(1) Save as herein otherwise provided, no person shall transport over India or any part thereof any fire-arms or ammunition or any arms of category V, except under, and in accordance with the conditions of, a licence granted under these rules,
(2) Nothing in sub-rule (1) or in Section 12 shall be deemed to apply to arms or ammunition--
(a) transported personally or as personal luggage, in reasonable quantities for his own use, by a person lawfully entitled to possess or carry such arms or ammunition;
(b) transported by a person licensed to manufacture such articles, for proof-testing, in a case or package legibly addressed to a Government establishment or an establishment approved in this behalf by the Central Government, or re-transported by such establishment to such person;
(c) of category V, transported through an area where the Central Government has, by notification in the Official Gazette, applied Section 4, or from such area to an area where Section 4 does not apply, provided that 13 the weapons are properly packed and labelled, showing clearly the description of the articles and the name and address of the consignee;
(d) transported by a licensed dealer for export or after import in accordance with a licence for their export or import--
(i) from the place of despatch to the port or other place of export, or
(ii) from the port or other place of import to the place of destination, or
(iii) by transhipment in the port of import for re-export by sea or air;
(e) transported--
(i) by a person lawfully entitled to possess such articles, in reasonable quantities for his own use from the premises of a licensed dealer, or for purposes of examination or repair or test to or from any such premises, or to the address of any other person lawfully entitled to possess such articles; or
(ii) by a licensed dealer, in a case or package legibly addressed to a person lawfully entitled to possess such articles, in compliance with an order given by such person for the supply of such articles, in reasonable quantities, for his own use or after carrying out necessary repairs thereto;
(f) being chlorates, transported for bona fide industrial, agricultural or medicinal purposes :
Provided that--
(i) transport of arms or ammunition under Clause (d), Clause (e) or Clause (f) shall be subject to obtaining a certificate of no objection from the licensing authority at the destination of the articles as provided for in rule 50;
(ii) transport of arms or ammunition personally for any of the purposes stated in sub-clause (i) of Clause (e) without using them through any area outside the area of validity of his possession licence, shall be subject to his obtaining a permit from the licensing authority at the starting place of transport; and
(iii) prior intimation of the transport of arms of category V under Clause (c) or of chlorates under Clause (f) shall be given to the 14 officer-in-charge of the nearest police station or a Magistrate having jurisdiction over the place of despatch.
(3) The officer or Magistrate receiving prior intimation under sub-clause (iii) of the proviso to sub-rule (2) shall immediately inform the District Magistrate, and if the articles are transported by rail the Superintendent of Railway Police having jurisdiction,--
(i) over the place of destination, in the case of transport of chlorates, and
(ii) over the place of entry into the area where Section 4 applies in the case of transport of arms of category V.
Explanation,--For the purpose of this rule, "transport" includes movement of arms or ammunition across any part of the country, but does not include movement of arms or ammunition by a licensed dealer from a warehouse, godown or any other similar place to his factory, shop or other place of business within the same village, town or city.