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Restriction on trial of offences. • THE EXPLOSIVE SUBSTANCES ACT, 1908 ACT NO.6 OF 19081 [8th June, 1908.] An Act further to amend the law relating to explosive substances. WHEREAS it is necessary further to amend the law relating to explosive substances; It is hereby enacted as follows:- I. Short title, extent and application.-(/) This Act may be called the Explosive Substances Act, 1908. 2[(2) It extends to the whole of India 3** * and applies also to citizens of India 4[outside India].] 5[2. Definition.-In this Act- (a) the expression "explosive substance" shall be deemed to include any materials for making any explosive substance; also any apparatus, machine, implement or material used, or intended to be used, or adapted for causing, or aiding in causing, any explosion in or with any explosive substance; also any part of any such apparatus, machine or implement; (b) the expression "special category explosive substance" shall be deemed to include research development explosive (RDX), penta erythritol tetra nitrate (PETN), high melting explosive (HMX), tri nitro toluene (TNT), low temperature plastic explosive (L TPE), composition exploding (CE) (2, 4, 6 phenyl methyl nitramine or tetryl), OCTOL (mixture of high melting explosive and tri nitro toluene), plastic explosive kirkee-I (PEK-l) and RDX/TNT compounds and other similar type of explosives and a combination thereof and remote control devices causing explosion and any other substance and a combination thereof which the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify or the purposes of this Act.