Section 6A:
Prohibition of manufacture, possession, sale or transport of explosives by young persons and certain other persons
1[6A. Prohibition of manufacture, possession, sale or transport of explosives by young persons and
certain other persons.--Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing provisions of this Act,--
(a) no person,--
(i) who has not completed the age of eighteen years, or
(ii) who has been sentenced on conviction of any offence involving violence or moral
turpitude for a term not less than six months, at any time during a period of five years after the
expiration of the sentence, or
(iii)who has been ordered to execute under Chapter VIII of the Code of
Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974) a bond for keeping the peace or for good
behaviour, at any time during the term of the bond., or
(iv) whose licence under this Act has been cancelled, whether before Or after the
commencement of the Indian Explosives (Amendment) Act, 1978 (32 of 1978), for
contravention of the provisions of this Act or of the rules made thereunder, at any time
during a period of five years from the date of cancellation of such licence, shall,
(1) manufacture, sell, .transport, import or export any explosive, or
(2) possess any such explosive as the Central Government may, having regard to
the nature thereof, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify;
(b) no person shall sell, deliver or despatch any explosive to a person whom he knows
or has reason to believe at the time of such sale, delivery or despatch,--
(i) to be prohibited under clause (a) to manufacture, sell, transport, import, export or possess
such explosive, or
(ii) to be of unsound mind.]
Notes:
1. Ins. by s. 8, ibid. (w.e.f. 2-3-1983).