Singapore legislation
Regulation 24
of Guns, Explosives and Weapons Control (Explosives and Explosive Precursors) Regulations 2025
Regulation 24
Keeping in magazine or suitable depositary when not in use, etc.
Subregulation 1
Except as provided in paragraph (2), a holder of an explosives licence or EP licence must, in relation to each explosive or explosive precursor that the holder is authorised to handle or have possession of under the licence, take all reasonable steps necessary to ensure that the explosive or explosive precursor (as the case may be) is stored or kept as follows, when it is not being handled or used by the holder:
in a secure magazine in the explosives licence, if the explosive is a high‑risk explosive;
in a secure suitable depositary stated in the explosives licence or EP licence, in the case of other explosives or explosive precursors.
Subregulation 2
Paragraph (1) does not apply to the storing or keeping of —
a total of not more than 500 blank cartridges and not more than 50 cartridges for small arms;
a total of not more than 5,000 rounds of safety cartridges for industrial fastening tools, containing an aggregate mass of explosive substances in those safety cartridges of not more than 5 kilograms; or
any quantity of explosives that are reasonably required for or incidental to the manufacture of explosives at a munitions factory, provided that the explosives are stored or kept within the munitions factory.
Subregulation 3
To avoid doubt, this regulation does not affect Part 10.