Interpretation
2.—(1)  In this Act —
“arms” includes firearms, air-guns, air-pistols, automatic guns, automatic pistols, and guns or any other kind of gun from which any shot, bullet or other missile can be discharged or noxious fumes can be emitted and any component part of any such arms, and bayonets, swords, daggers, spears and spearheads;
“carriage” includes any carriage, wagon, cart, truck or other vehicle used for the conveyance of goods or passengers by land, in whatever manner the same is propelled or moved;
“deal in”, with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions, includes repair, sell, keep or expose for sale;
“explosive” —
(a)means gunpowder, nitro-glycerine, dynamite, gun-cotton, blasting powder, fulminate of mercury or of other metals, coloured fires and every other substance, whether similar to those abovementioned or not, used or manufactured with a view to producing a practical effect by explosion or a pyrotechnic effect;
(b)includes fog signals, fireworks, fuses, rockets, percussion-caps, detonators, cartridges and ammunition of all descriptions, and every adaptation or preparation of an explosive as above defined; and
(c)includes sand crackers, and any substance declared to be deemed an explosive by notification under section 5(1)(a);
“gun” includes howitzers, mortars, quick-firing and machine-guns, and other guns of a similar nature;
“licensed auctioneer” means any person licensed under the Auctioneers’ Licences Act [Cap. 16] as an auctioneer;
“licensed dealer” means a person licensed under this Act to manufacture or deal in arms or guns;
“licensing authority” means such person or authority as may be appointed by the Minister under section 9;
“manufacture” includes the preparation of any component parts of an explosive, the admixture or other treatment of the same, the breaking up or unmaking of any explosive, and the process of remaking or making fit for use any damaged explosive, and the process of remaking, altering or repairing any explosive;
“master” includes every person having command or charge of a vessel or aircraft other than a pilot of a vessel;
“Port Master” has the same meaning as in the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore Act 1996;
[7/1996 wef 02/02/1996]
“railway administration” means any person or body of persons responsible for the regulation of traffic on any railway;
“vessel” includes any steam or sailing ship, junk, boat, sampan or any kind of craft used for the conveyance of persons or things by water.
(2)  A person shall be deemed to export an article from Singapore to a particular country, territory or place if he takes or sends the article out of Singapore with the intention that it shall ultimately reach that country, territory or place, either directly or indirectly.
(3)  A person shall be deemed to have imported an article into Singapore who, whether as owner, consignee, agent or broker, is in possession of or in any way entitled to the custody or control of the article.