the customs authority whenever a firearm or ammunition imported into the Republic of Latvia or exported from in transit or transfer, shall immediately be reported to the State police and the relevant foreign authority which issued the permit, or by the specified foreign competent authority as well as the country of destination and to the competent authority, provide information on firearms or ammunition in transit or transfer.
(6) the firearms, ammunition, high energy air guns, 2, 3 and 4 pyrotechnic articles of class or military pyrotechnics, explosives or blasting guards transfer or transport across the border of the Republic of Latvia shall be monitored and recorded by the Customs authorities.
(7) the order in which the national police shall issue authorisations for firearms, ammunition, and large energy imports of pneumatic weapons in the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Latvia for the export from and transit through the Republic of Latvia, and permits shall be established by the Cabinet of Ministers.
 
Chapter XI, weapons, firearms, ammunition, explosives, blasting guards, special means and pyrotechnic articles of supervision article 45. Weapons, firearms, ammunition, explosives, blasting guards, special means and pyrotechnic articles chain controls national police controls, as natural and legal persons who state police issued the authorisation provided for in this Act or which received the law referred to in article 36 of the special permission (license), the weapons, firearms, ammunition, explosives, blasting guards, special features, and the circulation of pyrotechnic articles.
Article 46. A separate public institutions owned by the arms and munitions control of movements (1) national armed forces and the Military Counterintelligence Service owned by the movement of weapons and ammunition in civilian control, as well as in the Republic of Latvia the foreign armed forces of weapons and ammunition shall be carried out by the civil Defense Department.
(2) the Ministry of the Interior system of institutions, prison administration and the State revenue service unit owned by the movement of weapons and ammunition is ensured by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Justice and Ministry of finance.
(3) the constitutional protection Office, Bank protection and prosecution of Government-owned weapons and ammunition controls the movement of the constitutional protection, the Director of the Office of the President of the Bank of Latvia and the officials of the Attorney General.
47. article. Weapons, munitions, explosives, explosive guards, special features, and removing of pyrotechnic articles (1) natural and legal persons of weapons, munitions, explosives, explosive devices, special means or pyrotechnic articles shall be removed and the corresponding license and permission to revoke the national police if: 1) violated the arms, firearms, ammunition, explosives, blasting guards, special features or the circulation of pyrotechnic articles;
2) over State police issued the permit or license expired;
3) a natural or legal person is revoked permission, license or hunting licence;
4 the owner of the weapon or ammunition) is dead or has went away;
5) legal entity liquidation or cessation of business;
6) weapons, munitions, explosives, explosive devices, special means or pyrotechnic articles do not comply with the technical rules and are not valid for later use;
7) joined this law limits laid down in article 20.
(2) the right to remove the scene or the offender at the time of detention and to put the national police hunting or fishing violators of rules of weapons, ammunition, explosives or explosive devices is also a national natural resources protection service officials and the National Guard.
(3) the national border guard has the right to remove and put the State police illegally used, transported, moved or stored weapons, munitions, explosives, explosive devices, special means or pyrotechnic articles.
(4) weapons, munitions, explosives, explosive guards, special means and pyrotechnic articles shall lay down the procedure for the removal of the Cabinet.
48. article. Accounting of weapons in the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Latvia (1) natural and legal persons (except for national armed forces) firearms and large pneumatic energy weapons in a single registration is carried out by the Ministry of Interior Information Center Cabinet.
(2) in the Republic of Latvia by all (except the national armed forces) in the movement (A), (B) and (C) the category of the firearms on which vītņstobr a bullet shot at the moment is the direct contact with the barrel must be kontrolšāvien State police. State police bullet and shell kontrolkolekcij stored in the Cabinet.
(3) (A), (B) or (C) a category a firearm vītņstobr every five years, the national police force, the kontrolšāvien.
(4) If the firearm is made vītņstobr repair and result in a change on the izšautaj shells, projectiles, and repair of three working days after the repair of firearm delivered national police in its kontrolšāvien, but kontrolšāvien for the three working days submit to the authority of a firearm registered.
(5) the types of firearms repair, which changes on izšautaj projectiles and shells, determined by the national police.
(6) the national police by kontrolšāvien for a fee. The amount and use of the funds is determined by the Interior Ministry.
(7) Kontrolšāvien with the Ministry of the Interior system of institutions, authorities, public security, the protection of the Bank of Latvia administration, the Prosecutor's Office, the State revenue service, the prisons administration, corruption prevention and combating Bureau and local police the firearms owned by the national police carried out free of charge.
(8) the firearms and large pneumatic energy weapons for the uniform accounting procedures established by the Cabinet of Ministers.
49. article. Weapons and ammunition in the certification and classification of pyrotechnic articles in the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Latvia (1) allowed only A, B, C and D firearms, their components, accessories and ammunition, as well as high energy air circulation of weapons (except military weapons, their components, accessories and ammunition), which is certified in the national police in the Cabinet of Ministers.
(2) in the Republic of Latvia only allowed such types of circulation of pyrotechnic articles (except military pyrotechnics) that are classified for the national police in the Cabinet of Ministers.
50. article. Weapons, munitions, explosives, explosive components and loss of pyrotechnic articles or hijacking If lost or stolen weapons, munitions, explosives, explosive devices, class 4 pyrotechnic articles or military pyrotechnics, the owner shall forthwith notify the nearest police authority and the State within three working days of the authority which issued the acquisition, storage or a carrying permit.
51. article. Responsibility for the weapons, their components, ammunition, explosives, blasting guards, special features or the circulation of pyrotechnic articles on antitrust law and other regulations laid down weapons, firearms, ammunition, explosives, blasting guards, special features or the circulation of pyrotechnic articles regulations of the person liable in accordance with the procedure prescribed by law.
Transitional provisions 1. Law shall enter into force on 1 January 2003.
2. the Cabinet of Ministers until 1 January 2003 the provisions referred to in this law shall be issued.
3. After the entry into force of this law:

1) National Police examine the registered owners and their firearms owned firearms registered in compliance with the requirements of this law and in the event of non-compliance quashing firearms storage, use, and a carrying permit, remove the relevant firearms and organizes it for marketing or destruction in accordance with the statutory arrangements;
2) institutions that have issued special permits (licenses) referred to in this law, commercial (business) types, considering the company compliance with legal requirements and in the event of non-compliance shall suspend or revoke the licence.
4. With the entry into force of this law shall lapse: 1) of the Republic of Latvia Supreme Council Bureau of 21 January 1993 decision "on the Charter for the protection of the Bank of Latvia administration staff for the firearms, ammunition and special features for the acquisition, registration, storage and application of procedures for approval ';
2) the law on firearms and special means of self defense "(Republic of Latvia Supreme Council and Government Informant, 1993, 8./9.nr.; The Saeima of the Republic of Latvia and the Cabinet of Ministers rapporteur, 1997, no. 6; 1999, nr. 8, 14).
The Parliament adopted the law on 6 June 2002.
State v. President Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga in Riga, 26 June 2002, an editorial added: the law shall enter into force by 1 January 2003.