Regulations Governing the Permission and Management of the Export, Research & Development of Imitation Firearms｜第 4 條｜警政｜Regulation｜In Force
內政部｜v1.0
Effective Date: 2024-12-15｜Last Amended: 2024-12-20
Any manufacturer that has met the following requirements, for the purpose of exclusively conducting export or research and development, may file an application with the municipal or county (city) police department of the place where it is located for approval to manufacture, sell, transport, transfer, rent, lend, possess, store, or display imitation firearms and their main components: 1. Having accomplished the registration as per the third paragraph and having filed for future reference as per the fourth paragraph of the previous article ; 2. Having set up a centralized warehouse for imitation firearms and their main components with an AC/DC universal alarm system to prevent theft; 3. Having set up surveillance recording equipment capable of keeping at least 30 days’ records ; 4. The factory, that belongs to or is commissioned by the manufacturer, has registered its establishment or its change, has added manufacturing or processing imitation firearms and their main components as its industry type and its main products and has marked imitation firearms as its main product. The items covered in the application for approval to manufacture, sell, transport, transfer, rent, lend, possess, store, or display imitation firearms and their main components prescribed in the preceding paragraph and the required documents and information are laid out as follows: 1. Export: (1) A completed application form ; (2) A photocopy of the manufacturer’s registration document or the photocopy of the registration document of the factory the manufacturer owns or commissions to manufacture imitation firearms and their main components ; (3) A photocopy of an export order or a document used to prove such an order, and its Chinese translation if it is in a foreign language ; (4) The catalogue and Chinese manual of the imitation firearms and their main components in six duplicates with information such as the model number, size, pictures, flat and three-dimensional design of the product and a scale marking ; (5) Documents proving that the requirements prescribed in subparagraphs 2 and 3 of the preceding paragraph have been fulfilled. (6) Information such as the names and addresses of subcontractors needed to process products. (7) Information such as the names and addresses of the businesses that rent, lend, possess, store, or display imitation firearms and their main components. 2. Research and development: (1) Documents prescribed in sections (1), (2) and (5) of the preceding subparagraph; (2) Any person, who applies for the importation of imitation firearms and their main components, shall submit the documents prescribed in section (4) of the preceding subparagraph. The quantity for each single application is limited to 2 units for each model number. (3) Information such as the name and address of the business which rents, lends, possesses, stores, or displays imitation firearms and their main components. 3. Import or export samples: Documents prescribed in sections (1), (2), (4) and (5) of subparagraph 1; the maximum quantity for each application is 2 units for each model number. 4. Retained as samples: Documents prescribed in sections (1), (2), (4) and (5) of the first subparagraph; the maximum quantity for each application is 10 units for each model number; the gun body and barrel of each unit shall be branded or stamp pressed with the word “sample”. If the documents prescribed in the preceding paragraph are photocopies, they shall be affixed with the seals of the manufacturer and the person in charge.