REGISTERED No. D. 221
The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (II)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 425] NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1966A/GRAHAYANA 30,1888
Separate paging to given to this Part in order that it may be filed as a separate compilation.
MINISTRY OF COMMERCE
NOTIFICATIONS
New Delhi, the 21st December 1966
S.O. 3950.—Whereas the Central Government is of opinion that in exercise of the powers conferred by section 6 of the Export (Quality Control and Inspection) Act, 1963 (22 of 1963), small tools and hand tools shall be subject to quality control and inspection prior to export;
And whereas the Central Government has formulated the proposals specified below for the said purpose and has forwarded the same to the Export Inspection Council, as required by sub-rule (2) of rule 11 of the Export (Quality Control and Inspection) Rules, 1964;
Now, therefore, In pursuance of the said sub-rule, the Central Government publishes the said proposals for the information of the public likely to be affected thereby.
2. Notice is hereby given that any person desiring to forward any objection or suggestion with respect to the said proposals may forward the same within thirty days of the date of publication of this notification to the Export Inspection Council, 'World Trade Centre' 14/1-B, Ezra Street, (7th floor), Calcutta-1.
PROPOSALS
(1) To notify that small tools and hand tools shall be subject to quality control and Inspection prior to export;
(2) To specify the type of quality control and inspection in accordance with the draft Export of Small tools and Hand tools (Quality Control and Inspection)
(1715)
Iyj6 THE GAZE 1T.K OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PARI I I-Rules, 1967 set out in Annexure I to this notification as the type of quality control and inspection which would be applied to such small tools and hand tools;
(3) To recognise—
(a) the contractual specifications as agreed upon between the buyer and the
seller; and
(b) in the absence of any contractual specifications as mentioned in sub- Item (a), the specifications issued by the Indian Standards Institution for small tools, and hand tools as set out In Annexure II to this noti- fication,
as the standard specifications for small tools, and hand tools;
(4) To prohibit the export, in the course of international trade, of such small lools, and hand tools unless the same are either accompanied by a certificate issued by any of the Export Inspection Agencies established under section 7 of the Export (Quaity Control and Inspection) Act. 1963 (22 of 1963), to the eflect that the small tools and hand tools are export-worthy, or arc affixed with a seal or mark recog- nised by the Central Government under section 8 of the said Act, Indicating that the small tools, and hand tools conform to either the contractual specifications, or, in the absence of any contractual specification, the Indian Standard specifications specified In Annexure II.
(3) Nothing In this notification shall apply to the export by land, sea or air of samples of small tools and hand tools not exceeding twelve In number of each variety to prospective buyers.
(4) Definition.—In this notification, "small tools," shall mean any of the small tools used by machinists, while doing machining work, and ''hand tools" shall mean any of the hand tools used by fitters or carpenters doing hand work either at the Bench or on the ground.
ANNEXURE I
Draft rules propose to be made under section 17 of the Export (Quality Control and Inspection) Act, 1963 (22 of 1903).
1. Short title and commencement.—(1) These rules may be called the Export of Small Tools and Hand Tools (Quality Control and Inspection) Rules, 1967.
(2) They shall come into force on 1st March, 1967,
2. Definition.—In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires—
(a) 'Agency' means any one of the Export Inspection Agencies established at Cochin Madras, Calcutta, Bombay and Delhi under section 7 of the Export (Quality Control and Inspection) Act, 1963 (22 of 1963).
(b) 'small tools' shall mean any of the small tools used by machinists, while doing machining work and 'hand tools' shall mean any of the hand tools used by fitters or carpenters doing hand work either at the bench or on the ground.
3. Quality Control.—(1) The quality of the small tools and hand tools shall be ensured by effecting the following controls, at different stages of manufacture, preservation and packing of such product, as given below:-—
(A) Manufacturing; stare control
(I) Bought out materials and components Control.—(a) Purchase specifications shall be laid down by the manufacturer incorporating the properties of materials or components to be used and the detailed dimensions thereof with tolerances.
(b) The accepted consignments shall be either accompanied by a supplier's test or Inspection certificate corroborating the requirements of the purchase specifica- tion, in which case occasional checks shall be conducted by the purchaser for a particular supplier to verify the correctness of the aforesaid test of Inspection certi- ficates, or the purchased materials or components shall be regularly inspected or tested either in a laboratory within the factory or in some other laboratory or test house.
