"Law of arms and explosives : being a commentary on the arms act, Indian explosives act and explosives substances act, along with rules / edited by S.K. Ghosh and S. N. Katju" c.1

The law of Arms has an important place in the armoury of laws. The need for such a law was born of colonial experience. The laying down of arms and the disarming of the people have been for long wellknown features of military conquest, After the Mutiny of 1857 there was a huge mass disarmament in India perhaps the biggest experiment of its kind in any colonial adventure. The mass uprising of the people called for a law to deal with the masses and to suppress once for all even the echoes of an uprising, and in such environs, amidst such auspices the Indian Arms Act (XXXI of 1860)--the first law to regulate arms-was born. The object of the Arms Act is to provide for public tranquility and security of the State. The object of the Explosives act is to provide safety to the public from the dangerous nature off explosives

The book is divided into two parts-the first part contains the and Explosives Act-while the second part contains the rules of Arms and Explosives. For the convenience of readers the Index and Table of Cases are given at the end of both parts.