<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">IN exercise of the powers                                               conferred on the Minister                                               responsible for the Interior under                                               subsection (1) of section 5 of the                                               Public Order Act, 1994 (Act 491)                                               this Instrument is made this 9th                                               day of September, 1999.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              Order 1—Prohibition of Possession                                               of Explosives.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              Subject to paragraph 2, no person                                               shall manufacture, possess or                                               carry any of the</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              following categories of                                               explosives—</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(a) fire crackers (knock outs);</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              (b) display shells;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              (c) artillery shells; and</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              (d) ball and canister shells.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              Order 2—Exemption.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              Paragraph 1 does not include the                                               following—</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(a) bottle rockets and missiles;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              (b) floral shells;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              (c) handle cylindrical fountains,                                               ground spinners, hanging wheels,                                               onward wheels;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              (d) hand held fire                                               works—sparklers, Roman candles;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              (e) toys and assorted toy                                               fireworks; and</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              (f) single and multiple mines.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              Order 3—Deposit of Explosive with                                               the Police.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              (1) A person who on the coming                                               into force of this Instrument is                                               in possession or in control of any                                               of the specified explosives shall                                               deposit the explosive with the                                               police officer in charge of the                                               nearest police station.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              (2) The police officer in charge                                               of the police station where any                                               explosive is deposited shall                                               register, label and store properly                                               the explosive deposited and he                                               shall be personally liable for any                                               loss or damage to that explosive.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              Order 4—Power of Arrest without                                               Warrant.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">A                                               police officer may arrest without                                               a warrant a person whom he                                               suspects on reasonable</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              grounds of possessing, carrying or                                               being in control of any explosive                                               in contravention of </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              this Instrument.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              Order 5—Power of Search.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              (1) A Chairman of a Community                                               Tribunal may issue a warrant                                               authorising any police officer to                                               enter and search any premises in                                               which any explosive is suspected                                               to be held in contravention of                                               this Instrument.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              (2) A warrant issued under                                               sub-paragraph (1) of this                                               paragraph is valid notwithstanding                                               that the premises are generally                                               referred to in the warrant.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              Order 6—Offence and Penalties.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">A                                               person who—</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(a) manufactures, possesses or                                               carries any explosive contrary to                                               paragraph 1, or</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              (b) fails to deposit any explosive                                               contrary to paragraph 2,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              commits an offence and is liable                                               on summary conviction to a fine                                               not exceeding ¢5 million or                                               imprisonment for a term not                                               exceeding 12 months or to both.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              Order 7—Interpretation.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              In this Instrument unless the                                               context otherwise requires—</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              “explosive” means the categories                                               of ammunition specified in                                               paragraph 1.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              NII OKAIJA ADAMAFIO</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              Minister Responsible for the                                               Interior</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">                                              Date of Gazette Notification: 29th                                               October, 1999.</span></p>