Limitation of keeping quantity of gunpowder in towns, etc

(1) When this Part has been declared to be applicable to any town or place as mentioned in section 26 of this Act, it shall not be lawful for any person, from and after the day named in the proclamation, at any one time to bring or receive into or to possess, keep or have, in any dwelling- house, shop, building, vessel, aircraft or other means of conveyance in any such town or place, any greater quantity of gunpowder than fifty ounces weight. (2) Any person who commits a breach of subsection (1) of this section shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars.