                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEFINITION (§ 59.1-137)

Whenever used in this chapter:
		&#8220;Explosives&#8221; means any chemical compound, mechanical mixture or
device the primary or common purpose of which is to function by explosion. The
term includes, but is not limited to dynamite and other high explosives, black
blasting powder, pellet powder, initiating explosives, blasting caps, electric
blasting caps, detonators, safety fuse, fuse igniters, fuse lighters, squibs,
cordeau detonant fuse, instantaneous fuse, detonating cord, igniter cord,
igniters and those materials included in the list published annually in the
Federal Register by the Department of the Treasury pursuant to the Organized
Crime Control Act of 1970 (18 U.S.C. § 841 et seq.).

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 59-222; 1960, c. 578; 1968, c. 439; 1976, c. 250.