South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts (1) The manufacture of
any explosive shall not nor shall any process of such manufacture be carried
on except at a factory licensed for the same under regulations made or for the
time being in force under this Act: Provided that nothing in this section
shall apply to the making of a small quantity of explosive for the purpose of
chemical experiment, and not for practical use or for sale.
(2) Every person who
manufactures any explosive, or carries on any process of such manufacture at
any place at which he is not allowed by this section so to do, shall be deemed
to manufacture an explosive at an unauthorised place.
(3) A person who
manufactures an explosive at an unauthorised place is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty:
(a) in
the case of a body corporate—$35 000;
(b) in
any other case—$5 000 or imprisonment for 12 months, or both.
(4) Where an explosive
is manufactured at an unauthorised place, all or any part of the explosive or
the ingredients of any explosive found in or about the place of manufacture or
in the possession or under the control of a person convicted under this
section may be forfeited to the Crown by a court of summary jurisdiction.