32. Bringing of arms or ammunition into India by bona
fide tourists.[(1) A licence, valid for a period of six months from the date of endorsement referred to in sub-rule (1-A), may be granted in Form III to bona fide tourists referred to in clause (b) of the proviso to sub-section (1) of section 10, so far as practicable, six months prior to the expected date of arrival of the tourist in India:Provided that the validity of the licence so granted shall commence only from the date of endorsement of the said licence and that the arms and ammunition covered by the licence shall not be used till the date of endorsement of the licence.(1-A) When a licence is granted in Form III to a bona fide tourist, under sub-rule (1), the licence, together with the passport/visa of the tourist, shall be presented to the licensing authority as soon as may be after the disembarkment of the tourist and the latter shall(a)after obtaining the undertaking referred to in sub-rule (2), endorse the licence making it valid for a period of six months from the date of the endorsement; and(b)make an entry in the passport/visa giving full particulars of all the arms and ammunition for which the licence has been granted].(2)The licensing authority shall obtain an undertaking in writing from the licensee that he shall not sell or transfer the arms or ammunition to anyone in India without the prior permission of the District Magistrate having jurisdiction over the place where such sale or transfer is to be made, and where the arms or ammunition are sold or transferred he shall inform the customs authority and pay the duty, if any.(3)The passport checking authority or any other officer empowered by the District Magistrate in this behalf at the port or other place of departure from India shall verify that the arms entered in the passport/visa are being taken out of India by the licensee and recover the licence and forward the same to the authority who issued it with the remarks that the arms have been duly re-exported or lawfully sold or transferred in India, as the case may be.
