(a) A certified instructor shall not issue a firearm safety certificate to any person who has not complied with this article. Proof of compliance shall be forwarded to the department by certified instructors as frequently as the department may determine.

(b) A certified instructor shall not issue a firearm safety certificate to any person who is under 18 years of age.

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Terms Used In California Penal Code 31625

  • firearm: includes the frame or receiver of the weapon, including both a completed frame or receiver, or a firearm precursor part:

    California Penal Code 16520

  • firearm safety certificate: means a certificate issued by the Department of Justice pursuant to Sections 31610 to 31700, inclusive, or pursuant to former Article 8 (commencing with Section 12800) of Chapter 6 of Title 2 of Part 4, as that article was operative at any time from January 1, 2003, until it was repealed by the Deadly Weapons Recodification Act of 2010. See California Penal Code 16535
  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See California Penal Code 7
  • safety: is a utomatically applied by the pistol, this feature shall not be defeated. See California Penal Code 31900

(c) A violation of this section shall be grounds for the department to revoke the instructor’s certification to issue firearm safety certificates.

(d) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2015.

(Repealed (in Sec. 19) and added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 761, Sec. 20. (SB 683) Effective January 1, 2014. Section operative January 1, 2015, by its own provisions.)

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