(1) Every person applying to register arms or ammunition in accordance with section 1 shall complete the form contained in the First Schedule to this Decree.
(2) No application for registration shall be accepted until the arms or ammunition are produced for inspection by the police-
(a) where practicable, at the police station at which the application is made; or
(b) where such production is impracticable, at the place at which the arms or ammunition are kept.
(3) Where an application for registration is duly submitted and the arms or ammunition are duly produced and inspected by the police, the police officer authorised to effect the registration shall register the arms or ammunition in accordance with this Decree, and shall issue to the applicant, upon payment by him of the fee prescribed in the Second Schedule, a permit entitling him to possess those arms or ammunition for such purposes and subject to such conditions as may be specified in the permit, which may include a condition requiring the person licensed to account for the use of any ammunition.
(4) A permit shall be valid for six months or for such other period as the Inspector-General of Police may determine, and shall then expire.