(c) The sampling for inspection or test to be carried out shall be based on a recorded investigation
fd1! After the inspection i^r test Is carried out, systematic methods shall be adopted in segregating the accepted and rejected materials or components and in disposal of rejected materials nr components.
iiit.. -*ttn;j THE (GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY 1 ? I7(c) Correct and adequate records in respect of the above mentioned controls
shall he regularly and systematically maintained.
\n\ Process Control.—(a) Detailed process specifications shall be laid down
by the manufacturer for different processes o£ manufacture.
(b) Equipments, instrumentation and facilities shall be adequate to control the
processes as laid down in the process specifications.
(c) Adequate records shall be maintained to ensure the possibility of verifying
the controls exercised during the process of manufacture.
(iii) Product Control.—(a) The manufacturer shall either have his own ade- quate testing facilities, or shall have access to such testing facilities existing else- where tci' test the product as per the spcciflcatioi recognised under section 6 of the Export (Quality Control and Inspection) Act. 1963 (22 of 1963).
(b) Sampling (wherever required) for testing shall be based on a recorded
investigation.
(rt The minimum levels of control that will be exercised on the product are
Eilven in the tab'.e below:- -
THE TABLE
Requirement
Reference
No. of Lot size SI. No.
samples to be tested.
i Dimensions with tolerance
Each
••
Standard specifica- tions recognised for the purpose.
2 Weights with tolerance
Do.
Do.
Ilirdncsa Test1 , . ,
Do.
5 Nos. Each batch from th- 3
oven.
Fccentricity Test .
Each
Do.
4
Surface finish measurement
D o.
DL
5
Drop Test
6
D o.
D).
Visual check for defects
Do.
Do.
Performance
a
Do.
i o%
Each shift's produc-
tion.
Workmanship
D o.
Each
<-)
TO Finish . . . ..
Du.
D '.
11 b'or wooden handle*- only.
i .ii Timb.-r Spedes
Do.
5 Nos Consignment of
same species.
hi Moisture conieni
D J.
Each shift's produc-
5%
tion.
ic) Treatment .
10 Nos,
D o.
D...
T2 Packing
T
D o.
Each consignment.
(d) Correct and adequate record', li respect of tests carried out shall be
regularly ;mrl systematically maintained
(B) Preservation Control
(a) A detailed spentiration shall be laid down bv the manufacturer to safeguard
the prnrluct from adverse effects of weather conditions.
(bi Tho prniiuot shall be well preserved both during storage and during transit
j7l8 T HE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PART 11-(C) Packlnir Control
(a) A specification shall be laid down lor packing the aforesaid product.
(b) The package shall be well finished and have a good presentabtlity.
(c) The inner contents of the package shall be so packed as to withstand Drop Test, Rolling Test and Water Spraying Test as Riven below:
fi) Oiop Test.—The package shall be dropped from a height of 125 cm once on the largest flat surface, once on the longest edge and once on any corner of Its own and shall not causo any damage to either itself or its contents.
(ii) Rolling Test.—The package shall be subject to rolling on its sides either 625 cm forward and 625 cm backward or 1250 cm In one direction only and shall not cause any damage to either itself or Its contents,
(iii) Water Spraying.—The package shall be allowed to be exposed against a water spray equivalent to a normal sudden monsoon shower for five minutes and the contents inside shall not be affected.
(2) Inspection—The inspection of small tools and hand tools, intended for export shall be carried out with a view to seeing that the above mentioned controls have been exercised at the relevant levels si^lsfactorily and the small tools and hand tools conform to the standard specifications applicable to it.
4. Procedure of InsT>?ctlo"i.—(1) The exporter or manufacturer shall give inti- mation in writin" *n r 'v en" of th? agencies recognised under section 7 of the Exiort (Quality Control and Inspection) Act, 1963 (22 of 1963), and submit along with ^u~h intimation y dQ.-lnraMon tint the consignment of small tools and hand tools have been imnuffirtur°d by exercising quality control measures as per controls referred to irider rule 3 above, and that the consignment conforms to the requirements of the sp?cinnations recognised for this purpose.
(2) The exporter or manufacturer shall also furnish to the Agency the identifi- cation mark^s app'ied on the consignment.
