law: Arms Act, 1959
  10. License for import and export of arms ,
  
  etc.-
  (1) No person shall bring into, or take out of
  
  India by sea, land or air any arms or ammunition unless he holds in this behalf
  
  a license issued in accordance with the provisions of this Act and the rules
  
  made thereunder :
  Provided that -
  (a) a person who is entitled by virtue of this
  
  Act or any other law for the time being in force to have, or is not prohibited
  
  by this Act or such other law from having , in his possession any arms or
  
  ammunition, may without a license in this behalf bring into, or take out of,
  
  India such arms or ammunition in reasonable quantities for his own private use;
  
  
  (b) a person being a bona fide tourist 
  
  belonging to any such country as the Central Government may, by notification in 
  
  the Official Gazette, specify, who is not prohibited by the laws of that country 
  
  from having in his possession any arms or ammunition, may, without a license 
  
  under this section but in accordance with such conditions as may be prescribed, 
  
  bring with him into India arms and ammunition in reasonable quantities for use 
  
  by him for purposes only of sport and for no other purpose
  Explanation- For purpose of clause (b) of this
  
  proviso, word "tourist" means a person who not being a citizen of
  
  India visits India for a period not exceeding six months with no other object
  
  than recreation, sight-seeing, or participation in a representative capacity in
  
  meetings convened by the Central Government or in international conferences,
  
  associations or other bodies.
  (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in the
  
  proviso to subsection (1) where the collector of customs or any other officer
  
  empowered by the Central Government in this behalf has any doubt as to the
  
  applicability of clause (a) or clause (b) of that proviso to any person who
  
  claims that such clause is applicable to him or as to the reasonableness of the
  
  quantities of arms or ammunition iun the possession
  
  of any person referred to in such clause, or as to the use to which such arms
  
  or ammunition in the possession of such person until he receives the orders of
  
  the Central Government in relation thereto.
  (3) Arms and ammunition taken from one part of
  
  India to another by sea or air or across any intervening territory not forming
  
  a part of India, are taken out of, and brought into, India within the meaning
  
  of this section.