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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Explosive Substances Act, 1908 Section 4

Punishment for Attempt to Cause Explosion, or for Making or Keeping Explosive with Intent to Endanger Life or Property: Any Person Who Unlawfully and Maliciously

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Explosive Substances Act, 1908 Section 4 is part of Explosive Substances Act, 1908 - Punishment for Attempt to Cause Explosion, or for Making or Keeping Explosive with Intent to Endanger Life or Property: Any Person Who Unlawfully and Maliciously. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

(a) does any act with intent to cause by an explosive substance or special category explosive substance, or conspires lo cause by an explosive substance or special category explosive substance, an explosion of a nature likely to endanger life or to cause serious injury to property; or

(b) makes or has in his possession or under his control any explosive substance or special category explosive substance with intent by means thereof to endanger life, or cause serious injury to property, or to enable any other person by means thereof to endanger life or cause serious injury to property in India,

shall, whether any explosion does or does not take place and whether any injury to person or property has been actually caused or not, be punished,--

(i) in the case of any explosive substance, with imprisonment for life, or with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine;

(ii) in the case of any special category explosive substance, with rigorous imprisonment for life, or with rigorous imprisonment for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.

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What does Explosive Substances Act, 1908 Section 4 provide?

Section Section 4 of the Explosive Substances Act, 1908 (Punishment for Attempt to Cause Explosion, or for Making or Keeping Explosive with Intent to Endanger Life or Property: Any Person Who Unlawfully and Maliciously) is reproduced on this page as part of the Explosive Substances Act, 1908. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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