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1384

Prohibition of manufacture of fireworks without licence.

No. 14 of 1901. GUNPOWDER AND FIREWORKS.

connected with the factory, is to be carried on, and the places in the factory at which gunpowder and any ingredients of gunpowder, and any articles liable to spontaneous ignition, or inflammable or otherwise dangerous, are to be kept;

(d) the amount of gunpowder and of ingredients thereof, wholly or partly mixed, to be allowed at the same time in any building or machine or any process of the manufacture or within a limited distance from such building or machine, having regard to the situation and construction of such building and to the distance thereof from any other building or any works;

(e) the situation of each factory magazine and the maximum amount of gunpowder to be kept in each factory magazine and in each such building as aforesaid;

(f) the maximum number of persons to be employed in each building in the factory; and

(g) any special terms which the applicant may propose by reason of any special circumstances arising from the locality, the situation or construction of any buildings or works, or the nature of any process, or otherwise.

(3) The Governor, after examination of the proposal, may reject the application altogether or may approve of the draft licence, with or without modification or addition, and may grant to the applicant permission for the establishment of the factory on the proposed site.

6.-(1) No person shall manufacture or cause to be manufactured any fireworks except at a factory established on the site and in the manner specified in a licence for the same granted under this Ordinance.

(2) The Captain Superintendent of Police may issue licences, which shall contain such terms and conditions as the Governor may in each particular case think fit, for the manufacture of fireworks and for the storage of any ingredients to be used in connexion with such manufacture.

(3) An applicant for a licence to manufacture fireworks shall specify the proposed site and construction of the factory, and the amount of ingredients which he proposes to store in connexion with the factory, and the maximum number of persons to be employed in each building in the factory.

(4) The fee for any such licence shall be ten dollars per annum payable in advance.

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1384 Prohibition of manufacture of fireworks without licence. No. 14 of 1901. GUNPOWDER AND FIREWORKS. connected with the factory, is to be carried on, and the places in the factory at which gunpowder and any ingredients of gunpowder, and any articles liable to spontaneous ignition, or inflammable or otherwise dangerous, are to be kept; (d) the amount of gunpowder and of ingredients thereof, wholly or partly mixed, to be allowed at the same time in any building or machine or any process of the manufacture or within a limited distance from such building or machine, having regard to the situation and construction of such building and to the distance thereof from any other building or any works; (e) the situation of each factory magazine and the maximum amount of gunpowder to be kept in each factory magazine and in each such building as aforesaid; (f) the maximum number of persons to be employed in each building in the factory; and (g) any special terms which the applicant may propose by reason of any special circumstances arising from the locality, the situation or construction of any buildings or works, or the nature of any process, or otherwise. (3) The Governor, after examination of the proposal, may reject the application altogether or may approve of the draft licence, with or without modification or addition, and may grant to the applicant permission for the establishment of the factory on the proposed site. 6.-(1) No person shall manufacture or cause to be manufactured any fireworks except at a factory established on the site and in the manner specified in a licence for the same granted under this Ordinance. (2) The Captain Superintendent of Police may issue licences, which shall contain such terms and conditions as the Governor may in each particular case think fit, for the manufacture of fireworks and for the storage of any ingredients to be used in connexion with such manufacture. (3) An applicant for a licence to manufacture fireworks shall specify the proposed site and construction of the factory, and the amount of ingredients which he proposes to store in connexion with the factory, and the maximum number of persons to be employed in each building in the factory. (4) The fee for any such licence shall be ten dollars per annum payable in advance. 7.
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: 1384 Prohibition of manufac- works with ture of fire- out licence. No. 14 of 1901. GUNPOWDER AND FIREWORKS. connected with the factory, is to be carried on, and the places in the factory at which gunpowder and any ingredients of gunpowder, and any articles liable to spontaneous ignition, or inflammable or otherwise dangerous, are to be kept; (d) the amount of gunpowder and of ingredients thereof, wholly or partly mixed, to be allowed at the same time in any building or machine or any process of the manufacture or within a limited distance from such building or machine, having regard to the situation and construction of such building and to the distance thereof from any other building or any works; (e) the situation of each factory magazine and the maximum amount of gunpowder to be kept in each factory magazine and in each such building as aforesaid ; (f) the maximum number of persons to be employed in each building in the factory; and (g) any special terms which the applicant may propose by reason of any special circumstances arising from the locality, the situation or construction of any buildings or works, or the nature of any process, or otherwise. (3) The Governor, after examination of the proposal, may reject the application altogether or may approve of the draft licence, with or without modification or addition, and may grant to the applicant permission for the establishment of the factory on the proposed site. 6.-(1) No person shall manufacture or cause to be manu- factured any fireworks except at a factory established on the site and in the manner specified in a licence for the same. granted under this Ordinance. (2) The Captain Superintendent of Police may issue licences, which shall contain such terms and conditions as the Governor may in each particular case think fit, for the manufacture of fireworks and for the storage of any ingredients to be used in connexion with such manufacture. (3) An applicant for a licence to manufacture fireworks shall specify the proposed site and construction of the factory, and the amount of ingredients which he proposes to store in connexion with the factory, and the maximum number of persons to be employed in each building in the factory. (4) The fee for any such licence shall be ten dollars per annum payable in advance. or G 7 { cel wh an th di
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1384

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out licence.

No. 14 of 1901. GUNPOWDER AND FIREWORKS.

connected with the factory, is to be carried on, and the places in the factory at which gunpowder and any ingredients of gunpowder, and any articles liable to spontaneous ignition, or inflammable or otherwise dangerous, are to be kept;

(d) the amount of gunpowder and of ingredients thereof, wholly or partly mixed, to be allowed at the same time in any building or machine or any process of the manufacture or within a limited distance from such building or machine, having regard to the situation and construction of such building and to the distance thereof from any other building or any works;

(e) the situation of each factory magazine and the maximum amount of gunpowder to be kept in each factory magazine and in each such building as aforesaid ;

(f) the maximum number of persons to be employed in each building in the factory; and

(g) any special terms which the applicant may propose by reason of any special circumstances arising from the locality, the situation or construction of any buildings or works, or the nature of any process, or otherwise.

(3) The Governor, after examination of the proposal, may reject the application altogether or may approve of the draft licence, with or without modification or addition, and may grant to the applicant permission for the establishment of the factory on the proposed site.

6.-(1) No person shall manufacture or cause to be manu- factured any fireworks except at a factory established on the site and in the manner specified in a licence for the same. granted under this Ordinance.

(2) The Captain Superintendent of Police may issue licences, which shall contain such terms and conditions as the Governor may in each particular case think fit, for the manufacture of fireworks and for the storage of any ingredients to be used in connexion with such manufacture.

(3) An applicant for a licence to manufacture fireworks shall specify the proposed site and construction of the factory, and the amount of ingredients which he proposes to store in connexion with the factory, and the maximum number of persons to be employed in each building in the factory.

(4) The fee for any such licence shall be ten dollars per annum payable in advance.

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