Police Offences Act 1935
3AMeaning of explosive device
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3A Meaning of explosive device
[Section 3A Inserted by No. 32 of 2025, s. 7, Applied:23 Dec 2025]
(1) In this Act, explosive device includes the following:
(a) any apparatus, implement, machine or material that –
(i) is capable of causing, or aiding in causing, an explosion in, or with, an explosive substance; or
(ii) is adapted to cause, or aid in causing, an explosion in, or with, an explosive substance;
(b) part of any apparatus, implement, machine or material referred to in paragraph (a), whether complete or incomplete;
(c) a device, or class of devices, prescribed by the regulations as an explosive device.
(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.
(3) In this Act, a reference to an explosive device does not include a device prescribed by the regulations to be an exempt device.