State of Madhya Pradesh - Act
Denatured Spirit Rules Made Under Madhya Pradesh Excise Act, 1915
MADHYA PRADESH
India
India
Denatured Spirit Rules Made Under Madhya Pradesh Excise Act, 1915
Rule DENATURED-SPIRIT-RULES-MADE-UNDER-MADHYA-PRADESH-EXCISE-ACT-1915 of 1915
- Published on 3 April 1961
- Commenced on 3 April 1961
- [This is the version of this document from 3 April 1961.]
- [Note: The original publication document is not available and this content could not be verified.]
1. Definitions.
2. Manufacture and Sale.
- Denatured spirit may be manufactured and sold by holders of distillery licences subject to such conditions as the Excise Commissioner may from time to time specify.3.
Spirit manufactured and denatured in India shall be exempt from excise duty.4. [ [Substituted by Notification No. 850-4428-V-SR-80, dated 18-3-1981.]
5. [ [Substituted by Notification No. 850-4428-V-SR-80, dated 18-3-1981.]
6. [ Licence for the possession of denatured spirit for bonafide Industries Scientific and lighting purposes. [Omitted by Notification No. 3421-3986-V-SR, dated 25-11-1969.]
- On application to the Collector supported by evidence of their requirement persons requiring denatured spirit in excess of one bulk litre for bonafide industrial, scientific or lighting purposes may be granted a licence in form D.S. 3 for possession of such quantity of denatured spirit as may be specified in the licence. The quantity that a licensee may use during the period of of their licence may be fixed by the licensing authority. The fees payable for this licence shall be [Rs. 100/- per annum]. No licence fee shall be charged to Military Installations and Units belonging to Indian Armed Forces.][Requirement of denatured spirit under this licence for bonafide, scientific and lighting purposes shall be obtained from the D.S. 1 licensee as may be specified in the licence, and for bonafide industrial purpose, the denatured spirit shall be obtained from such distillery making denatured spirit as may be specified in the licence.] [Inserted by Notification No. 850-4428-V-SR-80, dated 18-3-1981.]7. Special licence of druggists and others.
- A special licence in form D.S. 4 may be granted by the Collector to druggists, manufacturers and others who require special denatured spirit. The fee payable for this licence shall be [Rs. 200/- per annum.] [Substituted by Notification No. 639-4500-V-SR, dated 25-2-1969.]7A. [ Possession of denatured spirit for the use in manufactory.] [Inserted by Notification No. 2521-1483-V-SR-69, dated 21-8-1969.]
- The Collector or an Officer authorised by him in that behalf may issue of a licence in Form D.S. 4 for the possession of denatured spirit for use in the process manufacture of solid extracts and other basic drugs and aromatic chemicals which are not dutiable under the Medicinal and Toilet preparations (Excise Duties) Act, 1955 (16 of 1955), to any manufactory subject to the conditions mentioned below :8. Imports and exports.
9. Transport.
9A. [ Verification of consignment of Denatured Spirit. [Inserted by Notification No. 850-4428-V-SR-80, dated 18-3-1981.]
- On arrival of the consignment of denatured spirit at the wholesale vend, consignment shall within twenty four hours be presented by the licensee to the Excise Officer authorised for verification by the District Excise Officer. Such officer shall compare the particular of the transit pass with the advice by him and if they are found to tally, he shall examine the consignment to see that the seals are intact and the consignment has not been tampered with during transit. He shall then admit the consignment into the wholesale vend, draw amples from each cask of drum forming the consignment and examine them to see that the particulars of the quantity and strength actually ascertained by him correspond with those given in the transit pass accompanying the consignment result of verification shall be recorded on the advice which will then be sent back to the issuing distillery, if any variation is found in quantity or strength of the denatured spirit or if it does not appear to be properly denatured, he shall make a report of this fact to the District Excise Officer and obtain his orders before allowing issues from the consignment. Any attempt on the part of the wholesale licensee to obtain denatured spirit fradulently in excess of the quota fixed for him or to show lictitious and abnormal wastages i.e. not less than 1% during transit shall make him liable to penalty under the Act and the licence shall also be liable to cancellation.]10. Storage of stocks.
