Regulations Governing Permission and Management of Homemade Hunting Guns and Spear Guns of Indigenous Peoples and Fishermen Article 16

Upon receiving the application for an inspection of a Type B homemade hunting gun as prescribed in the preceding article, the municipal or county (city) police department shall assign its personnel to transport the gun to a safety inspection facility designated by the Ministry of National Defense.The Ministry of National Defense or one of its agencies (organizations) shall conduct the safety inspection within one month in accordance with the Safety Inspection Items and Criteria for Hunting Guns Made by Indigenous Peoples, and shall send the inspection results back to the police department that has requested the inspection and its carbon copy to the Ministry of the Interior.The inspection items and criteria referred to in the preceding paragraph shall be established by the Ministry of the Interior joined by the Council of Indigenous Peoples and the Ministry of National Defense.The municipal or county (city) police department shall assign its personnel to retrieve the homemade hunting gun from the safety inspection facility and return it to the applicant. For the applicant whose gun has passed the safety inspection, a license for his homemade hunting gun shall be granted; for those whose gun has failed to pass the inspection, a notification in writing shall be given to tell him to apply for re-inspection.