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भारत का राजपत्र The Gazette of India
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SECRETARIAL L3249
भाग II-खंड 2
JUL 1969
PART II- Section 2
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नई दिल्ली, शुक्रवार , मई 16 , 1969 / वैसाखा 26, 1891
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NEW DELHI , FRIDAY, MAY 16 , 1969 /VAISAKHA 26 , 1891
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LOK SABНА
The following Bills were introduced in Lok Sabha on the 16th May, 1969:-
BILL NO . 43 OF 1969
A Bill further to amend the Petroleum Act , 1934 .
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Twentieth Year of the Republic of India as follows:
1. (1 ) This Act may be called the Petroleum (Amendment ) Act , 1969. Short commen title and cement .
(2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint .
30 of 1934 .
2. In the Petroleum Act , 1934 ( hereinafter referred to as the principal Act) , in the long title and preamble , the words " and other inflammable substances " shall be omitted .
Amend- ment of long title and pre. amble,
3. In section 2 of the principal Act,-
Amend- ment of section 2.
(a) for clause ( b ) , the following clauses shall be substituted, namely:-
(b) "petroleum Class A " means petroleum having a flash- point below twenty - three degrees Centigrade ;
(bo ) "petroleum Class B " means petroleum having a flash- point of twenty- three degrees Centigrade and above but below sixty- five degrees Centigrade ;
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(bbb) "petroleunı Class C " means petroleum having a flash- point of sixty- five degrees Centigrade and above but below ninety- three degrees Centigrade; ' ;
(b) in clause (c ) , for the word "flashing - point" , the word " flash- point shall be substituted;
(c) for clause (d) , the following clause shall be substituted, namely:---
' (d) " to transport petroleum " means to move petroleum from one place to another in India and includes moving from one place to another in India across a territory which is not part of India;'.
Amend- inent of section 3.
4. In sub - section (2 ) of section 3 of the principal Act, for the words "any dangerous petroleum " , the words and letter " petroleum Class A " shall be substituted .
Amend. ment of section 4 .
5. In section 4 of the principal Act, for the words " dangerous petro- leum" wherever they occur , the words and letter " petroleum Class A" shall be substituted .
Amend- ment of section 5.
6. In clause ( b ) of sub - section (2 ) of section 5 of the principal Act, for the words " dangerous troleum " , the words and letter "petroleum Class A " shall be substituted.
7. In section 6 of the principal Act ,--
Amend- ment of section 6 .
(a) for the words " dangerous petroleum " wherever they occur , the words and letter " petroleum Class A " shall be substituted;
(b) in clause ( a) of the proviso , for the word; " two gallons " , the words " ten litres" shall be substituted .
8. For sections 7 and 8 of the principal Act, the following sections shall be substituted , namely : ---
Substitu- tion of new sections for sec. tions 7 and 8.
No licence
needed for
" 7. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Chapter, a person need not obtain a licence for the transport or storage of-
transport
orstorage
of limited
quantities
ofpetro-
( i) petroleum Class B if the total quantity in his possession at any one place does not exceed two thousand and five hundred litres and none of it is contained in a receptacle exceeding one thousand litres in capacity ; or
leum
Class B or
petroleum
Class C.
( ii ) petroleum Class C if the total quantity in his possession at any one place does not exceed forty- five thousand litres and such petroleum is transported or stored in accordance with the rules made under section 4 .
8. (1 ) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Chapter , a person need not obtain a licence for the import , transport or storage of petroleum Class A not intended for sale if the total quantity in his possesston does not exceed thirty litres .
No licence needed for import, transport or storage of small quantities of petro. leum Class A.
(2) Petroleum Class A possessed without a licence under this section shalt be kept in securely stoppered receptacles of glass , stone- ware or metal which shall not , in the case of receptacles of glass or SEC. 21 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY 473
stoneware , exceed one litre in capacity or, in the case of receptacles of metal, exceed twenty- five litres in capacity. ".
Amend- 9. In section 9 of the principal Act ,-
(a) in sub - section ( 1 ) ,-
ment of section 9.
