88. No licence needed for manufacture in certain cases. -Notwithstanding anything contained in rule 87, no licence to manufacture shall be necessary for manufacture at a Government or industrial laboratory or a laboratory of an educational institution and under the supervision of a qualified person of a quantity of explosive not exceeding an amount reasonably necessary for the purpose of chemical experiment and test and not intended for practical use or sale, subject to the following conditions, namely:
(a) The Chief Controller shall be given prior intimation of the nature of the explosives and the quantity of explosives proposed to be manufactured in the laboratory together with the name and address of the institution and the particulars and experience of the person conducting the experiment.
(b) If the Chief Controller on receipt of the information under Cl. (a) above is of the opinion that it would not be safe to conduct such experiment he may, in writing, prohibit conducting the experiment.
(c) All precautions shall be taken to prevent injury to persons or damage to property and all provisions of the Act and these rules shall be observed as far as they are otherwise applicable.
(d) No experiment shall be conducted to make any explosive which is specifically prohibited under Sec. 6 of the Act.
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