REGD. NO. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (i).
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 413] NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2OO2/BHADRA 13,1924
2771 GI/2002
(I)2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA: EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(i)l J4 THE GAZETTE OF INPIA: EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(i)]
MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 3rd September, 2002
G.S.R. 618(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 3 of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 (Central Act 10 of 1955), the Central Government hereby makes the following Order to amend the Motor Spirit and High Speed Diesel (Regulation of Supply and Distribution and Prevention of Malpractices) Orders, 1998 namely: -
(1) This Order may be called the Motor Spirit and High Speed Diesel (Regulation of Supply and Distribution and Prevention of Malpractices) Second Amendment Order, 2002
(2) It shall come into force on the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.
5 2 In the Motor Spirit and High Speed Diesel (Regulation of Supply and Distribution and Prevention of Malpractices) Order, 1998-
(a) In clause 2 -
(i) for sub-clause (a), the following sub-clause shall be substituted:-
" adulteration means introduction of any foreign substance into Motor Spirit/High Speed Diesel illegally or unauthorisedly with the result that the product does not conform to the requirements indicated in Schedule I or any other requirement specified by the Central Government from time to time.";
(ii) for sub-clause (d), the following sub-clause shall be substituted>
" lhigh speed dieseF means any hydrocarbon oil (excluding mineral colza oil and turpentine substitute) which meets the requirements of Bureau of Indian Standards specification No. IS-1460 or any other requirement specified by the Central Government from time to time and is suitable for use as fuel in Compression Ignition Engines." ;
(iii) for sub-clause (f), the ft 1 lowing sub-clause shall be
substituted:-
"motor spirit means any hydrocarbon oil (excluding crude mineral oil) which meets the requirements of Bureau of Indian Standards specification No. IS-2796 or any other requirement specified by the Central Government from time to time and is suitable for use as fuel in Spark Ignition Engines. ";
6 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA: EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(i)1(iv) for sub-clause (r), the following sub-clause shall be substituted:-
"sale of off specification product means sale of Motor Spirit or High Speed Diesel by Dealer of quality not conforming to Bureau of Indian Standard specifications No IS 2796 & IS 1460 for Motor Spirit and High Speed Diesel respectively or not in conformity with requirement of Schedule 1 or any other requirement specified by the Central Government from time to time.";
(b) in clause 3, sub-clause (iii) for item (b) the following
shall be substituted namely:-
"(b) that the quantity and quality of the products are as per delivery documents issued by the Oil Company and the quality of the product conforms to the requirements indicated in Schedule I or to any other requirement specified by the Central Government from time to time. For this purpose, the Dealer/Consumer shall maintain a record of densities as indicated in Schedule I and keep samples of product or take such other measures as prescribed by Oil Company. ";
(c) after clause (3E), the following clause shall be inserted,
namely:-
V'3(F) Doping of Ethanol with Petrol and/or Diesel: The Central Government may make it mandatory to supply Petrol and/or Diesel doped with a specified quantity of Anhydrous Ethanol and notify the timeframe for commencement of such supply in specified States/areas or whole of the country.";
7 (d) in clause 5, for sub-clause (1), the following sub-clause shall be substituted; namely:-
"(1) The Officer authorised in Clause 4 shall draw the sample from the tank, nozzle, vehicle or receptacle as the case may be to check whether density and/or other parameters of the Product conform to the requirements indicated in schedule I or any other requirement specified by the Central Government from time to time.";
(e) in Schedule HI -
after item (12) and entries thereto, the following shall be included, namely.- "(12A) Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited, Paradeep Terminal, Paradeep Dist. Jagatsinghpur, 753003 (Orissa).";
(ii) after item 47-E and entries thereto, the following shall be inserted, namely:-
"(47F) Indian Oil Corporation Limited, Paradeep Terminal Laboratory, Atharabanki, P.O. Paradeep Port, 754142 (Orissa) (47G) Indian Oil Corporation Limited Panipat Laboratory, Panipat Marketing Complex, Village Baholi, P.O.Dadiana, Panipat (Haryana).
(47H) Indian Oil Corporation Limited, Panipat Refinery Laboratory, Village Baholi, P.O. Dadiana, Panipat (Haryana)." (iii) for items (58) and (59) and entries relating thereto, the following shall be substituted, namely :-
" (58) Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited, Refinery Laboratory, Manali, Chennai 600019, Tamil Nadu
(59) Kochi Refinery Limited, Refinery Laboratory, Post Ambalamugal, Kochi 682302, Kerala";
8 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA: EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(p](iv) under the head 'Other Refinery Laboratories', after item 59 the following shall be inserted, namely:-
"(59A) Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited Refinery Laboratory, Kuthethoor, P.O. Katipalla, Moodapadav, P.B. No. 2 Mangalore, 574 149, Karnataka
(59 B) Reliance Petroleum Limited Refinery Laboratory, Mori Khavdi (Vill), Digvijayagram (PO), Jamnagar (Dist), 361 140, Gujarat";
(v) under the head 'Government Laboratories', after item 62 the ionowing shall be inserted, namely.-
"(62B) Fuel Testing Laboratory, Society For Petroleum Laboratory, B-14, Sector 62, Noida, U.P.";
(vi) under the head 'Other Laboratories', after item 72 the following shall be inserted, namely:-
(73) Ramdev Baba Engineering College, Kalol Road, Nagpur, 440 013, Maharashtra
(74) Lakshmi Narayan Institute of Technology, Amravati Road, Nagpur, 440 010 Maharashtra
[F. No. P-45018/28/2000-CC]
S VITAYARAGHAVAN, Jt. Secy.
Footnotes- The principal order was published by GSR 772(E) dated 28th December 1998 and amended vide GSR 814(E) dated 29th October 2001 and GSR 211(E) dated 15th March 2002.