(3) Every Intimation and declaration under sub-rule (1) shall reach the office of the Agency not less than fifteen days prior to the despatch of the consignment from the manufacturer's premises.
(4) On receipt of the intimation and declaration under sub-rule (1), the Agency, on satisfying itself that during the process of manufacture the manufacturer had exercised adequate quality controls to manufacture the small tools and hand tools according to the controls mentionpd In rule 3 shall, within Uiree days of carrying out the inspection. Issue a certificate declaring that the consignment of small tools and hand tool'j Is export-worthy.
5 .Pj-o-.rflu'i' for affixation of recoinilsea mark.—The provisions of the Indian S H ^ R T -^ TncHV+^n erv^jflnq+ioTi Marks) Act 1RB2 (36 of 1952), the Indian Ftin-iT-J': Institution (Certification Marks) Rules. 1955 and the Indian Standards 1H i ' ' Ti r<"ert;ir-t<-^ ™ ,r k si Rp-ulaMona, 1955, shall, so far as may be, apply :n to the procedure of affixation of the recognised mark or seal on small tools and ^•"n-i 'oi'- nrio" to pxmrt and small tools and tools so marked shall not be sub- jected to any Inspection under rule 4 of these rules.
6 Place of Inspection.—Every inspection under these rules shall be carried out at the premises of the manufacturer.
7. Infection Fe"—SuVlpct to a minimum of Rs. 20 for each consignment, a fee at th? rate of twenty p?l"e for every hundred rupee of F.O.B. value of each such consignment shall be paid by the exporter/manufacturer to the Agency as inspec- tion feo under rule 4.
R Anneal.—(1) Any person aggrieved by the refusal of the Agency to issue a certificate under sub-rule (4) of rule 4 may. within ten days of the receipt of the communication of such refusal by him, prefer an appeal to a panel of experts, rr,ns1sM"F of not less than three persons, appointed for the purpose by the Central Government.
("]) The rlpclsion of the saiH p ^ el of experts on such appeal shall he flnnl.
itc. "(ii)] THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY iji$AKNEXUBE II
List of Indian Standards
C o m m o d i ty
si. No.
R e l e v a nt s p e c i f i c a t i on i s s u ed by I nd Ian S t a n d a r ds I n s t i t u- t i on
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i
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 II 12
13 14 15 16
17 18
19 20 21
. I S: 663 1964 . IS; 703 1956 . I S: 510 1953 . I S: 2586 1964 . I S: 2588 1964 . I S: 2534 1963 . IS: 2163 t963 . I S: 2852 1964 . I S: 664 1963 I S: 402 1964 , I S: 2239 1963 . I S: 2230 1963 . I S: 2243 196a . I S: 66fi 1963 , I S: 19^1 1962 . IS: 1830 T961 . I S: 841 1957 . IS: 2594 1963 . I S: 2671 1964 . I S: 2669 1964 . I S: 2587 1964 . I S: 273 1961 22 23 24
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25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 3* 36 37 38 3Q 40 41 42
A d z es . . A x es . . . . . . . . .. B l a c k s m i t h 's A n v i ls ( C a st s t e e l) . . . .. B e n ch V i es M a r - h i n i s t 's Vices . . . .. B l a c k s m i t h 's Vices C a r b i de T i p p ed D e ad C e n t r es . . .. C a r b i de T i p p ed S i n g le P o i nt T u r n i ng T o o ls C a r p e n t e r 's A u g e rs C e n t re D r i l ls C h i s e ls C r ow B a rs a nd C l aw B a rs 60° D e ad C e n t r es f or L a t h es D r i ll C h u c ks Drilling Jig Bushes E n g i n e e r 's files G e n e r al r e q u i r e m e n ts f or M i l l i ng C u t t e r s. H a nd H a m m e rs H a c k s aw B l a d es . . . . . . .. I n t e r l o c k ed M i l l i ng C u t t e rs M i l l i ng C u t t e rs f or W o o d r u ff k ey s l o ts . . .. P i pe V i c es ( o p en s i de t y pe fixed s i de t y p e ) . . .. P i c ks a nd B e a t e rs P l i e r s, p i n c e rs a nd n i p p e rs g e n e r al r e q u i r e m e n ts f or , P o w r a hs P u n c h e s, R o u nd . R e a m e rs R e d u c t i on S l e e v es a nd E x t e n s i on S o c k e ts f or M o r se T a p e rs R i ng S p a n n e rs . . . . . . .. S c r ew D r i v e rs . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. S h o v e ls S m i th B i ts . . . . . . .. S m i t h 's F l a t t e rs S m i t h 's F u l l e rs S m i t h 's S w a g es S m i t h 's T o n gs S p a n n e r, B ox . . . . . . .. S p a n n e r, O p en S aw S w a ge B l o c ks a nd S t a n ds , . , . ., S c r e w i ng T a ps . . . . . . .. T - S l ot M i l l i ng C u t t e rs T h r e ad C u t t i ng D i es T h r e ad M i l l i ng C u t t e rs ( S h e ll T y p e) . . .. T u r n i ng T o o l s, S i n g le D i a m o nd . . .. Twist Drill W o t x' w o r k i ng chisels a nd G a u g es . . ..
