10. Special precautions against accidents.— (1) No person shall commit or attempt to commit any act which may tend to cause a fire or explosion in or about any place where any compressed gas is stored, handled or transported in a vessel. (2) All empty vessels which has contained, any flammable or toxic gases, shall, except when they are opened for the purpose of filling or cleaning or for rendering the gas-free, be kept securely closed until they have been cleaned or freed of the gas, as the case may be. (3) Every person storing compressed gas in a vessel and every person in charge of, or engaged in the storage, handling and transport of such gas in vessels, shall at all times— (i) comply with the provisions of these rules and the conditions of any licence issue thereunder; (ii) observe all precautions for the prevention of accident by fire or explosion; and (iii) prevent any person from committing any act referred is sub-rule (1).
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