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1) Nothing in this Act, except (section 8),(section 9), and 9A, shall apply to the manufacture, possession, use, transport or importation of any explosive -
(a) by any of [the [Armed Forces of the Union and Ordnance factories or other establishments of such forces]] in accordance with rules or regulations made by [* * *] the Central Government;
(b) by any person employed under [the Central Government or under a [State] Government] in execution of this Act.
(2) The Central Government may by notification in the Official, Gazette, exempt, absolutely or subject to any such conditions as it may think fit to impose, [any explosive and any person or class of persons from all or any of the provisions of this Act or the rules made thereunder].