Explosives Act, 1956 (Act No. 26 of 1956)Schedule 1 : Convention on the Marking of Plastic Explosives for the Purpose of Detection
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Part 1: Description of Explosives
| I. | The explosives referred to in paragraph 1 of Article I of this Convention are those that: |
| a) | are formulated with one or more high explosives which in their pure form have a vapour pressure of less than 10 Pa at a temperature of 25°C; |
| b) | are formulated with a binder material; and |
| c) | are, as a mixture, malleable or flexible at normal room temperature. |
| II. | The following explosives, even though meeting the description of explosives in paragraph 1 of this Part, shall not be considered to be explosives as long as they continue to be held or used for the purposes specified below, or remain incorporated as there specified, namely those explosives that: |
| a) | are manufactured, or held, in limited quantities solely for use in duly authorized research, development or testing of new or modified explosives; |
| b) | are manufactured, or held, in limited quantities solely for use in duly authorized training in explosives detection and/or development or testing of explosives detection equipment; |
| c) | are manufactured, or held, in limited quantities solely for duly authorized forensic science purposes; or |
| d) | are destined to be and are incorporated as an integral part of duly authorized military devices in the territory of the producer State within three years after the coming into force of this Convention in respect of that State. Such devices produced in this period of three years shall be deemed to be duly authorized military devices within paragraph 4 of Article IV of this Convention. |
| III. | In this Part: |
"duly authorized" in paragraph II a), b) and c) means permitted according to the laws and regulations of the State Party concerned; and "high explosives" include, but are not restricted to, cyclotetramethylenetetranitramine (HMX), pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN) and cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine (RDX).
Part 2: Detection Agents
A detection agent is any one of those substances set out in the following Table. Detection agents described in this Table are intended to be used to enhance the detectability of explosives by vapour detection means. In each case, the introduction of a detection agent into an explosive shall be done in such a manner as to achieve homogeneous distribution in the finished product. The minimum concentration of a detection agent in the finished product at the time of manufacture shall be as shown in the said Table.
Table
Name of detection agent |
molecular formula |
molecular weight |
minimum concentration |
Ethylene glycol dinitrate (EGDN) |
C2 H4 (NO3)2 |
152 |
0.2% by mass |
2,3-Dimethyl-2,3-dinitrobutane (DMNB) |
C6 H12 (NO2)2 |
176 |
0.1% by mass |
para-Mononitrotoluene (p-MNT) |
C7 H7 NO2 |
137 |
0.5% by mass |
ortho-Mononitrotoluene (o-MNT) |
C7 H7 NO2 |
137 |
0.5% by mass |
Any explosive which, as a result of its normal formulation, contains any of the designated detection agents at or above the required minimum concentration level shall be deemed to be marked.