Article 11. Procedure for the acquisition and registration of civil and service weapons and their ammunition

The subjects specified in indent three — ten of Article 10 of this Law shall have the right to acquire civil and service weapons on the basis of permits from internal affairs bodies with a validity period of three months.

A permit for the acquisition of civil and service weapons shall grant the right to acquire the weapons and their ammunition specified therein, as well as the right to transport and store them until they are registered with the internal affairs bodies.

A permit for the acquisition of civil and service weapons shall not grant the right to carry and use the weapons and their ammunition.

The acquisition of the following shall be carried out without permits from internal affairs bodies:

acquisition of signal weapons and edged cold hunting weapons — by legal entities with special service tasks and legal entities engaged in hunting activities;

acquisition of signal weapons, edged cold hunting weapons, and edged cold and throwing sporting weapons — by legal entities engaged in the sale of weapons;

acquisition of edged cold and throwing sporting weapons — by legal entities engaged in shooting sports activities;

acquisition of edged cold hunting weapons and ammunition for fireweapons and pneumatic hunting weapons — by citizens of the Republic of Uzbekistan who have been granted the right to hunt;

civil and service weapons must be registered with the internal affairs bodies within a ten-day period from the date of acquisition, with the exception of weapons and their ammunition acquired without a permit from the internal affairs bodies.

When the weapons are registered by the internal affairs bodies, permits with a validity period of three years shall be issued based on the permit for the acquisition of weapons, with the indication of the characteristics of the sold weapons (type, kind, model, factory series and number, year of manufacture) by the legal entity engaged in the sale of weapons, to:

legal entities with special service tasks, legal entities engaged in hunting and shooting sports activities — for the storage of weapons;

citizens of the Republic of Uzbekistan — for the storage and carrying of weapons;

legal entities and citizens engaged in the collection or exhibition of weapons — for the collection or exhibition of weapons.