EXEMPTIONS

EXEMPTIONS: H.R.S. § 134-11(a) and (c) *A. The law with respect to the offense of (specify offense defined by sections 134-6 to 134-9, except section 134-7(f) unless the person listed below is on duty and if those duties require the person to be armed) does not apply: 1. To members of police departments, sheriffs, and law enforcement officers; 2. To members of the armed forces of the State and of the United States and mail carriers while in the performance of their respective duties if those duties require them to be armed; 3. To regularly enrolled members of any organization duly authorized to purchase or receive the weapons from the United States or from the State, provided the members are either at, or going to or from, their places of assembly or target practice; 4. To persons employed by the State, or subdivisions thereof, or the United States while in the performance of their respective duties or while going to and from their respective places of duty if those duties require them to be armed; 5. To aliens employed by the State, or subdivisions thereof, or the United States while in the performance of their respective duties or while going to and from their respective places of duty if those duties require them to be armed; 6. To police officers on official assignment in Hawai`i from any state which by compact permits police officers from Hawai`i while on official assignment in that state to carry firearms without registration. The governor of the State or the governor's duly authorized representative may enter into compacts with other states to carry out this section. **B. The law with respect to the offense of (specify offense defined by Sections 134-6, 134-8 or 134-9) does not apply to the possession, transportation, or use, with blank cartridges, of any firearm or explosive solely as props for motion picture film or television program production when duly authorized by the chief of police of the appropriate county and not in violation of federal law. Notes H.R.S. § 134-11(a) and (c). *Exemptions are applicable to H.R.S. §§ 134-6 to 134-9, see instructions 15.01 to 15.03, 15.04, and 15.05 to 15.10. Effective April 24, 1996, persons exempt from firearm regulations in chapter 134 are subject to section 134-7(f) (restraining or protective order prohibiting possession or control of a firearm or ammunition) unless that person is on duty and if those duties require the person to be armed. **Exemptions are applicable to H.R.S. §§ 134-6, 134-8 and 134-9, see instructions 15.01 to 15.03, 15.04, 15.08 to 15.10.