Section 1Central Act
Section 1: Short title, extent and application.
(1) This Act may be called the Explosive Substances Act, 1908.
1 [(2) It extends to the whole of India 2 *** and applies also to citizens of India 3 [outside India].]
1. Subs. by the A.O. 1950, for sub-section (2). 2. The words and letter "except Part B States" omitted by Act 3 of 1951, s. 3 and the Schedule. 3. Subs. by s. 3 and the Schedule, ibid., for "wherever they may be".
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