Record of transaction in weapons or firearms, etc. - Requirements - Firearms acquisition certificate - Exception - Report of loss, destruction or theft - Form of report - Permit to carry on husiness - Application - Statement of location - Each location separate - Handling, secure storage, etc. - Idem - Handling and transportation - Punishment. 105. (1) Every person who operates a museum approved for the purposes of this Part by the Commissioner or the Attorney General of the province in which it is situated, or who carries on a business that includes (a) the manufacturing, buying or selling at wholesale or retail, storing, importing, repairing, modifying or taking in pawn of restricted weapons or firearms, or, in the case referred to in subsection 95(2), the importing, buying, selling, transferring or delivering, at wholesale or retail, of prohibited weapons described in paragraph (f) of the definition "prohibited weapon" in subsection 84(1), or (b) the manufacturing, importing or exporting, for a purpose that the Governor in Council prescribes by regulation, for the purposes of subsection 90(3.1), to be an industrial purpose, of prohibited weapons described in paragraph (c), (e) or (f) of the definition "prohibited weapon" in subsection 84(1) or components or parts thereof, shall meet the requirements set out in subsection (1.1). (1.1) Every person who operates a museum referred to in subsection 105(1), or who carries on a business described in paragraph (1)(a) or (b) shall (a) keep records of transactions entered into by that person with respect to the prohibited or restricted weapons or firearms or the prohibited weapons or the components or parts thereof referred to in paragraph (1)(b), as the case may be, in a form prescribed by the Commissioner and containing such information as is prescribed by the Commissioner, (b) keep an inventory of all the prohibited or restricted weapons or firearms, or the prohibited weapons or the components or parts thereof referred to in paragraph (1)(b), as the case may be, on hand at the location of the museum or at that person's place of business; (c) produce the records and inventory for inspection at the request of any police officer or police constable or any other person authorized by regulations made by the Governor in Council pursuant to paragraph 116(1)(a) or (b), as the case may be, to enter any place where the museum is located or any place where the business described in paragraph (1)(a) or (b), as the case may be, is carried on; and (d) mail a copy of the records and inventory to the Commissioner or to any person authorized by subsection 110(5) to issue a permit to carry on the business in accordance with any request in writing made by the Commissioner or person so authorized. (1.2) A person who operates a museum referred to in subsection (1) or who carries on a business described in paragraph (1)(a) or (b) shall ensure that any person employed in or in connection with the museum or business whose duties include the handling of firearms or restricted or prohibited weapons holds a firearms acquisition certificate. (1.3) Notwithstanding subsection (1.2), the Attorney General of the province in which a manufacturing business referred to in that subsection is located may designate, for the purposes of this subsection, any person or class of persons employed in or in connection with the business, as a person who need not hold a firearms acquisition certificate for the purposes of employment. (2) A person who (a) operates a museum referred to in subsection (1) or carries on a business referred to in paragraph (1)(a) or (b), or (b) carries on a business that includes (i) the manufacturing, buying or selling at wholesale or retail or importing of ammunition, or (ii) the transportation or shipping of prohibited or restricted weapons, firearms or ammunition shall immediately report to a local registrar of firearms or a peace officer any loss, destruction or theft of any restricted weapon, firearm or ammunition, or any loss, destruction, theft or transfer of any prohibited weapon or component or part thereof, that occurs in the operation of the museum or in the course of business. (3) A report made pursuant to subsection (2) shall be in a form prescribed by the Commissioner and shall be made forthwith after the loss, destruction or theft occurs or is discovered. (4) No person shall carry on a business described in subsection (1) or subparagraph (2)(b)(i) unless he is the holder of a permit to carry on that business. [1991, c. 40, s. 39(4)(a) will repeal subsection 105(4) and substitute the following.] Permit to carry on business. (4) No person shall carry on a business described in paragraph (1)(a) or (b) unless the person is the holder of a permit to carry on that business. (4.1) A permit referred to in subsection (4) may be issued by the chief provincial firearms officer to (a) any person who wishes to carry on a business described in paragraph (1)(a) or subparagraph (2)(b)(i); or (b) a person designated by the Attorney General of the province in which the business is or is to be carried on, and who is a member of a class of persons who require a prohibited weapon described in paragraph (c), (e) or (f) of the definition "prohibited weapon" in subsection 84(1) or parts thereof for a purpose that the Governor in Council prescribed by regulation to be an industrial purpose, and who applies for such a permit using the form prescribed by the Commissioner (5) Where a person operates a museum referred to in subsection (1), or carries on a business described in paragraph (1)(a) or (b) or in subparagraph (2)(b)(i), at more than one location, each location shall be deemed for the purposes of this section and regulations made pursuant to paragraphs 116(1)(a) to (c) to be a separate museum or business (6) No person shall, in the course of operating a museum referred to in subsection (1) or of carrying on a business described in paragraph (1)(a) or (b) or in subparagraph (2)(b)(i), (a) handle, store, display or advertise any restricted weapon, firearm or ammunition in a manner that contravenes any regulation made pursuant to paragraph 116(1)(a); or (b) sell by mail-order any restricted weapon, firearm or ammunition in a manner that contravenes any regulation made pursuant to paragraph 116(1)(c) (6.1) No person shall, in the course of carrying on a business described in paragraph (1)(b), handle or store any prohibited weapon referred to in that paragraph or any component or part thereof in a manner that contravenes any regulation made by the Governor in Council pursuant to paragraph 116(1)(a.1) (7) No person shall, in the course of operating a museum referred to in subsection (1) or of carrying on a business described in paragraph (1)(a) or (b) or paragraph (2)(a) or (b), knowingly handle, ship, store or transport any firearm or ammunition, or any prohibited weapon referred to in paragraph (1)(b) or any component or part thereof, in a manner that contravenes any regulation made by the Governor in Council pursuant to paragraph 116(1)(d) (8) Every one who contravenes subsection (1), (2), (4), (6), (6.1) or (7) (a) is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years; or (b) is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction. 1991, c. 28, s. 10; c 40, ss. 18, 39.