Law on management and use of weapons, explosives and combat gears, Law No. 14/2017/QH14
ATTRIBUTE Law on management and use of weapons
Law No. 14/2017/QH14 dated June 20, 2017 of the National Assembly on management and use of weapons, explosives and combat gears
Issuing body: | National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam | Effective date: | Known Please log in to a subscriber account to use this function. Don’t have an account? Register here |
Official number: | 14/2017/QH14 | Signer: | Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan |
Type: | Law | Expiry date: | Updating |
Issuing date: | 20/06/2017 | Effect status: | Known Please log in to a subscriber account to use this function. Don’t have an account? Register here |
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THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
Law No. 14/2017/QH14 dated June 20, 2017 of the National Assembly on management and use of weapons, explosives and combat gears
Pursuant to the Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam;
The National Assembly promulgates the Law on management and use of weapons, explosives and combat gears
Article 1. Scope of adjustment
This Law provides regulations on management and use of weapons, explosives and combat gears; principles and responsibilities of authorities, organizations and individuals related to management and use of weapons, explosives, explosives precursors and combat gears to ensure the national security, social order and safety, protection of human rights, civil rights and socio-economic development.
Article 2. Subject of application
This Law applies to organizations and individuals managing and/or using weapons, explosives, explosives precursors and combat gears.
For the purpose of this Law, the terms below shall be construed as follows:
1. "weapon” is a piece or a combination of equipment that is meant to inflict damage or harm to human lives and health and destroy structures, including military weapons, hunting rifles, cold weapons, sporting weapons and other types of weapons with similar properties and effects.
2. “military weapons” means weapons that are manufactured in conformity with technical standards and designs of legal producers and provided for the people's armed forces and other forces prescribed by this Law for conduction of their missions, including:
a) Firearms including handguns, rifles, submachine guns (SMG), light machine guns (LMG), anti-tank rifles and grenade launchers;
b) Light weapons including heavy machine guns (HMG), mortars, B-10 recoilless rifles, anti-aircraft guns and anti-tank missiles;
c) Heavy weapons including fighter aircrafts, armed helicopters, tanks, armored fighting vehicles, warships, submarines, field artillery, anti-aircraft artillery, missiles;
d) Bombs, mines, grenades, torpedoes, naval mines; ammunition used for the weapons specified in Points a, b and c of this Clause.
3. "hunting guns” means guns that are manufactured in non-industrial and industrial manners and used for hunting, including firearms, air guns and ammunition used for these guns.
4. “cold weapons” means weapons that have simple structures and operating principles and are manufactured in non-industrial and industrial manners, including: daggers, swords, spears, bayonets, knives, scimitars, cones, steel knuckles, maces, bows, crossbows, darts.
5. "sporting weapons” means weapons that are manufactured in non-industrial and industrial manners and used for sport training and competitions, including:
a) Air rifles, rifles using exploding bullets, air handguns, handguns using exploding bullets, sporting guns using paintballs, skeet guns and ammunition used for these weapons;
b) The cold weapons prescribed in Clause 4 of this Article used for sport training and competitions.
6. “weapons with similar with properties and effects” means weapons that are manufactured in non-industrial and industrial manners but fail to comply with technical standards and designs of legal producers and cause harm to human lives and health and structures similar to military weapons, hunting guns, cold weapons and sporting weapons.
7. “Explosive” means a product causing quick and strong chemical reactions that spread heat, produce gases, generate light and cause explosions due to impacts of the initial stimulus, including :
a) Dynamite which means chemicals or compounds used for creating explosive reaction due to impacts of the initial stimulus
b) Explosive accessories including detonators, detonating wires, slow-burning wires, explosive-containing articles providing the initial stimulus which burst explosives or specialized equipment containing explosives.
8. “military explosives” means explosives used for national defense and security.
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