Act Info:
1 [(1)] Whenever there occurs in or about, or in connection with, any place in which an explosive is manufactured, possessed or used, or 2 [any aircraft, carriage or vessel] either conveying an explosive or on or from which an explosive is being loaded or unloaded, any accident by explosion or by fire attended with loss of human life or serious injury to person or property, or of a description usually attended with such loss or injury, the oceupier of the place, or 3 [the master of the aircraft or vessel], or the person in charge of the carriage, as the case may be, shall 4 [within such time and in such manner as may be by rule prescribed give notice thereof and of the attendant loss of human life or personal injury, if any, to the 5 [Chief Controller of Explosives] and] to the officer in charge of the nearest police station.6 [* * *]
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1. Section 8 re-numbered as sub-section (1) of that section by Ordinance 18 of 1945, section 2.
2. Substituted by Act 32 of 1978, sec, 10, for "any carriage or vessel" w.e.f. 2-3-1983.
3. Substituted by Act 32 of 1978, section 10, for "the master of vessel" w.e.f. 2-3-1983
4. Substituted by Ordinance 18 of 1945, section 2, for "forthwith give notice thereof".
5. Substituted Act 32 of 1978, section 10, for "Chief Inspector of Explosives in India" w.e.f. 2-3-1983.
6. Sub-section (2) omitted by Act 32 of 1978, section 10 w.e.f. 2-3-1983.