Guns, Explosives and Weapons Control (Ornamental Use — Class Licence) Order 2025

No. S 379

Guns, Explosives and Weapons Control Act 2021

Guns, Explosives and Weapons Control
(Ornamental Use — Class Licence)
Order 2025

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 56 of the Guns, Explosives and Weapons Control Act 2021, the Minister for Home Affairs makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order is the Guns, Explosives and Weapons Control (Ornamental Use — Class Licence) Order 2025 and comes into operation on 1 July 2025.

Definitions

2.  In this Order —

“bayonet” means a thrusting, striking or cutting weapon designed to be attached to or at the muzzle of a gun;

“blunted”, in relation to any defined weapon, means a defined weapon the cutting edges and points of which are modified to be blunt and not capable of causing serious injury or death;

“defined weapon” means —

(a) a bayonet;

(b) a sword or dirk;

(c) a sharp pointed stabbing instrument —

(i) having —

(A) a flat blade with cutting edges (whether serrated or not serrated) along the length of both sides; or

(B) a needle‑like blade or spike, the cross section of which is elliptical or has 3 or more sides;

(ii) designed for hand‑to‑hand combat, such as —

(A) to be held between the fingers or the forefinger and thumb with the handle supported by the palm of the hand and to inflict injury by a punching or pushing movement, such as a push knife or push dagger;

(B) to cause serious injury when thrown, such as a throwing knife; or

(C) to be held in the closed fist with the fingers through the handle which serves as a knuckleduster, such as a trench knife; and

(iii) ordinarily capable of being concealed on the person of an individual,

but not a karambit;

(d) a spear; or

(e) a spearhead;

“display to the general public” means to display as part of an exhibition which is open to any member of the public as of right or by virtue of express or implied permission, whether or not on payment of a fee;

“spear” means a thrusting, throwing, striking or cutting weapon to be propelled by human power without the use of any device, and includes a halberd, glaive and a martial arts weapon called “Guandao” or “Yanyuedao”;

“sword” means a thrusting, striking or cutting weapon with a long blade having one or 2 cutting edges and a hilt, and includes any bolo, kukri or hooked swords, but excludes any of the following:

(a) a machete;

(b) a parang.

Class licensee

3.  Unless exempt by or under section 87 or 88 of the Act and subject to section 66(1) and (2)(c) of the Act, every person who possesses one or more blunted defined weapons for any of the following purposes:

(a) as an ornament for display to the general public or otherwise;

(b) as a curio or as part of a collection due to the commemorative, historical, thematic or heirloom value of the blunted defined weapon or weapons,

is subject to a class licence authorising the person to possess those blunted defined weapons for that purpose (and no other purpose), and to dispose of any of those blunted defined weapons if it is no longer required for that purpose.

Conditions of class licence

4.—(1)  A class licensee by virtue of paragraph 3 may possess a blunted defined weapon subject to all the following conditions:

(a) the class licensee ensures that the defined weapon remains blunted at all times;

(b) the class licensee takes all reasonable steps necessary to ensure that the blunted defined weapon —

(i) is not lost or stolen; and

(ii) is not accessible or transferred to anyone else who is not authorised by or under the Act to possess the blunted defined weapon;

Illustration

If the container in which a blunted defined weapon is kept has a keyed lock or keyed padlock, the class licensee must take all reasonable precautions to ensure that the keys for the lock or padlock are not lost or stolen and are not accessible to anyone who is not authorised by or under the Act to possess that defined weapon.

(c) the class licensee takes all reasonable steps necessary to protect other people from alarm relating to the class licensee’s possession of the blunted defined weapon for a purpose mentioned in paragraph 3.

(2)  For the purpose of sub‑paragraph (1)(b), “authorised by or under the Act”, for possession of a blunted defined weapon, means authorised to possess the blunted defined weapon without committing an offence under the Act, because of —

(a) a provision in the Act;

(b) a licence or a class licence; or

(c) an exemption by or under section 87, 88 or 89 of the Act.

Made on 26 May 2025.

PANG KIN KEONG

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Home Affairs,
Singapore.

[112/2/029; AG/LEGIS/SL/121C/2020/18]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 92 of the Guns, Explosives and Weapons Control Act 2021).