Decree of the Ministry of General Engineering No. 52 / 1962 Coll.
Decree of the Minister for General Engineering on testing and verification of weapons and ammunition for civil use
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Effective from 01.07.1962
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DECLARATION
Minister of General Engineering
of 31 May 1962
on the testing and verification of weapons and ammunition for civil use
Under Articles 12 and 13 (3) of the Act of the Bureau of the National Assembly, the Minister of General Engineering provides for the legal measure No 2 / 1955 Coll., on the State Service for Measures and Weights, on the State Service for Precious metals and on the testing of weapons and ammunition for civil use:
Basic provisions
Test and verification of weapons and ammunition
(1) Weapons and ammunition intended for civil use and their essential parts may be put into circulation and used only if they have been tested and verified by the prescribed test sign in accordance with this Decree.
(2) The purpose of the test is to ensure the technical reliability and quality of weapons, ammunition and essential parts thereof and thus the safety of their use.
Scope
(1) The following shall be regarded as weapons under this Order:
(a) small arms, namely:
shotguns,
a shotgun,
leprosy,
saws,
Floberts,
Room shooting rifles,
pistols,
revolvers;
(b) hand-held gas weapons (air guns, gas guns, wind guns) other than those having a smooth bore and a mean initial velocity of less than 100 m / sec;
(c) ballistic weapons designed to detect ballistic (pressure, dispersion, velocity) and monitor its weapon function;
(d) expansion apparatus for which the source of energy is gunpowder or impactor, in particular:
starting pistols and other alarms, but excluding those of a calibre of less than 7 mm;
slaughter and stunning equipment,
Injectors,
Fire presses, bullet holes, etc.
(2) Ammo means:
cartridges and cartridges for small arms and expansion apparatus,
ammunition for hand-held gas weapons.
(3) The main parts of the weapons and ammunition provided for in this Decree are mainly, the conclusions, missiles, cartridges and matches.
Czechoslovak weapons and ammunition test room for civil use
(1) The Czechoslovak weapons and ammunition testing and verification activities are carried out in Prague (hereinafter referred to as the "testing room").
(2) The task of the testing centre shall be in particular:
(a) carry out tests on weapons and ammunition;
(b) to issue certificates of test result and assessments from its field of competence;
(c) verify the weapons and ammunition prescribed by the test marks;
(d) make permanently unfit for use those parts of weapons which have failed the tests and which cannot be repaired;
(e) to take care of the development of test methods, instruments and aids and to compile measurement methods from the field of competence;
(f) procure a collection of weapons and ammunition for study purposes and collect technical documentation in their field.
Test marks
(1) The test mark may be awarded only to weapons, ammunition and essential parts thereof which have been passed by the test.
(2) The test marks are:
No 1
No 2
No 3
No 4
No 5
No 6
(3) The test marks shall be verified:
brand No 1: expansion devices and separately supplied principally and conclusions on these weapons;
mark No 2: hand-held gas weapons and ammunition for these weapons;
mark No 3: main shotgun semi-finished products;
mark No 4: shotguns, flexographic rifles and other flexural projectiles, room shooting rifles, shotgun or room shooting pistols, and specially supplied principally and conclusions thereof;
mark No 5: balls, lepers, pistols and revolvers, with the exception of species certified by mark No 4, and supplied separately by the barrel and conclusions of these weapons;
mark No 4 and No 5: ball-rock rifles and self-supplied principally and conclusions on these weapons;
mark No 6: cartridges, cartridges and self-supplied missiles, cartridges and matches.
(4) Ballistics and their separately supplied barrel and conclusions shall be verified by test marks 1, 2, 4 or 5, or 4 or 5, respectively, whichever of the other types of weapons thus verified (main, conclusions) corresponds to the relevant ballistic weapon (its barrel, conclusion).
(5) In the case of weapons, the test mark shall be placed on the barrel and end; shall also be based on separately supplied barrel and conclusions. For ammunition and self-supplied bullets, cartridges and matches, the test mark shall be printed on the smallest consumer packaging.
(6) The height of test marks Nos 3 and 4 is always 5 mm, the height of marks Nos 1, 2 and 5 is 3 or 5 mm according to the size of the main and the conclusions.
(7) Production, factory or trade marks on weapons, ammunition and their essential parts must not be similar to those prescribed for testing marks.
Submission of weapons and ammunition for testing and verification
(1) Weapons, ammunition and essential parts thereof which are not certified by the prescribed test mark are required to be submitted to the testing laboratory for testing and verification:
(a) the manufacturer;
(b) importers within 30 days of their import from abroad;
(c) a repair plant or a shop, if it is a small firearm, a ballistic weapon, an expansion device or separate main parts thereof, even if they have been entrusted with such weapons (their essential parts) for repair, sale or storage;
(d) any other holder, if it is a small firearm, ballistic weapon, expansion apparatus or separate main parts thereof, within 30 days of their acquisition, unless otherwise specified by the testing centre.
