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EXPLOSIVE SUBSTANCES ACT 1883 - SECT 4

Making or possession of explosive under suspicious circumstances.

4.(1) Any person who makes or knowingly has in his possession or under his
control any explosive substance, under such circumstances as to give rise to a
reasonable suspicion that he is not making it or does not have it in his
possession or under his control for a lawful object, shall, unless he can show
that he made it or had it in his possession or under his control for a lawful
object, be guilty of felony, and, on conviction, shall be liable to penal
servitude for a term not exceeding fourteen years, or to imprisonment for a
term not exceeding two years..., and the explosive substance shall be
forfeited.

(2) In any proceeding against any person for a crime under this section, such
person and his wife, or husband, as the case may be, may, if such person
thinks fit, be called, sworn, examined, and cross-examined as an ordinary
witness in the case.

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