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L i m e for import and export of unm, &.--(I) No person shall bring into, c r tr kc ost of M a by sea, land or air any arms or ammunition unless he holds in this behalf a licence iw rtd in ao- oordancc with the provisions of this Act andthe rules made thereunder : Provided that- (a) a person who is entitled by virtue of this Act or any other law for the ia bekg in force to have, or is not prohibited by this Act or such other law from having, in h : 1 o m i o n any arms or ammunition, may without a l i a n a in this bchslf bring into, or take ?11t of, lndia such arms or ammunition in reasonable qwtiticcl for his own private use ; (b) a person being a bonafide tourist b=longingto any such country as the Cen - tl Go-- ment may, by not~fication in Lhe O5cial Gazette, pacify, who is not prohibited b: ih laws of that country from having in his possession any arm or ammunition, may, wit1 uuf a lic+ncs under this section but in accordance with such conditions as may be prescribad. br ng with him into India arms and ammunition in reasonable quantities for use by him f3- ?urpossg only of sport and for no other purposa Explanation.-For purposss of clause (6) of this proviso, the word "tonrist" m ~ a a p m n who not being a citizen of India visits India for a period not oxcaeding six montb sE!h oo other object than recreation, sight-weing, or participation in a representative capacity in mereti igs con- wried by the Central Government or in international conferences, associations or o Ler bodies. (8 Notwithstanding anything contained in the proviso to sub-section (I) where tb* u llector of m m s or any other uRicer empowered by the Central Government in this behalf has zry loubt as w (he applicability of cluase (a) or clause(b) of that proviso to any penon who claims the t such C ~ ~ U B B k applicableFo him or as to the reasonableness of tho quantities of arms or ammunition ic ihe p o s e . II.m of any person referred to in such clause, or as to t& use to which such arms or a m :mi ion may bow by such person, may detain the anns or ammunition in the possession of such pwon until bo miveg the orders of the Central Government in relation thereto. (#) Arms aoi ommuaition taken fromone part ofSIndia to another by sea or air c r a yoss any L a i n g territory not forming a part of India, are taken out of, and brought into, Iniia f ~ t h m the m n i n g of this section.