49. Conveyance of explosives on special trade passenger ships.- Any authorized explosives satisfying the requirements of Cls. (b) and (c) of sub-rule (2) of rule 21 may be transported in a properly constructed magazine on a trade passenger ship to which Part VIII of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 (44 of 1958-AnnexureII) applies being a home trade ship as defined in Cl. (16) of Sec. 3 of the said Act:
Provided that-
(a) The consignor satisfies the certifying officer referred to in Sec. 243 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 (44 of 1958-Annexure 11) that no other means of conveying the explosives are available;
(b) The magazine complies in all respects with the specifications for magazine in ships laid down by the Board of Trade and is approved by the Surveyors of the Mercantile Marine Department;
(c) The explosives are packed and marked in accordance with these rules;
(d) Detonators are not carried in the same hold as other explosives; and
(e) The hold containing the magazine does not contain any other hazardous or flammable goods at any time during which the magazine is in use for the carriage of explosives.
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