Section 46: Interpretation.

In this Act –
“AU" means the African Union;
“Convention" means the Economic Community of West African States Convention on Small Arms and Light Weapons, their ammunition and other related materials, done at Abuja on 14th June, 2006;
“ECOWAS” means the Economic Community of West African States;
"illicit" means all that is carried out in violation of this Act and the Convention,
“light weapons’’ means portable arms designed to be used by several persons working together in a team and include notably -
(a) heavy machine guns;
(b) portable grenade launchers, mobile or mounted;
(c) portable anti-aircraft cannons;
(d) portable anti-tank cannons, non-recoil guns,
(e) portable anti-tank missile launchers or rocket launchers; and
(f) mortars with a caliber of less than one hundred millimeters;
“marking means inscriptions permitting the identification of arms covered by this Act and the Convention;
“National Centre” means National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons established under section 3(1) of this Act;
“other related materials” means all components, parts or spare parts for small arms or light weapons or ammunition necessary for its functioning; or any chemical substance serving as active material used as propelling or explosive agent;
“small arms” means arms used by one person and include -
(a) firearms and other destructive arms or devices such as an exploding bomb, an incendiary bomb or a gas bomb, a grenade, a rocket launcher, a missile system or landmine;
(b) revolvers and pistols with automatic loading;
(c) riffles and carbines;
(d) machine guns;
(e) assault rifles; and
(f) light machine guns;
“small arms and light weapons” include ammunition and other related materials;
“tracing” includes the systematic monitoring of the movement of small arms and light weapons and their ammunition and other related materials, from the manufacturer until the end user with a view to helping members states or competent authorities to detect illegal manufacture and trading, and
"weapons of categories 1, 2 and 3" means light weapon, small arms and ammunition, respectively.