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2006 New York Code - Storage, Sale, Transportation, Use Or Possession Of Explosives, Generally.
§ 27-4031 Storage, sale, transportation, use or possession of explosives, generally. a. Permit. It shall be unlawful to transport, store, sell, deliver, use or have in possession any explosive without a permit. But no permit shall be granted to any person other than a citizen of the United States. b. Guncotton and soluble cotton. It shall be unlawful to transport, store or sell any guncotton or soluble cotton except in watertight metal vessels, containing no more than ten pounds, dry weight, and at least twenty percent of water. c. Nitro-glycerine. It shall be unlawful for any person to transport, store, keep, sell, deliver, use or have in his or her possession any liquid nitro-glycerine, or to store, transport or use, between the first day of November and the fifteenth day of March any explosive which will freeze or deteriorate at a temperature higher than ten degrees above zero Fahrenheit; provided, that permits may be issued for the transportation and sale of nitro-glycerine in the form of tablets, pills or granules, in quantities not exceeding ten thousand pieces, containing no more than one-fiftieth of a grain each. No explosives containing nitro-glycerine, and not intended for use within the city, shall be stored or kept therein or landed at or upon any dock, pier or bulkhead thereof, except as prescribed by the commissioner. d. Transportation or delivery. It shall be unlawful to transport or deliver any explosive between sunset and sunrise, or in a completed tunnel or subway under land or waters, or in or upon any public conveyance, nor shall any explosive be transported through, in or upon any street, except in the manner provided in section 27-4034 of this subchapter. e. Supervision. It shall be unlawful to bring into the city, or transport, store, deliver or use any explosive therein unless same shall be continually under the care and supervision of one or more persons, each holding a certificate of fitness. f. Unapproved kinds, types or brands. No permit shall be issued for the bringing into the city or for the transportation, storage, sale or use therein, of any explosive which is not of a type, kind or brand that has been examined, tested and approved by the commissioner.
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