- The holder of a licence under these rule shall store all his stock of denature spirit pertaining to his shop in the premises noted in the licence.11. Inspection.
- The shops at which the spirits are sold shall be open at all times during the day for inspection by an officer not below the rank of Sub-Inspector of Excise, or revenue officers not below the rank of a Tahsildar. Should any inspecting officer be of opinion that any spirit found by him is insufficiently denatured, he shall report the matter to the District Excise Officer and may, at the time to this inspection, remove the spirit in question or cause it to be sealed up. On receipt of such report the District Excise Officer may submit a sample to such officer as the Excise Commissioner may from time to time prescribe for analysis and report. If such officer reports that it is insufficiently denatured it shall at once be treated afresh of failing this, destroyed.Note. - The Central and the South Eastern Railway administrations have agreed that the station masters of the stations, at which denatured spirit is stocked shall-12. [ Power of State Government to call for record of any case and pass order. [Inserted by Notification No. 850-4428-V-SR-80, dated 18-3-1981.]
- The State Government may, on the application of any person aggrieved by the order passed by the Excise Commissioner or the Collector, as the case may be, under these rules, call for and examine the record of any such case and after giving an opportunity to be heard to the applicant, pass such order, as it thinks fit. The order passed by the State Government shall be final.]AppendixI. Specification of light Caoutchucine1. Nature. - By "caoutchoucine" is meant the liquid obtained by the dry distillation of vulcanised rubber. By 'light caoutchoucine' is meant the liquid obtained by re-distilling "caoutchoucine" and collecting that portion which passes over at or below about 200 C.
2. The specific gravity of light caoutchoucine. - The specific gravity of light caoutchoucine at 60 F should lie between .835 and .860 referred to water as 1.00.
3. Boiling test. - For the purpose of this test 100 c.c. of light caoutchoucine should be re-distilled in the pyridine testing flask (see below under pyridine bases). Under those conditions not more than 15 c.c. of distillate should pass over, at or below 100 C, whilst a total (including the foregoing) of at least 70 c.c. should pass over at or below 200 C.
4. Absence of soluble constituents. - When 25 c.c. of light caoutchoucine are shaken with an equal volume of water in a stoppered graduated cylinder and due time is allowed for the liquids to separate again into two layers, the light caoutchoucine should show no appreciable diminution in volume.
5. Neutrality. - The aqueous lawyer obtained from the test in paragraph 4 above should show no marked acidity or alkalinity when tested with both red and blue litmus paper.
6. Limit of saturated hydrocarbons. - At least 70 per cent of the light caoutchoucine should be soluble in concentrated sulfuric acid. For testing this 25 c.c. should be measured off into a tapped and stoppered separating cylinder of suitable capacity, and sulphuric acid should be added, at first with great care and in very small quantities. After each addition of acid the cylinder should be shaken and cooled to avoid loss of volatile constituents. Sufficient acid must be used (usually about 50 c.c.) for the highly colored layer to become quite fluid so that it can separate readily from the upper layer of unattached constituents. After a final through shaking and cooling, the cylinder should be left for about three hours to effect the complete separation of the two layers, and the lower layer should be than tapped off. The almost colourless upper layer should again be shaken with strong sulphuric acid until it appears free from soluble constituents (as judged by the colour imparted to the sulphuric acid) and separated as before, after standing. It should finally measure not more than 7 c.c. The acid used should be of specific gravity 1.84 and may be of commercial quality.
7. Freedom from water. - Light caoutchoucine should not contain any appreciable amount of water. Any officer drawing samples for test should certify on the bottle that he has drawn the sample from the bottom of the containing vessel where the water if present, will be found. For this purpose he should employ a syphon tube of which the shorter limb reaches to the floor of the containing vessel. He should also assure himself that the sample is collected in a bottle free of moisture.
