LawgistThe Explosive Substances Act
1Short title, extent and application
(1) This Act may be called the Explosive Substances Act, 1908.
1 [(2) It extends to the whole of India 2 *** and applies also to citizens of India 3 [outside India].]
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1. Subs. by the A.O. 1950, for sub-section (2).
2. The words and letter "except Part B States" omitted by Act 3 of 1951, s. 3 and the Schedule.
3. Subs. by s. 3 and the Schedule, ibid., for "wherever they may be".
All sections
- 1 Short title, extent and application
- 2 Definition
- 3 Punishment for causing explosion likely to endanger life or property
- 4 Punishment for attempt to cause explosion, or for making or keeping explosive with intent to endanger life or property
- 5 Punishment for making or possessing explosives under suspicious circumstances
- 6 Punishment of abettors
- 7 Restriction on trial of offences
