Explosives Act (RSC 1985, c. E-17). Country/Territory Canada Document type Legislation Date 1985 (2015) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Waste & hazardous substances Keyword Hazardous substances Authorization/permit Internal trade International trade Inspection Transport/storage Geographical area Americas, Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic Abstract Section 6 of the above-mentioned Act establishes that except as authorized under this Act and subject to such exemptions as may be provided by Regulation, no person shall: a) make or manufacture any explosive, either wholly or in part, except in a licensed factory; b) sell any authorized explosive unless that person is the operator of a licensed factory or licensed magazine and is authorized to sell explosives; c) store any explosive in a magazine that is not a licensed magazine; d) have in his possession any explosive; or e) carry on, except in a licensed factory, any of the following processes. The text consists of 29 sections. Full text English Website www.gc.ca