Definition of “explosive”

In this Part of this Act, “explosive”, (a) means gunpowder, nitroglycerine, dynamite, gun cotton, blasting powders, fulminate of mercury or of other metals, coloured fires and every other substance, whether similar to those above mentioned or not, used or manufactured with a view to produce a practical effect by explosion or a pyrotechnic effort; and (b) includes fog-signals, fire-works, fuzes, rockets, percussion caps, detonators, cartridges, ammunition of all descriptions and every adaptation or preparation of an explosive as above defined, and any other substance which may be specially dangerous to life or property by reason of its explosive character.