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1. Introduction:
The Department of Explosives is the
administrative authority for questions relating to commercial explosives,
flammables and unfired pressure vessels.
It is an attached Department of the Ministry of Energy
and Mineral Resources, Government of Bangladesh. The Chief Inspector of
Explosives in Bangladesh
is the head of the Department of Explosives. The Department of Explosives
with its Head Office at Dhaka has 4(four) branch offices at Chittagong, Khulna,
Rajshahi and Sylhet. Each branch office is headed by an Inspector of
Explosives.
The Department has a Testing Laboratory at Segunbagicha, Dhaka
which provides testing facilities for explosives and different
materials coming under the purview of the rules administered by
the Department
2. Objective:
The overall objective of the Department of Explosives is to prevent injury
to persons and damage to property or to the environment during manufacture,
transport/ transmission, storage, use, handling etc. of commercial
explosives, compressed gases, flammable liquids including petroleum,
combustible solids and oxidizing substances
3. Function:
As stated
above the primary function of ensuring the safety of human life, property
and environment is done by the Department of Explosives through the
administration and enforcement of the following Acts and Rules :
1. The Explosives Act, 1884
2. The Explosives
Rules, 1940.
3. The Gas
Cylinders Rules,
1991.
framed under 1
4. The
Pressure Vessels Rules, 1995.
5. The
Petroleum Act, 1934
6. The
Petroleum Rules, 1937
7. The
Calcium Carbide Rules,
1937.
framed under 5
8. The Cinematographic
Films Rules, 1948
9. The
Natural Gas Rules, 1991
Moreover, this department renders
technical expertise to District Authorities and Police Authorities as well
as the Government on regular basis as a matter of convention in the
administration and enforcement of the following legislations:
1. The Arms Act, 1878 and the rules made there under.
2. The
Explosives Substances Act, 1908.
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