Section 31 Transitional
The following provisions of this section shall have effect until the expiration of three months from the commencement of this Act and no longer, that is to say :—
the provisions of this Act as to the possession of firearms without a firearm certificate shall not apply to firearms which are possessed as trophies of the late war or any former war, if the owner thereof has given notice of the fact in the prescribed form to the chief officer of police of the area in which he resides, and the chief officer has signified under subsection (2) of section thirteen of the Firearms Act, 1920, that a firearm certificate in respect thereof can be dispensed with:
Provided that firearms possessed as aforesaid shall not be used or carried, and no ammunition therefor shall be purchased or acquired;
the provisions of paragraph (a) of subsection (5) of section ten of this Act shall not apply to any person registered as a firearms dealer at the commencement of this Act.