Customs - Disposal of Firearms imported under TR
AS per Para 2.43.2 of the Handbook of Procedures Vol.I, 2009-2014 transfer of imported firearms will not require permission from DGFT after ten years of import. As per CBEC Letter F.No.497/57/87-Cus-VI, dated 05.01.1998, firearms imported as baggage are not allowed to be transferred to any person for consideration or otherwise during the lifetime of the importer. Import under baggage is not covered under the normal provisions of the Foreign Trade Policy. So, if you import firearms under baggage, you cannot sell them or dispose of them, but you can if you have imported them in the normal course.
Now, the Government has decided to allow passengers importing a firearm as baggage on transfer of residence to dispose the same after ten years of import. The disposal will be to persons legally entitled to possess the firearm.
Government has also decided that an eligible person would be allowed to import only one firearm under transfer of residence in his/her lifetime. Even though the facility of transfer of residence can be availed every three years at present, a firearm can be imported only once.
CBEC Circular No. 4/2013-Cus., Dated: January 15, 2013