Imphal West District Magistrate revokes order
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, September 14 2016:
The District Magistrate, Imphal West, has revoked its orders to cancel all arms licences which UIN was yet to be generated under NDAL.
The Central Government has notified the Arms Rules, 2016, and the same came into effect from July 15, 2016.As per section 15 (2) of the Arms Rules, all the licensing authority and renewing authority should enter a data which will generate the Unique Identification Number (UIN), effective April 1, 2017, all arms license without UIN shall be considered invalid.
As the orders issued by the District Magistrate on July 20, 2016, is not in conformity with the Arms Rules 2016, the order has been withdrawn.
Therefore, all actions taken by the authority in pursuance of the said orders stand null and void, a statement issued by Imphal West District Magistrate informed.
All licensees holding arms licenses for which the UIN is yet to be generated as on date are further directed to submit the details of license and other particulars as required for generation of the UIN to the office of the District Magistrate by March 31, 2017 .