Title : Power to Make Rules as to Licensing of the Manufacture, Possession, Use, Sale, Transport, Import and Export of Explosives
State : Central
Year : 1884
(1) The Central Government may, for any part of1[India]2[***] make rules3consistent with this Act to regulate or prohibit, except under and in accordance with the conditions of a licence granted as provided by those rules, the manufacture, possession, use. sale,4[transport, import and export] of explosives, or any specified class of explosives. (2) Rules under this section may provide for all or any of the following, among other matters, that is to say:-- (a) the authority by which licences may be granted; (b) the fees to be charged for licences, and theother sums (if any) to be paid for expenses by applicants for licences; (c) the manner in which applications for licenses must be made, and the matters to be specified in such applications; (d) the form in which, and the..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Persons Already in Business in Respect of Certain Explosives to Carry on Such Business Without Licence for a Certain Period
State : Central
Year : 1884
1[5A. Persons already in business in respect of certain explosives to carry on such business without licence for a certain period Notwithstanding anything in section 5 or in the rules made thereunder where, immediately before the commencement of the Indian Explosives (Amendment) Act, 1978 (32 of 1978), any person was carrying on the business of manufacture, sale, transport, import or export of any explosive [for which no licence was required under this Act before its amendment by the Indian Explosives (Amendment) Act, 1978], then, such person shall be entitled to continue to carry on such business without licence in respect of such explosive-- (a) for a period of three months from the date of such commencement; or (b) if before the expiry of the said period of three months, such..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Prohibition of Manufacture, Possession, Sale or Transport of Explosives by Young Persons and Certain Other Persons
State : Central
Year : 1884
1 [6A. Prohibition of manufacture, possession, sale or transport of explosives by young persons and certain other persons Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing provisions of this Act,-- (a) no person,-- (i) who has not completed the age of eighteen years, or (ii) who has been sentenced on conviction of any offence involving violence or moral turpitude for a term of not less than six months, at any time during a period of five years after the expiration of the sentence, or (iii) who has been ordered to execute under Chapter VIII of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), a bond for keeping the peace or for good behaviour, at any time during the term of the bond, or (iv) whose licence under this Act has been cancelled, whether before or after the commencement of..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Indian Boilers (Amendment) Act 2007
State : Central
Year : 2007
THE INDIAN BOILERS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2007 [Act No. 49 of 2007] [12th December, 2007] PREAMBLE An Act further to amend the Indian Boilers Act, 1923. Be it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-eighth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-- View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Explosive Substances Act, 1908
State : Central
Year : 1908
Preamble1 - EXPLOSIVE SUBSTANCES ACT, 1908 Section1 - Short title, extent and application Section2 - Definitions: In this Act Section3 - Punishment for causing explosion likely to endanger life or property: Any person who unlawfully and maliciously causes by Section4 - 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 Section5 - Punishment for making or possessing explosives under suspicious circumstances Section6 - Punishment of abettors Section7 - Restriction on trial of offences Amending ActI - EXPLOSIVE SUBSTANCES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2001 List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Power to Make Rules Conferring Powers of Inspection, Search, Seizure, Detention and Removal
State : Central
Year : 1884
(1) The Central Government1[* * *] may make rules consistent with this Act authorising any officer, either by name or in virtue of his office- (a) to enter, inspect and examine2[any place, aircraft, carriage or vessel] in which an explosive is being manufactured, possessed, used, sold,2[transported, imported or exported] under a licence granted under this Act, or in which he has reason to believe that an explosive has been or is being manufactured, possessed, used, sold,2[transported, imported or exported] in contravention of this Act or of the rules made under this Act; (b) to search for explosives therein; (c) to make samples of any explosive found therein on payment of the value thereof; and 3[(d) to seize, detain and remove any explosive or ingredient thereof found therein..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Grant of Licences
State : Central
Year : 1884
(1) Where a person makes an application for licence under section 5, the authority prescribed in the rules made under that section for grant of licences (hereinafter referred to in this Act as the licensing authority), after making such inquiry, if any, as it may consider necessary, shall, subject to the other provisions of this Act, by order in writing cither grant the licence or refuse to grant the same. (2) The licensing authority shall grant a licence-- (a) where it is required for the purpose of manufacture of explosives if the licensing authority is satisfied that the person by whom licence is required-- (i) possesses technical know-how and experience in the manufacture of explosives; or (ii) has in his employment or undertakes to employ a person or persons possessing such..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Refusal of Licences
State : Central
Year : 1884
(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 6B, the licensing authority shall refuse to grant a licence-- (a) where such licence is required in respect of any prohibited explosives; or (b) where such licence is required by a person whom the licensing authority has reason to believe- (i) to be prohibited by this Act or by any other law for the time being in force to manufacture, possess, sell, transport, import or export any explosive, or (ii) to be of unsound mind, or (iii) to be for any reason unfit for a licence under this Act; or where the licensing authority deems it necessary forthe security of the public peace or for public safety to refuse to grant such licence. (2) Where the licensing authority refuses to grant a licence to any person it shall record in writing..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Inquiry into Accidents
State : Central
Year : 1884
1 [9. Inquiry into accidents (1) Where any accident such as is referred to in section 8 occurs in or about or in connection with 2 [any place, aircraft, carriage or vessel] under the control of any of 3 [Armed Forces of the Union], an inquiry into the causes of the accident shall be held by the naval, military, or air force authority concerned, and where any such accident occurs in any other circumstances, the District Magistrate 4 [* * *] shall, in cases attended by toss of human life, or may, in any other case, hold or direct a Magistrate subordinate to him to hold, such an inquiry. (2) Any person holding an inquiry under this section shall have all the powers of a Magistrate in holding an inquiry into an offence under the 5 [Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974)] and may..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Inquiry into More Serious Accidents
State : Central
Year : 1884
(1) The Central Government may, where it is of opinion, whether or not it has received the report of an inquiry under section 9, that an inquiry of more formal character should be held into the causes of an accident such as is referred to in section 8, appoint the1[Chief Controller of Explosives] or any other competent person to hold such inquiry, and may also appoint one or more persons possessing legal or special knowledge to act as assessors in such inquiry. (2) Where the Central Government orders an inquiry unde rthis section, it may also direct that any inquiry under section 9 pending at the time shall be discontinued. (3) The person appointed to hold an inquiry under this section shall have all the powers of a Civil Court under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908),..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this section