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Street sales forbidden.
38 & 39 Vict. c. 17, s. 30.
Sale of gunpowder to be in closed case, etc., and labelled. c. 17, s. 32.
38 & 39 Vict.
No. 14 of 1901. GUNPOWDER AND FIREWORKS.
(b) the terms of the licence shall be duly observed, and the manufacture or keeping, or any process in or work connected with the manufacture or keeping, of gunpowder or fireworks shall not be carried on except in accordance with those terms; and
(c) the factory and every part thereof shall be maintained in accordance with the licence; and any material alteration in the factory, by enlarging or adding to the site, or by externally enlarging or adding to any building, or by altering any mound otherwise than by enlargement, or by making any new work, shall not be made except in pursuance of an amending licence.
(2) In the event of any breach (by any act or default) of this section in any factory-
(a) all or any part of the gunpowder or ingredients thereof, or the fireworks or ingredients thereof, in respect to which, or being in any building or machine in respect to which, the offence was committed may be forfeited; and
(b) the occupier shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding in the case of the first offence, five hundred dollars, and in the case of a second or any subsequent offence one thousand dollars, and in addition five hundred dollars for every day during which such breach continues, and in default of payment of such fine in the case of the first offence to imprisonment for any term not exceeding six months, and in the case of a second or any subsequent offence to imprisonment for any term not exceeding twelve months.
Sale of gunpowder and fireworks.
10. No gunpowder shall be hawked, sold or exposed for sale upon any highway, street, public thoroughfare or public place.
11. All gunpowder exceeding one pound in weight, when publicly exposed for sale or sold, shall be in a substantial case, canister or other receptacle made and closed so as to prevent the gunpowder from escaping, and the outermost receptacle containing such gunpowder shall have affixed the word "Gunpowder", in English or other European language and Chinese, in conspicuous characters by means of a brand or securely attached label or other mark.
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