(i) for the words "dangerous petroleum " in both places where they occur, the words and letter " petroleum Class A " shall be substituted;
(ii) for the words " twenty gallons " in both places where they occur, the words " one hundred litres" shall be substituted ;
(b) in sub -section ( 2 ) ,-
(i) for the words " The dangerous petroleum" , the words and letter "Petroleum Class A" shall be substituted ;
( ii) for the words " six gallons " , the words " thirty litres " shall be substituted ,
10. For section 11 of the principal Act , the following section shall be Substitu- substituted , namely: ---
tion of new section for sec- tion 11 .
" 11. Nothing in this Chapter shall apply to any petroleum which has its flash- point not below ninety - three degrees Centigrade." .
Exemp- tion of heavy oils .
11. In sub -section ( 1) of section 15 of the principal Act, for the word " flashing - point" , the word "flash -point " shall be substituted.
Amend- ment of section 15.
12. In sub - section ( 1) of section 16 of the principal Act, for the word " flashing -point " , the word " flash -point " shall be substituted.
Amend- ment of section 10,
13. In section 19 of the principal Act,-
Amend..
ment of section 19, (a) for sub-section ( 1) , the following sub -section shall be sub- stituted , namely : -
" (1) The testing officer after testing samples of petroleum shall make out a certificate in the prescribed form , stating whe- ther the petroleum is petroleum Class A or petroleum Class B or petroleum Class C, and if the petroleum is petroleum Class B or petroleum Class C, the flash - point of the petroleum. " ;
(b) for sub -section ( 3 ) , the following sub - section shall be substituted, namely: --
"(3 ) A certificate given under this section shall be admitted as evidence in any proceedings which may be taken under this Act in respect of the petroleum from which the samples were taken, and shall , until the contrary is proved , be conclusive proof, that the petroleum is petroleum Class A or petroleum Class B or petroleum Class C, and, if the petroleum is petroleum Class B or petroleum Class C , of its flash - point." .
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14. In section 23 of the principal Act,-
Amend- ment of section 23 ,
(a) in sub - section ( 1 ) , for the words " with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees " , the words " with simple imprisonment which may extend to one month , or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees , or with both " shall be substituted;
(b ) in sub - section ( 2 ) , for the words " with fine which may ex- tend to two thousand rupees " , the words " with simple imprisonment which may extend to three months , or with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees , or with both " shall be substituted .
15. For section 27 of the principal Act, the following section shall be substituted , namely: --
Substitu- tion of new section for sec. tion 27 .
Notice of accidents with petro- leum.
"27. Whenever there occurs in or about , or in connection with , any place in which petroleum is refined , blended cr kept , or any car- riage or vessel either conveying petroleum or on or from which petroleum is being loaded or unloaded, any accident by explosion or by fire as a result of the ignition of petroleum or petroleum vapour attended with loss of human life or serious injury to person or pro- perty , or of a description usually attended with such loss or injury , the occupier of the place or the person for the time being in charge of the petroleum or the person in charge of the carriage or the master of the vessel , as the case may be, shall , within such time and in such manner as may be prescribed , give notice thereof and of the attendant loss of human life , or injury to person or property , if any , to the nearest Magistrate or to the officer in charge of the nearest police station and to the Chief Inspector of Explosives in India. " .
16. In sub - section ( 3 ) of section 28 of the principal Act , the words " in Presidency - town " shall be omitted .
Amend- ment of section 28 .
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STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS
The Petroleum Act , 1934 (30 of 1934 ) , which relates to the import, transport, storage, production , refining and blending of petroleum is based on Foot -Pound - Second system . As a result of the introduction of the. inetric system of weights and measures , it is essential to revise the refe- rences to the Foot -Pound - Second system.
The nomenclature used in the Act for different grades of petroleum is not very satisfactory and it is considered desirable to rationalise and sim- plify the nomenclature in accordance with the practice obtaining in other advanced countries .
Opportunity is also being taken to enhance the penalty for the viola- tion of the provisions of the Act and remove other minor lacunae observ- ed in the administration of the Act .
The Bill seeks to achieve the aforesaid objects .
TRIGUNA SEN .
NEW DELHI ; The 5th March , 1969 .
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