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Section 55, The Explosives (Protectorate) Citation

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Every carriage used for the transport of explosives inbulk shall carry a red flag clearly visible from in front and from behind, 56.· While the shipping, unshipping, landing and conveying of explosives is being carried out, all persons engaged in such shipping, unshipping, landing or conveying shall take all due 'precautions for the prevention of accidents by fire, explosion or concussion, and to prevent unauthorised persons from having Explosives [Cap. 235 access to the explosives, and shall abstain from any act which tends to cause fire, explosion or concussion, and which is 'not reasonably necessary in connection with such shipping, un-:- shipping, landing and conveying, and shall use every reasonable endeavour to prevent any other person from committing any such act; and any such other person who, after being warned, commits any such act shall be deemed to have committed a breach of this rule. 5_7. If any explosiv~ on board any ship, boat or other vessel, ~prtt~~~i~: or m course of transit by land, shall have escaped from the destroyed or package in which it was contained, or be spilt, the person for re-packed. the time being-in charge of such ship, boat. or other vessel, or the person in charge of such explosive on land, shall immediately have such explosive carefully collected. Such explosive as is in the form of powder shall be destroyed; other forms of explosive shall be carefully re-packed.

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