EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (i)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 60] NEW DELHI, SATURDAY, MARCH 30, 1963/CHAITRA 9, 1885
MINISTRY OF MINES AND FUEL
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 30th March 1963
G.S.R. 575.—In. exercise of the powers conferred by sub-rules (2) and (3) of rule 125 of the Defence of India Rules, 1962, the Central Government hereby makes the following Order, namely;-—
1. Short title and extent.—(1) This Order may be called the Kerosene (Price Control) Order, 1963. (2) It extends to the whole of India.
2. Definitions.—In this Order—
(a) "dealer" means a person carrying on the business of selling kerosene, whether wholesale or retail and whether in conjunction with any other business or not, and includes his representative or agent;
(b) "past price" in relation to any variety of kerosene sold in any area means the price at which that variety of kerosene was normally sold (by wholesale dealers or retailers, as the case may be) in that area on or before the 1st day of February, 1963;
(c) the expression "kerosene" shall have the meaning assigned to it in Item No. 7 of the First Schedule to the Central Excises and Salt Act, 1944 (1 of 1944) and shall include aviation turbine fuel.
3. Fixation of maximum price.—After the commencement of this Order, no dealer shall sell kerosene to any person at a price which is in excess of the aggregate of the following, namely:—
(a) the past price;
(b) the appropriate amount specified in column 2 of the Schedule to this
Order in. respect of the quantity and the variety of kerosene sold;
(c) the proportionate increase, if any, in the railway freight actually incurred in transporting the quantity of kerosene from the nearest port of installation to the place of sale on or after the 1st day of April, 1963;
(d) the proportionate increase, if any, in the sales tax levied on or after
the 1st day of February, 1963, on the quantity of kerosene.
i - - , . „ . .. n ] 4. Kerosene stock to be displayed.—Every dealer shall cause to be prominent- ly displayed on a special board to bo maintained for this purpose at or near the entrance of the place of sale— (a) the varieties of kerosene held by him from time to time in stock for ready delivery;(b) the past prica of each such variety of kerosene; and (c) the price at which he proposes to sell each such variety of kerosene,
5. Repeal and saving:.—The Essential Articles (Price Control) Order, 1963, shall cease to have effect in relation to kerosene except as respects things done or omitted to bs done before the commencement of this Order.
SCHEDULE
Description of kerosene
(a) Superior
(i) In bulk per kilolitre
(ii) A tin containing 18'5 litres
(iii) A bottle containing 3/4th of a litre
(b) Inferior
(i) In bulk per kilolitre
(11) A tin containing 18-5 litres
(iii) A bottle containing 3/4th of a litre
(c) Aviation Turbine Fuel
In bulk per kilolitre
Amount
One hundred and_ twenty-eight rupees and thirty-five naiye paise
Two rupees and thirty-seven naiye paise
Nine naiye paise
Ninety-four rupees and sixty-three naive paise
One rupee and seventy-five naiye pai.se
Seven naiye paise
One hundred and twenty-eight rupees and thirty-two naiye paise.
[No. 101(12)/63-PPD.]
N. N. KASHYAP, Jt. Secy.