How
to Acquire a Civilian Firearms Certificate
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to Hire Police Services
Acquiring
a Civilian Firearms Certificate
The following is the
procedure that any member of the public who wishes to
apply for a license to hold a firearm will follow as
provided for in the Firearms Act Cap 114 Laws of Kenya.
• The applicant
must obtain from the local Officer Commanding Police
Station prescribed forms (Form 1) and fill them in duplicate.
The OCS will assist the applicant to complete the forms
after which the applicant will be handed over the duplicate
copy which he/she should forward to the Central Firearms
Bureau at the following address:
Chief Licensing Officer,
Central Firearms Bureau,
P.O. Box 30263,
Nairobi 00100.
• The original copy will be retained by the OCS
who will forward it to the Officer Commanding Police
Division (OCPD). The OCPD will make a comprehensive
recommendation on the applicant which will be deliberated
on by the District Security Committee (DSC) and the
Provincial Security Committee (PSC). The application
will be forwarded to the Commissioner of Police for
approval.
• The Chief Licensing
Officer will then write a reply to the applicant informing
him/her the decision arrived at and the next course
of action.
• The firearm
certificate is renewable annually.
PROCEDURE FOR LICENCE RENEWAL:
Following is the procedure for renewal of a firearm license:-
(a). A licensee will receive in his postal address a CEDR – which means “Certificate expiry date reminder” enclosing a form 3 which is a renewal form and form 16 used for inspection of the firearms.
(b). The licensee will send his firearm certificate and firearms to his/her nearest Police Station and request the Officer-in-Charge to inspect the firearms and complete inspection certificate.
(c). To license his/her firearms, the firearm certificate, a complete set of application forms, the completed inspection certificate and the appropriate renewal fee must be send by registered post to
Central Firearms Bureau,
P. O. Box 30263-00100,
NAIROBI .
(d). Cheques and postal orders must be made payable to the “Commissioner of Police” and crossed. The office accepts cash, money orders and Bankers cheques respectively.
(e). All Licensees should note that Central Firearms Bureau is situated along ‘ MILIMANI ROAD' within the compound of the new Nairobi Area Police Headquarters.
(f). The above stated procedure is applicable only to licensees outside Nairobi Province.
(g). Those licensees within Nairobi Province should note the following:-
(i). On receipt of the application forms for renewal, they must take the relevant forms personally and should not send anyone else as this will not be allowed by the Licensing Officers.
(ii). This should be together with the appropriate fee.
(h). Central Firearms Bureau will not accept personal cheques.
• CANCELLATION OF LICENCES
A firearm certificate or license may be cancelled or revoked by the Chief Licensing Officer if:-
(a). He is satisfied that the holder is prohibited by or under this Act from possessing a firearm to which the firearm certificate relates, or is of intemperate habits or unsound mind or is otherwise unfit to be entrusted with a firearm or,
(b). The holder fails to comply with a notice under sub-section (5) requiring him to deliver up the firearm certificate.
In any case where a firearm certificate is revoked by a licensing Officer, he shall by a notice in writing, require the holder to surrender the firearm certificate, and if the holder fails to do so within fourteen days from the date of the notice, he shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand shillings.
Provide that, where an appeal is brought against the revocation, this subsection shall not apply to that revocation unless the appeal is abandoned or dismissed, and shall, in that case, have effect as if for the reference to the date of the notice there were substituted a reference to the date on which the appeal was abandoned or dismissed.
If any person makes any statement which he knows to be false for the purpose of procuring, whether for himself or any other person, the grant of a firearm certificate under this section, or the variation or renewal of a firearm certificate he shall be guilty of an offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding two thousand shillings or to both.
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Hiring Police
Officers for Private Use
Police officers may
be hired by private persons(s) for attenndance at function(s)
or for any other private purpose, within the republic,
and at the expense of the applicant.
Application for the
private use of police for any approved purpose should
be on the prescribed form
Police may only be
hired for private use subject to the exigencies of the
service.
The Divisional Police Officer shall be the sole judge
of whether a sufficient number of police have been applied
for and he/she may refuse to authorize such hire if
agreement as to the number to be hired cannot be reached
with the applicant.
Recommended
Rates for
Hire of Police for Private Use.
(A) Armed officers
for a period not exceeding eight hours but not less
than four hours.
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