Criminal Law Code as at 1st March 2007
(a) any device consisting of or carrying an explosive charge or fused to detonate upon
impact or percussion or through a timing contrivance or by an electrical or
electronic device; or
(b) any other device capable of causing an explosion;
“essential service” means—
(a) any service relating to the generation, supply or distribution of electricity; or
(b) any fire brigade or fire service; or
(c) any health, hospital or ambulance service; or
(d) any service relating to the production, supply, delivery or distribution of fuel; or
(e) any service relating to the supply or distribution of water; or
(f) any communications service; or
(g) any transport service; or
(h) any other service or occupation whose interruption would endanger the life, health
or safety of the whole or a part of the population and which the Minister may
declare by notice in a statutory instrument to be an essential service;
“insurgent, bandit, saboteur or terrorist” means a person who⎯
(a) is about to commit, is committing or has committed an act of insurgency, banditry,
sabotage or terrorism; or;
(b) has attended a course or undergone training, is about to attend a course or undergo
training or is attending a course or undergoing training referred to in subsection (1)
of section twenty-five;
“law enforcement agency” means the Police Force (including a member of the Police
Constabulary as defined in section 2 of the Police Act [Chapter 11:10]) or an
intelligence service maintained by the Government, or any agency assigned by an
enactment to maintain and enforce the law;
“offensive material” means any inflammable, dangerous, noxious, or deleterious substance,
material or thing capable of killing or injuring persons, including⎯
(a) low or high explosives and the ingredients thereof;
(b) all types of fuse used in the ignition of explosives;
(c) detonators;
(d) timing devices, especially time pencils;
(e) wire cutters;
(f) concentrated or other harmful acids;
(g) ammunition as defined in the Firearms Act [Chapter 10:09];
(h) biological or chemical warfare agents;
(i) any other substance, material or thing declared by the Minister, by notice in a
statutory instrument, to be an offensive material for the purposes of this definition;
“official” means⎯
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