Cap. 33 Art. 12Shops for the sale of gunpowder in inhabited places.

(1) The Commissioner of Police shall not grant a licence for the keeping of more than seven kilogrammes of gunpowder in shops in inhabited places, if the gunpowder is kept loose in boxes, bags or barrels, or is contained in closed packages, or cardboard boxes or similar receptacles; but he may grant a licence for the keeping of gunpowder in quantities up to twenty-three kilogrammes, if the gunpowder is kept completely closed in metal cases or other receptacles equally suitable for its keeping, provided that the gunpowder be kept in detached premises not used as a dwelling-house, and be, if practicable, distributed in lots in different parts of the premises.

(2) It shall be in the discretion of the Commissioner of Police to determine in respect of which shops the licence may be granted.