(a) A person, who is not otherwise authorized by state or federal law or a permit issued to him or her by the State Fire Marshal, commits the crime of unlawful manufacture of a destructive device or bacteriological or biological weapon in the second degree if he or she does any of the following:
(1) Manufactures a destructive device or bacteriological or biological weapon.
(2) Possesses precursor substances as determined in Section 13A-10-191, in any amount with the intent to unlawfully manufacture a destructive device or bacteriological or biological weapon.
(3) Combines two or more components with the intent to assemble, construct, or otherwise cause to be formed, a destructive device, incendiary device, over-pressure device, detonator, poison gas, or bacteriological or biological weapon as described in Section 13A-10-190.
(4) Manufactures an explosive with intent to produce a destructive device, incendiary device, over-pressure device, detonator, poison gas, or bacteriological or biological weapon as described in 13A-10-190.
(b) The fact that a destructive device, over-pressure device, explosive, detonator, poison gas, or bacteriological or biological weapon does not function as designed or intended, is not a defense to the crime of unlawful manufacture of a destructive device or bacteriological or biological weapon in the second degree.
(c) Unlawful manufacture of a destructive device or bacteriological or biological weapon in the second degree is a Class B felony.
Structure Code of Alabama
Chapter 10 - Offenses Against Public Administration.
Article 9 - Biological and Bacteriological Weapons.
Section 13A-10-190 - Definitions.
Section 13A-10-191 - Designation of Explosives.
Section 13A-10-192 - Additional Designations.
Section 13A-10-201 - Separate Offenses.
Section 13A-10-202 - Searches and Inspections.
Section 13A-10-203 - Records of Destructive Devices, etc., and Reports of Loss or Theft.
Section 13A-10-204 - Power to Compel Attendance of Witnesses and Production of Evidence.
Section 13A-10-205 - Excluded Persons and Activities.
Section 13A-10-206 - Use of Explosives for Legitimate Agricultural Activities.
Section 13A-10-207 - Forfeiture of Property.
Section 13A-10-208 - Exclusions for Lawfully Intended Purposes.
Section 13A-10-209 - Exclusions for Lawfully Intended Purposes.