Article 12. Acquisition of weapons and their ammunition by legal entities with special service tasks

Legal entities with special service tasks shall submit the following to the internal affairs bodies to obtain a permit for the acquisition of weapons:

an application for issuing a permit for the acquisition of weapons, indicating the purpose of the acquisition, information about the weapons and their ammunition to be acquired, and the location of the specially equipped premises (weaponory) for the storage of the weapons and their ammunition;

a contract (agreement) for the supply of weapons and their ammunition;

an order or another directive document on the appointment of the legal entity's employee who is obliged to ensure the safety, issuance and acceptance, registration, and use of the weapons and their ammunition;

a calculation of the required quantity of weapons and their ammunition, taking into account the norms for the provision of weapons and their ammunition.

For the acquisition of ammunition to replace spent, lost, or surrendered ammunition for destruction, documents confirming the legitimacy of the write-off of ammunition (acts of write-off of ammunition, distribution and acceptance statements for ammunition spent during training and practice firing and other shooting, acts of acceptance (surrender) of ammunition for destruction) shall be additionally submitted.

The application for issuing a permit for the acquisition of weapons shall be reviewed by the internal affairs bodies within thirty working days from the date the application, together with all necessary documents, is received.

The issuance of a permit for the acquisition of weapons may be refused on the following grounds:

failure to submit the documents specified in the first and second parts of this article in full;

lack of opportunity to ensure the reliable registration and safety of the weapons and their ammunition or inadequate assurance of these conditions;

presence of inaccurate or distorted information in the submitted documents;

lack of a permanent place of residence for the employee of the legal entity who is obliged to ensure the safety, issuance and acceptance, and registration of the weapons and their ammunition, or who has the right to carry and use service weapons, the emergence of grounds for preventing the ownership of weapons provided for in indents two, three, five — eight, ten — thirteen of part ten of Article 13 of this Law, as well as the presence of diseases or physical defects preventing the ownership of service weapons specified in Annex 1 of this Law.