Lawmakers have deleted a section of the Emergency Powers Regulations which allowed government to offer a firearm amnesty.

The regulations set out the conditions under which the State of Emergency is carried out.

According to the Office of the Attorney General, Regulation 11 has been deleted, given that government’s policy has been not to offer firearm amnesties.

It adds that Regulation 11 never took effect, and all firearms recovered so far under the SoE have been as a result of seizures by law enforcement and not surrender.

Regulation 11 says, “No person who surrenders any firearm, ammunition or explosive during any period that is prescribed, and otherwise in accordance with an Order to surrender, shall be prosecuted under the Firearms Act or regulation for illegally purchasing, acquiring or possessing such firearm, ammunition or explosive prior to the time of such surrender or at that time.”