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Police Offences Act 1935
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### 3A Meaning of explosive device
> [*\[Section 3A Inserted by No. 32 of 2025, s. 7, Applied:23 Dec 2025\]*](/view/html/inforce/2025-12-23/act-2025-032#GS7@EN)
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> > (1) In this Act, ***explosive device*** includes the following:
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> > > > (a) any apparatus, implement, machine or material that –
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> > > > > > (i) is capable of causing, or aiding in causing, an explosion in, or with, an explosive substance; or
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> > > > > > (ii) is adapted to cause, or aid in causing, an explosion in, or with, an explosive substance;
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> > > > (b) part of any apparatus, implement, machine or material referred to in paragraph (a), whether complete or incomplete;
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> > > > (c) a device, or class of devices, prescribed by the regulations as an explosive device.
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> > (2) A device is taken to be an explosive device under this section if the device would be an explosive device if it did not have something missing from it or a defect or obstruction in it.
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> > (3) In this Act, a reference to an explosive device does not include a device prescribed by the regulations to be an exempt device.