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Granting of
permit.

Certificate
for removal.

Ch. 30. No. 4.] Explosives.

and the persons to whem it is to be distributed, the quantities
to be left at each destination, the hours within which and the
route by which the removal is intended to be effected, and
the place or places, if any, where such gunpowder or any
part thereof is intended to be deposited until the removal
and distribution is completed.

23. Subject to the provisions of this Ordinance, a Gazetted
Police Officer shall, within twenty-four hours (exclusive
of Sundays and public holidays) after an application for
a permit has been left at his office, grant a permit specifying
the total quantity allowed to be removed, the places to
which and the persons to whom the parcels making up such

‘total quantity are to be distributed, the hours within which

and the route by which the removal may be effected, and
the place or places, if any, where the gunpowder or any
part thereof may be deposited until the removal and dis-
tribution 1s completed:

Provided that—

(a) no permit shall authorise the having on the same
premises or in the same vehicle more than one thousand
pounds of gunpowder; and

(b) a Gazetted Police Officer, if upon application for
a permit he is satisfied that a permit according to the
application cannot consistently with public safety be
granted, may postpone or absolutely refuse the grant
of such permit, or may grant the same with any
variations from the application and subject to any
conditions which he considers proper for the protection
of the public.

24. A certificate for the removal of any quantity of
gunpowder exceeding five pounds and not exceeding twenty
pounds from the licensed premises of any wholesale dealer
or retail dealer may be granted by such wholesale dealer
or retai] dealer to any person apparently above the age of
sixteen years. Such certificate shall state the quantity of
gunpowder intended to be removed the places to which
and the persons to whom it is to be delivered, and the
hours within which and the route by which the removal is
intended to be effected.