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Clause 4.— Prescribing the mode of Construction and the purposes for which such Factory or any 
particular part thereof may be used . 
1. In a factory every factory magazine and in every building in which explosives are kept shall he 
used only for the keeping of explosives, and receptacles for or tools or implements for work connected with 
the keeping of such cxj)losives ; and 
2. The interior of every building in which any process of the* manufacture is carried on or in which 
explosives or any ingredients thereof, either mixed or partially mixed, are kept, or in the course of 
manufacture arc liable to he, and the benches, shelves, and fittings in such building (other than machinery) 
shall be so constructed or so lined or covered as to prevent the exposure of any iron or steel in such manner, 
and the detaching of any grit, iron, steel, or similar substance in such manner, as to come into contact with 
the explosives or ingredients thereof in such building, and such interior shelves and fittings, and all other 
portions of such buildings , shall, so far as is reasonably practicable, bo kept free from grit and otherwise 
clean ; and 
3. Two or more descriptions of explosives shall not be kept in the same store or registered premises, 
excopt such descriptions as may be prescribed in that behalf ; and when so kept shall be kept subject to the 
prescribed conditions and restrictions ; and 
4. Before any repairs are done to or in any room or other part of a factory, that room or part shall, 
so far as practicable, be cleaned by the removal of all explosives and wholly or partly mixed ingredients 
thereof, and the thorough washing out of such room or part ; and 
5. If in any matter (which is not provided by any express provision of the Act) an inspector find 
any factory, magazine, or store for an explosive or any part thereof, or any thing or practice therein or 
connected therewith to be unnecessarily dangerous or defective so as in his opinion to tend to endanger the 
public safety or the bodily safety of any person, such inspector may require the occupier of such factory, 
magazine, or store to remedy the same. 
Clause 5.— Regulating the attaching of Lightning Conductors to the Factory . 
Every factory or separate building connected with a factory or magazine shall be protected by 
sufficient lightning conductors. 
Clause 6. — Defining the part of the Factory in which any particular explosive or ingredient shall 
be kept, the quantity that may be so kept, and the inode in which it shall be packed. 
1. The inspector shall define the part of the factory in which any particular explosive or ingredient 
shall be kept, the quantity that may be so kept, and the mode in which it shall be packed ; and 
2. There shall be on the outermost package containing the explosive the name of the explosive, with 
the addition of the word “ Explosive.” 
Clause 7.— Regulating the use or retention in the Factory of Charcoal , Oiled Cotton, and any articles 
liable to spontaneous ignition, the Cleaning of the Building , the Quantity of any Explosives or 
Ingredients that may be allowed in the Factory or any part thereof at any one time, and prescrib¬ 
ing the Materials of which Tools used may be made. 
1. Charcoal, whether ground or otherwise, and oiled cotton, oiled rags, and oiled •waste, and any 
articles whatever liable to spontaneous ignition, shall not be taken into any room containing explosives , or 
partly made explosives, except for the purpose of immediate supply and work or immediate use in such 
building, and upon the cessation of such work or use shall be forthwith removed. 
Clause 8.— Regulating in the Factory or any part thereof the Mixing , Sifting, and Carriage of any 
Explosives or the Ingredients thereof. Persons Smoking, and the introduction of Fire , Lucifer 
Matches, or any substance or article likely to cause explosion by fire, or any Iron, Steel, or Grit . 
1. Due provision shall be made by the use of suitable working clothes without pockets, suitable 
shoes, searching and otherwise, or by some of such means, for preventing the introduction into any factory 
of tiro, lucifer matches, or any substance or article likely to cause explosion or fire, and for preventing the 
introduction of any iron, steel, or grit into any part of the factory where it would bo likely to come into 
contact with explosives or the wholly or partly mixed ingredients thereof; but this rule shall not prevent 
the introduction of any artificial light of such construction, position, or character as not to cause any danger 
of fire or explosion; and 
2. No person shall smoke in any part of the factory or magazine, except in such part (if any) as 
may bo allowed by special rules. 
Clause 9.— Regulating the Employment in the Factory of Persons under the age of Sixteen Years. 
A person under the age of sixteen years shall not be employed in or enter any factory except in the 
presence and under the supervision of some grown-up person. 
Clause 10. —Prescribing the Period for which Licenses may be issued, and the effect (if any ) of 
change of Owners or Occupiers of the Factory. 
1. The number of years for which a license shall be granted shall be decided by the Minister on 
the advice of the local authority, but in no case shall a license be granted for a term of more than live 
years ; and 
2. No person or persons shall carry on the business of a factory other than the licensee, and should 
such licensee desire to transfer his interest in such factory he shall apply for a transfer of the license to the 
name or names of the person or persons intended to supersede him, and such person or persons shall endorse 
the application for transfer ; and 
3. The Minister shall have power to grant or refuse any application for a transfer of license ; and 
4. A license shall be determined by a discontinuance of the business carried on in pursuance of any 
such license if such discontinuance continues for a period of two years or more, or if the factory or 
magazine is used for any purpose not authorized by the license. 
