Section 8:
Notice of accidents.
1[(1)] Whenever there occurs in or about, or in connection with, any
place in which an explosive is manufactured, possessed or used, or 2[any aircraft, carriage or vessel]
either conveying an explosive or on or from which an explosive is being loaded or unloaded, any
accident by explosion or by fire attended with loss of human life or serious injury to person or property, or of a description usually attended with such loss or injury, the occupier of the place, or
3[the master of the aircraft or vessel], or the person in charge of the carriage, as the case may be, shall
4[within such time and in such manner as may be by rule prescribed give notice thereof and of the
attendant loss of human life or personal injury, if any, to the 5[Chief Controller of Explosives] and] to the
officer in charge of the nearest police-station.
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Notes:
1. Section 8 renumbered as sub-section (1) thereof by 18 of 1945, s. 2.
2. Subs. by Act 32 of 1978, s. 10, for "any carriage or vessel" (w.e.f. 2-3-1983).
3. Subs. by Act 32 of 1978, s. 10, for "the master of vessel" (w.e.f. 2-3-1983).
4. Subs. by 18 of 1945, s. 2, for "forthwith give notice thereof".
5. Subs. by Act 32 of 1978, s. 10, for "Chief Inspector of Explosives in India" (w.e.f. 2 -3-1983).
6. Sub-section (2) omitted by s. 10, ibid. (w.e.f. 2-3-1983).