Explosives Act 1957

Explosives Act 1957
Parliament of Malaysia
An Act relating to the manufacture, use, sale, storage, transport, import and export of explosives.
Citation	Act 207
Territorial extent	Throughout Malaysia
Date enacted	1957 (Ordinance No. 40 of 1957) 1978 (Act 207 w.e.f. 15 November 1978)
Date effective	[Peninsular Malaysia—15 February 1961, L.N. 44/1961; Sabah and Sarawak—1 September 1977, P.U. (A) 260/1977]
Amendments
Pending Laws Validation (Explosives Ordinance 1957) Order, 1961 [L.N. 44/1961] Police Act 1967 (definitions of 29-08-1967 “Chief Police Officer”, “gazetted police officer”), 13(1), 14, 15(1), 16(1), (4) [Act 41/1967] Explosives (Amendment) Act 1974 [Act A267] Malayan Currency (Ringgit) Act 1975 [Act 160] Arms and Explosives (Extension) [P.U. (A) 260/1977]
Related legislation
The Explosive Substances Enactment [F.M.S. Cap. 49] The Explosives Enactment [F.M.S. Cap. 200] The Explosives Enactment [Johore Enactment No. 56] Enactment No. 35 (Explosives) [Kedah Enactment No. 3 of 1333] The Arms and Explosives Enactment 1938 [Kelantan Enactment No. 4 of 1938] The Explosives Enactment [Perlis Enactment No. 6 of 1356] The Explosives Enactment 1356 [Trengganu No. 47 of 1356] The Arms and Explosives Ordinance [S.S. Cap. 196] The Explosives Substances Ordinance [S.S. Cap. 197] The Firearms and Explosives Ordinance [Sabah No. 17 of 1956] The Arms and Explosives Ordinance [Sarawak Cap. 135]
Status: In force

The Explosives Act 1957 (Malay: Akta Bahan Letupan 1957), is a Malaysian laws which enacted relating to the manufacture, use, sale, storage, transport, import and export of explosives.

Structure

The Explosives Act 1957, in its current form (1 January 2006), consists of 3 Parts containing 28 sections and 1 schedule (including 5 amendments).

• Part I: Preliminary
• Part II: Offences, Penalties, Enforcement and Proceedings
• Part III: General
• Schedule

References

External links

• Explosives Act 1957  This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.