(2) Weapons, ammunition and essential parts thereof, certified by the test mark already prescribed, with the exception of hand-held gas weapons and ammunition for these weapons, are required to submit to the testing laboratory for re-testing and verification:
(a) the holder, at the request of the testing centre, the Public Security Authority, the National Committee, the Union for Cooperation with the Army or the Hunting Organisations, where there is doubt as to the safety of their use;
(b) the holder considers that his or her safety has suffered by storage, use or otherwise;
(c) repair after repair which may have affected their safety; In particular, it is obliged to present the weapons it has carried out
establishment of new core,
any modification of the chamber of charge and the transverse cone,
overdrilling or removal of rust holes;
Chroming of the corkscrew,
repair or modification of the main or conclusion at which the brazing or welding took place;
the adaptation of the inclusion (not including its extension) or the modification of the mouth mainly for the variable inclusion;
compensation for deformation on the main,
installation of a rifle telescope when the barrel is weakened or the safety of the cap is reduced,
Expansion of the hole for the extractor or bouncer in weapons with tilting heads,
the reduction of the gap between the front of the chamber of charge and the head of conclusion if this could reduce the safety of the weapon.
Exemption
(1) According to this decree, they are not tested and the test mark does not verify weapons, ammunition and their separately supplied essential parts,
(a) which have been imported from abroad and are certified by foreign testing marks under international conventions on the mutual recognition of test marks concluded by the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic;
(b) which have been imported from abroad and have been verified by other foreign test marks under conditions of reciprocity; whether this condition is met, the Ministry of Foreign Trade and General Engineering shall determine,
(c) which have been tested and verified by the test laboratory prior to the application of this decree and are intended for domestic use.
This shall be without prejudice to the obligation to submit such weapons, ammunition and essential components for re-testing and verification in accordance with the provisions of Section 5 (2). The list of foreign test marks and weapons and ammunition (their main components) to which they apply shall be kept by the testing laboratory.
(2) Nor are they tested under this decree and the test mark verified:
(a) arms, ammunition and essential parts thereof
1. accompanied by the Czechoslovak customs territory,
2. belonging to foreigners, if they are rightly used for their personal needs during temporary stay in Czechoslovakia,
3. imported for experiments by research and study institutions which serve solely those purposes; the use of weapons, ammunition or essential parts of weapons at shooting sites, training in shooting, hunting, etc., shall not be considered as an attempt;
(b) small arms and their essential parts manufactured in 1870 at the latest, with the exception of revolvers-rear-ends and pistols-rear-ends, and small arms (their main parts), for which the gunshot is made otherwise than by a blow to the centre or edge of the cartridge;
(c) weapons and essential parts thereof which have been made permanently unfit for use;
(d) hand-held gas weapons (their essential parts) and ammunition for such weapons, provided that they are intended for use in Czechoslovakia and have been supplied by the manufacturer before the date of application of this decree;
(e) air tanks imported from a foreign country which do not have an additional power source (e.g. injection of oil into an air cylinder);
(f) gases imported from abroad which are equipped with autosiphone bombs;
(g) ammunition for hand-held gas weapons which has been imported from abroad if it does not contain an additional source of propulsion energy (e.g. composition in the missile).
(3) The manufacturer may supply authorised arms repairers with the primary shotgun semi-finished products without testing and verification according to this decree.
(4) Bullets in hunting weapons which have been manufactured for their own use by persons authorised to do so under special regulations, *) need not be tested and verified by a test mark if they have been made from cartridges, bullets and matches to which the test mark has been awarded. Paragraph 5 (2) (a), (b) shall apply, however, to such cases.
Testing of weapons and ammunition
Weapons
(1) Before verifying the weapons prescribed by the test mark, the test laboratory shall test each weapon submitted.
(2) Weapons which satisfy the conditions of the test shall bear the test mark and the last two digits of the number of tests and shall enter their serial numbers in the test report.
(3) Weapons which have not been submitted by the manufacturer shall also be issued by the test laboratory, irrespective of the test result, with a serial number of the report and, if necessary, a mark of the calibre. However, this does not apply to hand-held gas weapons.
(4) The applicant shall submit weapons for testing in a condition capable of firing, and not for pistols and revolvers, even with a belt.
(5) The manufacturer shall be obliged to equip the weapons to be tested with a mark such that there is no doubt as to which cartridges or cartridges may be used.
