{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/explosives-act-1875/section-32",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/explosives-act-1875/section-32.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/38-39/17",
  "legislation_title": "Explosives Act 1875",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/explosives-act-1875",
  "path": "section/32",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "32",
  "heading": "Sale of gunpowder to be in closed packages labelled.",
  "text": "All gunpowder exceeding 500 grams in weight, when publicly exposed for sale or sold, shall be in a substantial case, bag, canister, or other receptacle made and closed so as to prevent the gunpowder from escaping, and (except when the same is sold to any person employed by or on the property occupied by the vendor for immediate use in the service of the vendor or on such property,) the outermost receptacle containing such gunpowder shall have affixed the word “gunpowder” in conspicuous characters by means of a brand or securely attached label, or other mark.\nIf any gunpowder is sold or exposed for sale in contravention of this section—\n1. The person selling or exposing for sale the same shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £2 ; and\n2. All or any part of the gunpowder so exposed for sale may be forfeited.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words substituted by S.I. 1984/510, reg. 2, Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words substituted by virtue of Decimal Currency Act 1969 (c. 19), s. 10(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "repealed",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2003/22",
      "affecting_title": "Fireworks Act 2003"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/38-39/17/section/32",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:48:48.433027+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}