An Act to regulate the manufacture, possession, use, sale,transport, import and export of explosives.
The Explosives Act, 1884 has 29 sections in 1 chapters, amended 6 times. Each link below opens the official text of that section. Official PDF on India Code.
- Section 1 – Short title
- Section 2 – Commencement
- Section 3 – Repealed (omitted/repealed)
- Section 4 – Definitions
- Section 5 – Power to make rules as to licensing of the manufacture, possession, use, sale, transport and import and Export of explosives
- Section 5A – Persons already in business in respect of certain explosives to carry on such business without licence for a certain period
- Section 6 – Power for Central Government to prohibit the manufacture, possession or importation of specially dangerous explosives
- Section 6A – Prohibition of manufacture, possession, sale or transport of explosives by young persons and certain other persons
- Section 6B – Grant of licences
- Section 6C – Refusal of licences
- Section 6D – Licensing authority competent to impose conditions in addition to prescribed conditions
- Section 6E – Variation, suspension and revocation of licences
- Section 6F – Appeals
- Section 7 – Power to make rules conferring powers of inspection, search, seizure, detention and removal
- Section 8 – Notice of accidents
- Section 9 – Inquiry into accidents
- Section 9A – Inquiry into more serious accidents
- Section 9B – Punishment for certain offences
- Section 9C – Offences by companies
- Section 10 – Forfeiture of explosives
- Section 11 – Distress of aircraft or vessel
- Section 12 – Abetment and attempts
- Section 13 – Power to arrest without warrant persons committing dangerous offences
- Section 14 – Saving and power to exempt
- Section 15 – Saving of Arms Act, 1959
- Section 16 – Saving as to liability under other law
- Section 17 – Extension of definition of “explosive” to other explosive substances
- Section 17A – Power to delegate
- Section 18 – Procedure for making, publication and confirmation of rules