(1) If small arms, ballistic weapons and expansion devices fail to comply with the test, the test room shall proceed as follows:
(a) if the defects which can be repaired are met, the test laboratory shall return the weapon to the applicant who is obliged to have the defect removed and re-present the weapon to the test laboratory within 6 months;
(b) if the defects cannot be corrected, the test shall make the weapon permanently unfit for use before returning, as a rule, by deformation of the main part or conclusion, whichever of the two parts failed the test. If, in the case of a weapon with more than one main barrel, only one malfunctions which cannot be repaired, the test bench shall, upon prior notification by the applicant, make the whole volume permanently unfit for use. Upon request made within 30 days of such notification, the technical service shall allow the applicant to have the defect removed by expert means of replacement, in principle or otherwise, in order to ensure the safety of use of the weapon; in this case, a similar procedure to that which can be corrected applies.
(2) The failures which cannot be corrected are in particular:
(a) chiefly cracked, mainly with porous sites and mainly with incomplete or sealed walls and overall or locally weakened walls;
(b) mainly hollow anywhere in two thirds of the length measured from the end;
(c) encased cartridge chambers of shotgun main, non-self-contained encrusted chamber of spherical main and non-self-supporting entanglements;
(d) spherical barrel with an oversized bore;
(e) conclusions with cracks reducing the safety of the weapon;
(f) other serious defects for which, in the interest of safety, the service decides that they cannot be remedied.
Ammo
(1) Before verifying the ammunition prescribed by the test mark, the test laboratory shall test the samples produced in the verification series before serial or mass production begins. The type of ammunition which has passed the test conditions shall be issued by the service responsible for the prescribed mark by a written certificate. The certificate shall entitle the manufacturer to mark the ammunition from series or mass production with the prescribed test mark.
(2) If, for the type of ammunition produced, the material of the cartridge, the structure of the match, the ignition compound, the dust filling, the charge ratio or the shot is changed, the manufacturer shall submit the modified ammunition for re-testing and verification by a test mark.
(3) The laboratory shall carry out random tests on the ammunition taken from the manufacturer's warehouse. If the service finds that the ammunition does not comply with the test conditions, it shall withdraw the mark by written decision.
(4) Prior to the verification of the imported ammunition by the prescribed test mark, the technical service may require the importer to communicate to it the maximum pressure of the dust gases developing the ammunition. The importer must ensure that he is aware of this information.
(5) The laboratory shall grant the imported type of ammunition by a written certificate prescribed by the test mark if the maximum pressure of dust gases it exerted complies with the Czechoslovak regulations. Imported ammunition of this type need not be labelled.
Main arms and ammunition
(1) The provisions of this Section on the testing and verification of weapons and ammunition also apply to the testing and verification of their essential parts when supplied separately.
(2) For the test separately supplied with the principal (s), the conclusion (s) enabling the test to be carried out must be submitted simultaneously to the test.
Technical conditions for testing weapons and ammunition
The technical conditions for testing weapons, ammunition and their separate essential parts shall be laid down in the relevant technical standards. Weapons, ammunition and their separate essential parts which have not fully and without exception complied with these technical conditions shall not be verified by the test mark.
General provisions on testing of weapons and ammunition
(1) The manufacturer is required to make available to the test laboratory, free of charge, the equipment and ammunition required to carry out the tests, to ensure the safety of the tests and to assist his staff, if the service so requests.
(2) The holder of a ball-barrel weapon shall be required to supply, at the same time as the gun, consumer cartridges or casings fitted with matches and bullets in the quantity prescribed by the test laboratory.
(3) When presenting weapons, ammunition or essential parts in bulk for testing, the testing laboratory shall decide in what number and dates it may be presented.
(4) The place of test shall be determined by the service.
(5) For carrying out the tests, the test party shall charge the applicant in accordance with the applicable price regulations. The cost of postage and packaging shall be charged separately by the testing laboratory.
(6) The laboratory is not responsible for destroying or damaging weapons and ammunition or their essential parts by testing.
Common and final provisions
The testing laboratory shall supervise compliance with this Decree and the technical standards for testing weapons, ammunition and essential parts thereof. To this end, they shall carry out inspection visits to the manufacturer and to organisations which store, sell or repair weapons and ammunition.
Users, in particular the Union for the Cooperation with the Army and Hunting Organisations, are required to report to the testing centre all serious defects of weapons and ammunition occurring repeatedly in their use.
The Ministry of General Engineering may, in cooperation with the competent central authorities, authorise exemptions from this decree, provided that this does not affect the provisions of international conventions on the mutual recognition of test marks concluded by the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic.
(1) Decree of the Minister of Engineering No 165 / 1955 of the Ú. l., on testing of weapons and ammunition for civil use, is hereby repealed.
(2) This Decree shall take effect on 1 July 1962.
Minister:
Polack v. r.
*) § 6 of Decree No 7 / 1955 Ú. l.
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Regulation Information
| Citation | Decree of the Ministry of General Engineering No. 52 / 1962 Coll., on testing and verification of weapons and ammunition for civil use |
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| Regulation Type | - |
| Author | - |
| Collection | Code of Laws |
| Date of Promulgation | 15.06.1962 |
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| Effective from | 01.07.1962 |
| Effective until | - |
| Status | Valid |
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