Section 2: Interpretation

2. Interpretation In this Act— “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Police; “Director-General” means the Director General of the Mauritius Revenue Authority; “explosive”— (a) means— (i) gunpowder, nitroglycerine, dynamite, gun cotton, blasting powders, small arms ammunition, percussion caps, fuses, liquid oxygen, fulminate of mercury or of other metals, azide of lead and every other substance (whether similar to those above mentioned or not) used or manufactured with a view to producing an explosion; and (ii) such substance as the President may prescribe to be an explosive for the purposes of this Act; E16 – 1 [Issue 1] (b) does not include fog-signals, fireworks and rockets; “manufacture” includes the process of dividing into its component parts or otherwise breaking up or unmaking any explosive or remaking, altering or repairing any explosive; “police officer” means any member of the Police Force not below the rank of Inspector. [S. 2 amended by Act 48 of 1991.]