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[Subsidiary] Employment of watchmen.
Interior of package to be clean.
No package to
be constructed of iron or steel unless covered.
Contents of package.
Packing of blasting explosives.
Prescribed labels for explosives.
First Schedule.
Requirements as to marking of packages.
CAP. 295] Dangerous Goods (General) Regulations
[1983 Ed.
38. There shall be at all times employed at any factory such number of watchmen as the Authority may require having regard to the situation of and the circumstances pertaining to the factory.
Packing of explosives
39. The interior of every outer and inner package containing explosives shall be clean and free from grit.
40. No outer or inner package containing explosives and no binding of any such package shall be constructed, either wholly or partly, of iron or steel unless the iron or steel is so covered with suitable material as to prevent its being or becoming exposed.
41. No outer or inner package containing explosives shall contain more than one kind of explosive or contain any other article or substance:
Provided that there may be packed in the same outer package-- (a) an inner package containing a propellant and an inner package containing a different kind of propellant or gun-powder; or
(b) an inner package containing an explosive in category 1, class 6, division I and any article or substance which is not of an inflammable or explosive nature or liable to cause fire or explosion.
42. Either the outer or the inner package of any parcel of blasting explosive in category 1, class 2, 3 or 4, in which ammonium nitrate, sodium nitrate or sodium chloride is an ingredient shall be waterproof.
43. Every main, inner and outer package containing manufactured fireworks shall bear a label in the form of label C specified in the First Schedule and every main, inner or outer package containing any other explosive shall bear a label in the form of label A specified in that Schedule.
44. (1) Any outer package containing explosives shall, in addition to any other labels or markings required under the Ordinance, be marked on the outside thereof as follows-
(a) in the case of any explosive whatsoever, with the name of
the manufacturer;
(b) in the case of any explosive, other than safety fuse, with
the category, class and division to which it belongs;
(c) in the case of any explosive in category 1, class 3 or 4 (nitro-compound or chlorate mixture), with the date of manufacture.
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