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PROHIBITED WEAPONS REGULATIONS (NO. 12 OF 1997) - REG 10

10. (1) The Registrar shall not permit a security organisation to possess a baton other than in the circumstances specified in subregulation (3).

(2) An employee of a security organisation which holds a permit to possess a baton is authorised to possess and use that baton in the circumstances specified in subregulation (4).

(3) For the purposes of subregulation (1), the circumstances are that the baton—

        (a)     is owned or leased by the security organisation; and

        (b)     bears in permanent form—

              (i)     an identification number; and

              (ii)     the name of the security organisation.

(4) For the purposes of subregulation (2), the circumstances are that—

        (a)     the baton—

              (i)     is owned or leased by the security organisation employing the employee; and

              (ii)     is in the employee's possession for use in the course of that employment; and

        (b)     the employee has completed a course of training in the use of batons approved by the Registrar.

(5) A permit authorising the possession of a baton is subject to the following conditions:

        (a)     each use of the baton shall be recorded in a register in a form approved by the Registrar;

        (b)     the organisation shall not possess more batons than the number specified for that purpose in the permit.

(6) In this regulation—

“baton” means an expandable straight baton or a side handled baton.

Possession and use of nunchaku, nunchaku baton or similar article



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