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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.

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

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. ";

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[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.";

(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";

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(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 28^th

December 1998 and amended vide GSR 814(E) dated 29^th October 2001 and

GSR 211(E) dated 15^th March 2002.

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