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NITROGLYCERINE ACT. 
Regulation 
as to the 
manufac¬ 
ture, sale, 
and carriage 
of nitro-gly- 
cerine. 
Provisions 
as to persons 
having nitro¬ 
glycerine in 
their posses¬ 
sion at the 
commence¬ 
ment of the 
Act, 
prisoned, with or without hard labour, for any term not exceeding one year, 
or to pay a penalty not exceeding five hundred pounds; and all nitro-glyce- 
rine brought into any port or harbour, or shipped or unshipped in contraven¬ 
tion of this section shall be forfeited. 
If it is shown to the satisfaction of one of her Majesty’s principal Secretaries 
of State that any substance having nitro-glycerine in any form as one of its 
component parts or ingredients can safely be brought into any port or har¬ 
bour of the United Kingdom, or be safely shipped or unshipped on, from, or 
near the coasts of any port of the United Kingdom, he may by general or 
special licence authorize the introduction or exportation of such substance 
into or from the United Kingdom on such conditions as he thinks expedient. 
No penalty shall be inflicted in pursuance of this section on any person 
bringing nitro-glycerine into any port or harbour of the United Kingdom 
who proves to the satisfaction of the Court before which he is tried that he 
was driven into such port or harbour by stress of weather, that with as little 
delay as possible he gave notice to the authorities having jurisdiction in such 
port or harbour of the arrival of the ship bringing nitro-glycerine, and that 
he conformed to any directions which may have been given him by such au¬ 
thorities. 
4. No person shall, after the expiration of four weeks from the passing of 
this Act, manufacture, sell, carry, or otherwise dispose of, or have in his pos¬ 
session any nitro-glycerine in any part of the United Kingdom, except in 
accordance with a general or special licence issued by one of her Majesty’s 
principal Secretaries of State; the said Secretary of State may annex any 
absolute prohibitions or any restrictions to any licence granted by him in 
pursuance of this Act, limiting the manufacture, sale, carriage, disposal, or 
storage of nitro-glycerine to particular persons, and to particular places, and 
for particular purposes, or otherwise prohibiting or restricting the manufac¬ 
ture or use thereof in such manner as he thinks fit; he may also, in any case 
where he allows nitro-glycerine to be carried, prohibit the carriage thereof 
along any public way, and add restrictions as to the persons by whom, the 
mode in which, the places from and to which, and the quantity in which any 
nitro-glycerine is to be carried, and generally may make such provisions and 
restrictions, whether relating to the matters aforesaid, or any of them, as he 
thinks fit for the protection of the public against the danger arising from the 
manufacture, sale, carriage, disposal, or storage of nitro-glycerine. 
If any person manufactures, sells, carries, or otherwise disposes of or has 
in his possession any nitro-glycerine without a general or special licence in 
pursuance of this Act, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanour, and shall in the 
discretion of the Court be liable to be imprisoned, with or without hard 
labour, for any period not exceeding one year, or to pay a penalty not ex¬ 
ceeding five hundred pounds. 
The said Secretary of State may annex to the breach of the conditions of 
any licence granted by him any punishment or penalty, not being greater 
than the punishment or penalty to which a person manufacturing, selling, 
carrying, disposing of, or having in his possession any nitro-glycerine without 
a general or special licence is made liable by this Act; and any pecuniary 
penalty so annexed may be recovered summarily if it does not exceed one 
hundred pounds. 
Provided that no penalty shall be inflicted in pursuance of this Act on any 
carrier, wharfinger, or warehouseman, who satisfies the Court that after using 
all du 3 precautions the nitro-glycerine was carried by him, or was in his 
possession without his knowledge. 
5. Every person having any nitro-glycerine in his possession at the time at 
which this Act is passed shall give notice thereof in writing to the said Secre¬ 
tary of State, stating such particulars in relation to the quantity, storage, 
and otherwise as the said Secretary of State may require; and the said 
Secretary of State may thereupon make such order in respect to the disposal 
thereof, as he thinks just. 
Any person failing to give such notice as required by this section will be 
