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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
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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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