South African Council for Educators Act, 2000
R 385
Explosives Act, 1956 (Act No. 26 of 1956)3. Prohibition of manufacture of unauthorized explosives except in small quantities for chemical experiment |
| 1) | No person shall manufacture any unauthorized explosive unless it is manufactured not for sale and solely for purposes of chemical experiment or for practical trial as an explosive and in such quantities and under such conditions as in small quantities may be prescribed in writing by an inspector. |
| 2) | Any person who contravenes the provisions of this section or any condition prescribed thereunder shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding two years, and the explosive in respect of which the contravention has taken place shall be forfeited. |
| 3) | The owner and the occupier of any premises in or on which an unauthorized explosive is manufactured in contravention of this section shall be deemed to be the manufacturer, unless such owner or occupier (as the case may be) proves that he was unaware that any such contravention occurred. |
| 4) | The burden of proving that any manufacture of an unauthorized explosive was solely for purposes of chemical experiment or practical trial and not for sale, shall, in any prosecution under this section, be upon the accused. |
