15. Saving of Indian Arms Act, 1978. -Nothing under this Act shall affect the provisions of the Arms Act, 1959 (54 of 1959) : Provided that all authority granting a licence under this Act for the manufacture, possession, sale, transport or importation of all explosive may, if empowered in this behalf by the rules under which the licence is granted, direct by an order in writing on the licence that it shall have the effect of a like licence granted under the said Indian Arms Act.
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