(A) Except as hereinafter provided it shall be unlawful for any person, firm, co-partnership, or corporation to knowingly possess, offer for sale, expose for sale, sell at retail, or use or explode any display fireworks, flame effects, or consumer fireworks; provided that the President and Board of Trustees shall have power to adopt reasonable rules and regulations for the granting of permits for pyrotechnic and consumer displays.
(ILCS Ch. 425, Act 35, §2) Penalty, see § 13.5/999-1