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DUMAGUETE CITY - Illegal possession of ammunition is covered by the Commission on Elections' (Comelec) prohibition on firearms and deadly weapons implemented during the election period, a key agency official here said Monday. "However, the inclusion of the illegal possession of ammunition in the Comelec gun ban depends on where the suspect has been arrested," Lawyer Lionel Marco Castillano, the provincial election supervisor of Negros Oriental, told the Philippine News Agency in an interview. "If the suspect was arrested at a checkpoint or any public place, he or she can be charged with violation of the gun ban and Republic Act 10591 (the Comprehensive Law on Firearms and Ammunition)," he said in mixed English and Cebuano. But if the person was arrested inside his home or any private place, even if during a police operation such as the serving of a search warrant, the Comelec gun ban will not apply but still, the suspect can be charged with illegal possession of