Section 5 Application of foregoing provisions to Crown servants
Notwithstanding any rule of law whereunder the provisions of this Act do not bind the Crown, so much of the foregoing provisions of this Act as relates to the purchase and acquisition, but not so much thereof as relates to the possession, of firearms and ammunition to which this Part of this Act applies shall apply to persons in the service of His Majesty in their capacity as such, subject however to the following modifications :—
a person in the service of His Majesty duly authorised in writing in that behalf may purchase or acquire such firearms and ammunition for the public service without holding a firearm certificate;
a person in the naval, military or air service of His Majesty shall, if he satisfies the chief officer of police on an application under section two of this Act that he is required to purchase or acquire such a firearm or ammunition for his own use in his capacity as such, be entitled without payment of any fee to the grant of a firearm certificate authorising the purchase or acquisition.