REGISTERED No. D. 221

The Gazette of India

EXTRAORDINARY

PART II—Section 3—Sub-Section (i)

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

No. 188]

NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1967/ASVINA 14, 1889

Separate paging is given to this Part in order that it may be filed

as a separate compilation.

MINISTRY OF FINANCE

(Department of Revenue & Insurance)

NOTIFICATION

CENTRAL EXCISES

New Delhi, the 6th October 1967

G-S.R 1537.—In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-rule (1) of rule 8

of the Central Excise Rules, 1944. read with sub-section (3) of section 3 of the

Mineral Products (Additional Duties of Excise and Customs) Act, 1958 (27 of

1958), the Central Government hereby exempts, during the period commencing

on the 1st October and ending with the 31st March in each financial year, any

mineral oil, falling under Item No. 9 of the First Schedule to the Central Excises

and Salt Act, 1944 (1 of 1944), produced in the States of Assam and Bihar—

(i) from so much of the duty of excise leviable thereon under section ?

of the second mentioned Act as is in excess of such duty leviable

on Furnace Oil falling under Item No. 10 of the said First" Schedule;

and

(ii) from so much of the additional duty of excise leviable thereon under

section 3 of the first mentioned Act as is in excess of such duty levi-

able on Furnace Oil falling under Item No. 10 of the

said

First

Schedule:

(513)

514

THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY

[PART II-SEC. 8(i)]

Provided that the said mineral oil satisfies the following requirements, namely:—

(i) it has its flashing point at or above one hundred and fifty degrees of

Fahrenheit's thermometer;

(II) it has a flame height of less than ten millimetres;

(III) It has pour point as determined by the method IP. 15/60 prescribed

by the Institute of Petroleum, London, at or above fifty degrees of

Fahrenheit's thermometer;

(Iv) it has a viscosity of over thirty five seconds by Redwood I Viscometer

at one hundred degrees of Fahrenheit's thermometer; and

(v) it contains more than 1.75 per cent by weight of any bituminous sub-

stance.

[No. 230/67-C.E. F. No. 12/16/87-CX.III.]

T- C. SETH, Jt- Secy.

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