The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-Section (i)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 45] NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1967/CHAITRA. 9,1889
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MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(Department of Revenue & Insurance)
NOTIFICATIONS
CENTRAL EXCISES
New Delhi, the 30th March 1967
G-S.R- 461.—In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Mineral Products (Additional Duties of Excise and Customs) Act, 1958 (27 of 1958), the Central Government hereby makes the following further amend- ment in the Notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue and Insurance) No- 199/66-Central Excises, dated the 16th December, 1966, namely:—
In the said Notification, in paragraph 2, in sub-paragraph (2)(b), for charac- teristics (iv) and (v), the following shall be substituted, namely:—•
"(iv) it has a flame height, by the prescribed test, of not less than—
Il6 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY fPART H- Sto. * (1)](v) it has a pour point of flfty-flve degrees Fahrenheit's thermometer or above when tested by the method I.P, 15/55 prescribed by the Insti- tute of Petroleum Technologists, London, for the determination of pour point of mineral oils;
or
possesses a viscosity—
(a) of not more than 29 seconds by Redwood I Viscometer at 100* of Fahrenheit's thermometer and has a Diesel Index of less than 40 as determined by the method prescribed in the Indian Standards, if produced in the district of Kamrup in the State of Assam or in the State of Bihar;
(b) of less than 27 seconds by Redwood I Viscometer at 100° of Fahren- heit's thermometer and has a Diesel Index of leas than 40 as deter- mined by the method prescribed in the Indian Standards, if produced in any place In the State of Assam other than the district of Kam- rup-1'
[No. 52/87-CE —F. No. 18/28/68-CX.HL]
G.8.R. 462.—In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-rule (1) of rule 8 oi the Central Excise Rules, 1944, the Central Government hereby makes the following further amendment in the Notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) No. 102/61-Central Excises dated the 20th April, 1961, namely:—
In the said Notification,—•
(a) for condition (i), the following condition shall be substituted, namely:—^
"(i) it has a flame height, by the prescribed test, of not less than—
(a) twelve millimetres (with a tolerance of 1 millimetre in favour of the party in border-line cases) if produced in the district cf Kam- rup in the State of Assam or in the State of Bihar,
(b) thirteen millimetres if produced in any place in the State of Assam
other than the district of Kamrup.''
(b) for condition (lii), the following condition shall be substituted, namely:—
"(iii) it has a pour point of flfty-flve degrees Fehrenheit's thermometer or above when tested by the method LP. 15/55 prescribed by the Insti- tute of Petroleum Technologists, London, for the determination of pour point of mineral' oils;
or
possesses a viscosity—
(a) of not more than 29 seconds by Redwood I Viscometer at 100° of Fahrenheit's thermometer and has a Diesel Index of less than 40 as determined by the method prescribed in the Indian Standards, if produced in the district of Kamrup in the State cf Assam or in the State of Bihar;
(b) of less than 27 seconds by Redwood I Viscometer at 1Q0* of Fahren- heit's thermometer and has a Diesel Index of less than 40 as deter- mined by the method prescribed In the Indian Standards, if pro- duced in any place in the State of Assam other than the district of Kamrup-
[No. 33/67~CE —F. No. 18/26/68-CX.IIL1 T. C SETH, Jt. Secy.