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disposal of any firearm or ammunition found in his possession as the court thinks fit and may cancel any firearm certificate or shot gun certificate held by him.

(2) Where the court cancels a certificate under this section—
 * (a) the court shall cause notice to be sent to the chief officer of police by whom the certificate was granted; and
 * (b) the chief officer of police shall by notice in writing require the holder of the certificate to surrender it; and
 * (c) it is an offence for the holder to fail to surrender the certificate within twenty-one days from the date of the notice given him by the chief officer of police.

(3) A constable may seize and detain any firearm or ammunition which may be the subject of an order for forfeiture under this section.

(4) A court of summary jurisdiction or, in Scotland, the sheriff may, on the application of the chief officer of police, order any firearm or ammunition seized and detained by a constable under this Act to be destroyed or otherwise disposed of.

53. The Secretary of State may by statutory instrument make rules—
 * (a) prescribing the form of certificates under this Act, and the register required to be kept under section 40 of this Act and other documents;
 * (b) prescribing any other thing which under this Act is to be prescribed; and
 * (c) generally for carrying this Act into effect;

and rules made under this section may make different provision for different cases.

54.—(1) Sections 1, 2, 7 to 13 and 26 to 32 of this Act apply, subject to the modifications specified in subsection (2) of this section, to persons in the service of Her Majesty in their capacity as such so far as those provisions relate to the purchase and acquisition, but not so far as they relate to the possession, of firearms.

(2) The modifications referred to above are the following:—
 * (a) a person in the service of Her Majesty duly authorised in writing in that behalf may purchase or acquire firearms and ammunition for the public service without holding a certificate under this Act;