Latvia. 2019 ‘Section 15(4)-(7).’ Law on the Handling of Weapons; Section 15. Riga: Latvia. 10 April

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Section 15. Legal Persons who have the Right to Acquire, Possess, and Transport Weapons, Their Components and the Ammunition Intended for Them

(4) Legal persons which have received a permission for keeping wild animals in fenced areas that are in their ownership or possession, if their shareholders, officials of the administration (representation) of the commercial company, as well as employees who according to the work duties have access to weapons and ammunition meet the conditions of Section 14, Paragraph ten of this Law and the prohibitions referred to in Section 23 of this Law (except for the prohibition referred to in Clause 12 thereof in relation to shareholders and managers) do not apply to them, have the following rights with the permission of the State Police:

1) to acquire, possess, transport, convey, and issue for use long firearms of Categories B and C classified for hunting and their ammunition;

2) to acquire, possess, transport, convey, and issue for use long firearms classified for hunting and equipped with fire sound suppressors (silencers), except for fire sound suppressors (silencers) for long-rifled firearms with the calibre of up to 5.6 mm for which ammunition with rimfire primers is used, as well as if the shot is fired using ammunition with reduced quantity of gunpowder.

(5) Legal persons which are implementing their professional activity in the field of culture or in historical re-enactments, if their shareholders, officials of the administration (representation) of the commercial company, as well as employees who according to the work duties have access to weapons and ammunition meet the conditions of Section 14, Paragraph ten of this Law and the prohibitions referred to in Section 23 of this Law (except for the prohibition referred to in Clause 12 thereof in relation to shareholders and managers) do not apply to them, have the following rights with the permission of the State Police:

1) to acquire, possess, transport, convey, and issue for use automatic salute weapons (acoustic weapons) of Category A, salute weapons (acoustic weapons) of Categories B and C classified for the field of culture and for historical re-enactments and the salute rounds intended for them;

2) to acquire, possess, transport, convey, and issue for use gas weapons and signal weapons classified for self-defence and the salute rounds and pyrotechnic ammunition intended for them.

(6) Educational institutions founded by the State and local governments (except for the colleges within the system of the Ministry of the Interior and the National Defence Academy of Latvia) in which classes in the types of sports linked to shooting, youth guard or military training programmes are intended, if the heads of the educational institution, as well as the employees who according to work duties have access to weapons and ammunition meet the conditions of Section 14, Paragraph ten of this Law and the prohibitions referred to in Section 23 of this Law (except for the prohibition referred to in Clause 12 thereof in relation to shareholders and managers) do not apply to them, have the following rights with the permission of the State Police:

1) to acquire, possess, transport, convey, and issue for operation firearms of Categories A, B, and C classified for sports and their ammunition, as well as the exchangeable essential components of such firearms;

2) to acquire, possess, transport, convey, and issue for operation high-energy pneumatic weapons of Category D classified for sports;

3) to acquire, possess, transport, and issue for use fire sound suppressors (silencers) for long firearms classified for sports and long firearms classified for sports and equipped with them, except for fire sound suppressors(silencers) for long-rifled firearms with the calibre of up to 5.6 mm for which ammunition with rimfire primers is used, as well as if the shot is fired using ammunition with reduced quantity of gunpowder.

(7) State, local government, and private museums, if their managers, as well as employees who according to the work duties have access to weapons and ammunition meet the conditions of Section 14, Paragraph ten of this Law and the prohibitions referred to in Section 23 of this Law (except for the prohibition referred to in Clause 12 thereof in relation to shareholders and managers) do not apply to them, have the following rights with the permission of the State Police:

1) to acquire, possess, transport, convey, and display in exhibitions firearms of Categories A, B, and C classified for collection, as well as the exchangeable essential components of such firearms;

2) to acquire, possess, transport, convey, and display in exhibitions high-energy pneumatic weapons of Category D classified for sports.

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