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Amendments to the Tamil Nadu Denatured Spirit, Methyl Alcohol and Varnish (French Polish) Rules, 1959.

Published 26 February 2026

Department
Home, Prohibition and Excise Department
Type
Extraordinary
Gazette no.
125
Part
Part II
Notification no.
Notification. No. SRO A-6(a)/2026.--G.O.Ms.No.17, Home, Prohibition and Excise (III-2), 26th February 2026.
Extraordinary Type
General Statutory Rules, Notifications, Orders, Regulations, etc., issued by Secretariat Departments
Section
Section 1
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in.gazette.tamilnadu.2026-02-26.Extraordinary_125_Part-II_Section-1
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© GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU

2026

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TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY EXTRAORDINARY

No. 125] CHENNAI, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2026 Maasi 14, Visuvaavasu, Thiruvalluvar Aandu–2057

Part III—Section 1(a)

General Statutory Rules, Notifications, Orders, Regulations, etc.,

issued by Secretariat Departments.

NOTIFICATIONS BY GOVERNMENT

HOME, PROHIBITION AND EXCISE DEPARTMENT

AMENDMENTS TO THE TAMIL NADU DENATURED SPIRIT, METHYL ALCOHOL AND VARNISH (FRENCH POLISH) RULES, 1959

[G.O.Ms.No.17, Home, Prohibition and Excise (III-2), 26th, February 2026, மாசி 14, விசுவாவசு, திருவள்ளுவர் ஆண்டு-2057.]

No. SRO A-6(a)/2026.

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 54 of the Tamil Nadu Prohibition Act, 1937 (Tamil Nadu Act X of 1937), the Governor of Tamil Nadu hereby makes the following amendments to the Tamil Nadu Denatured Spirit, Methyl Alcohol and Varnish (French Polish) Rules, 1959:-

Amendments.

In the said Rules, -

(1) in rule 8, in sub-rule (a), under the sub-heading "D.L.2. Licence for possession and use of denatured spirit, methylated spirit or methyl alcohol in the manufacture of specified commodities other than varnish", - (a) in clause (2), the following proviso shall be added, namely:-

"Provided that the industries engaged in continuous manufacturing process shall be exempted to assigning batch number.";

(b) in clause (3), after the proviso the following proviso, shall be added, namely:-

"Provided further that in respect of industries engaged in continuous manufacturing process the random sample of each product shall be analysed atleast once a month.";

(2) in rule 10, in sub-rule (V), in clause (i), in sub-clause (a), the following proviso shall be added, namely:-

"Provided further that the licensee using advanced technical safeguards like Abloy locks, Global Positioning System (GPS) and Geo fencing, shall be exempted from deploying responsible officer of the firm.".

DHEERAJ KUMAR, Additional Chief Secretary to Government. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF STATIONERY AND PRINTING, CHENNAI ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU

Ex-III-1(a)—(125)

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