KARACHI: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ebad Khan has agreed to the Sindh Arms (Amendment) Bill 2016.
Following have been added in this amended Act, says a statement here on Friday. The Arms Dealer shall ensure by taking verified thumb impressions of the purchaser from NADRA and taking their CNIC copies and other particulars which will be notified from time to time and shall forward to Forensic Lab for record keeping.
The Arms Dealer shall, immediately after selling any fire arm weapon, provide the Forensic Lab, two empty cartridges fired from the weapon purchased for registration of ballistic signature. The Arms Dealer shall ensure to register the weapon in the Forensic Lab, along with all particulars which include dealers receipt, make, model, number and ballistic signature particulars etc.
The officials in the Forensic Lab shall collect the samples of two empty cartridges or bullets after immediate fire from weapon purchased and shall keep the record. After completion of registration the purchaser shall be allowed to possess the weapon and for further process for registration.
