South Africa - 1956 - Defence and Security

Explosives Act 26 of 1956

Ministry of Defence and Military Veterans, South Africa

An Act to consolidate the laws relating to the manufacture, storage, sale, transport, importation, exportation and the use of explosives. It emphasizes that no person shall manufacture any unauthorized explosive unless it is manufactured not for sale and solely for purposes of chemical experiment or for practical trial as an explosive and in such quantities and under such conditions as may be prescribed in writing by an inspector.

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January 2022

An Act to consolidate the laws relating to the manufacture, storage, sale, transport, importation, exportation and the use of explosives. It emphasizes that no person shall manufacture any unauthorized explosive unless it is manufactured not for sale and solely for purposes of chemical experiment or for practical trial as an explosive and in such quantities and under such conditions as may be prescribed in writing by an inspector.

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