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Union of India - Section

Section 12 in The Explosives Rules, 2008

12. Protection from lightning and thunderstorm

.-(1) Every magazine or process building shall have attached thereto one or more efficient lightning conductors designed and erected in accordance with specification laid down by Bureau of Indian Standards.
(2)The connections to various parts of earth resistance of the lightning conductor terminal on the building to the earth shall be tested at least once in every year by a qualified electrical engineer or any other person holding a certificate of competency in this behalf from the State Government and a certificate showing the results of such test and the date of the last test shall be conspicuously displayed.
(3)Whenever a thunderstorm appears to be imminent in the vicinity of a magazine or store house or processes building, every person engaged in or about such magazine or store house shall be withdrawn to a safe distance from such magazine and store house shall be kept closed and locked until the thunderstorm has ceased or the threat of it has passed:Provided that process building used for manufacture of fireworks, explosives of Class 7, may not be provided with lightning conductor unless otherwise specified by the licensing authority.