IS: 2615 1964 . I S: 1759 1961 . IS : 413 1953 . IS : 1836 1961 . I S: 2608 1964 . I S: 2029 1962 . I S: 844 1962 . I S: 274 196T , I S: 552 1954 . I S: 846 1956 . I S: 847 1956 . TS: 842 1956 . IS : 843 1956 . I S: 2030 1962 . I S: 2028 T962 . IS: 841 1961 . I S: 1988 1962 . I S: 2668 1964 , IS: 1859 1961 . I S: 2670 1964 . IS: 2794 1964 , IS: 599 i960 IS: 1930 19ft!
41 44 45
[No. 60(152)Exp.Iosp/66]
S.O. 3951.—In exercise of the powers conferred by section 7 of the Export (Quality Control and Insoection) Act, 19R3 (22 of 1963), the Central Government hereby recognises the following Inspection Agencies for quality control and pre- shipmen inflection of small tool-; and hand tools for purposes of export, In grant- In? the certificate under sub-rule (4) of rule 4 of the Export of Small Tools and Hand Tools (Quality Control and Inspection) Rules, 1967, namely:—
1 Export TnsDection Agency, Cochin. 'Monohar Building', Mahatma Gandhi
Road. Ernakulam-1
2. Export Inspection Asency. Madras, World Trade Centre', 'Sire Mansion',
123, Mount Rond. MfKlras-6
I720 I Hit GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PART Il-Sr.c. 3".i')]3. Export Inspection Agency, Calcutta, 'World Trade Centre', 14/1-B, Ezra
Street (7th floor;, Calcutta-1.
4. Export Inspection Agency, Bombay, 'Harchandrai House', (1st floor),
81, Queens Road, Bombay-2.
5. Export Inspection Agency, Delhi, C/o Director (Quality Control), Ministry
of Commerce, 'Udyog Bhavan' (Room No. 116), New Delhi.
[No. 60(152)Exp.Insp/66.] S.O. 3952.—Whereas the Central Government in exercise of the powers con- ferred by section 8 of the Export (Quality Control and Inspection) Act, 1963 (22 of 1963), proposes to recognise the Indian Standards Institution Certification Mark with respect to small tools and hand tools for the purpose of denoting that where Bmall tools and hand tools are affixed with such mark, they shall be deemed to be in conformity with the standard specification applicable thereto under clause (c) of section 6 of the said Act;
And whereas the Central Government has forwarded the aforesaid proposal to the Export Inspection Council as required by sub-rule (2) of rule 11 of the Export (Quality Control and Inspection) Rules, 1G64;
Now, therefore, In pursuance of the said sub-rule, the Central Government hereby publishes the said proposal for the information of the public likely to be affected thereby.
2, Notice la hereby given that any person desiring to forward any objection or suggestion with respect to the said proposal may forward the same within thirty days of the publication of this notification to the Export Inspection Council, 'World Trade Centre' 14/1-B, Ezra Street (7th floor), Calcutta-1.
3. Definition.—In this notification, "small tools" shall mean any of the small tools used by machinists, while doing machining work and "hand tools" shall mean any of the hand tools used by fitters or carpenters doing hand work either at the bench or on the ground.
[No. 60(152)Exp.Insp/66.]
A. C. BANERJEE, Jt. Secy.
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