II. Specification of pyridine bases1. Nature. - "Pyridine" paper is a single definite compound (CHN) boiling at about 116 C. "Pyridine bases" are mixture of pyridine with closely allied compounds (boiling at various temperatures)" and must be of guaranteed mineral origin.
2. Colour. - The Colour must not be darker than that given by 2 c.c. of decinormal iodine solution dissolved in one liter of distilled water.
3. Miscibility with water. - Twenty c.c. of the pyrindine basis should give clear mixture with 40 c.c. of water; or else a mixture only so slightly opalescent that after standing for five minutes, ordinary newspaper type is clearly visible through a layer 15 cm. deep.
4. Amount of water present. - From 20 c.c. of the pyridine basis mixed with 20 c.c. of caustic soda solution (density 1-4) at least 18.5 c.c. of the basis should separate after having been repeatedly shaken together, and allowed to stand.
5. Titriation. - Dissolve 1 c.c. of the pyridine basis in 10 c.c. of distilled water. Titrate with normal sulphuric acid until a drop of the mixture gives a definite blue spot on congo-red paper (the blue colour should at once disappear).
At least 10 c.c. of the normal sulphuric acid should be required to produce this reaction (prepare the congo-red paper dissolve one gram of cango-red in one litre of distilled water. Soak the filter paper in this and they dry).6. Cadmium chloride reaction. - Vigorously shake together 10 c.c. of a solution of 1 c.c. of pyridine bases in 100 c.c. of distilled water with 5 c.c. of a 5 per cent solution of dry fused cadmium chloride. A distinct crystalline precipitate should immediately result.
7. Boiling point. - Distil 100 c.c. of the pyridine basis in the manner described below. At least 90 per cent should distil over at or under 140 C.
Method. - One hundred c.c. of the pyridine bases are placed in a short-necked copper flask of about 220 c.c. capacity. The flask is arranged on an asbestos card which has a circular hole of 30 m.m. diameter cut in it. To the flask is attached a fractionating column (consisting of a tube 13 m.m. wide and 170 m.m. long provided with one bulb) of which the side-tube (issuing 1 cm. above the bulb) joins a Liebig's condenser of which the cooled part is at least long 400 m.m. A. standard thermometer is placed in the head of the column so that its bulb occupies the centre of the bulb of the column.The speed of distillation is adjusted to 5 c.c. per minute, the distillate being received in a graduated glass cylinder. At least 90 c.c. should distil over at or under 140 C, at a barometric pressure of 760 m.m.If the barometer varies from 760 m.m. a correction of 1 C for each 30 m.m. of variation should be applied (e.g. under 770 m.m. of pressure 90 c.c. of distillate should come over at or under 140.3 C, whilst under 750 m.m. the same amount of distillate should cover over at 139.7 C)III. Process of denaturation1. No denaturant shall be used until a sample thereof has been approved of the Excise Commissioner.
2. Not less than 50 gallons of spirit shall be denatured at one time.
3. The light caoutchoucine and mineral pyridine basis shall be added in the proportion of ½ per cent of each of spirit of at least 50 per cent over-proof. The denaturants shall be mixed with spirit in immediate presence of an officer of the Excise department not below the rank of sub-inspector.
Form D.S. 1[Rule IV]Licence for the Wholesale Vend of Denatured SpiritUnder rule IV of the Denatured Spirit Rules, and in consideration to the payment of a fee of Rs...... the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, licence is hereby granted to ....... to sell denatured spirit in the premises situated in...... street, in the town of......., in the district of....... during the year ending on 31st March, 19...... subject to the following conditions-Conditions1. This licence extends only to the sale of denatured spirit of strength not less than 50 over-proof and denatured [in accordance with the instruction of the Excise Commissioner] [Substituted by Notification No. 850-4428-V-SR-80, dated 18-3-1981.].
2. The licensee shall not sell denatured spirit except to holders of licence in Form D.S. 2 of D.S. 3.
3. [ The licensee shall not sell more than two bottles each of the hundred milli litres denatured spirit to any person, and shall not charge more price, than that fixed by the Collector for retail sale and printed on the bottle, Denatured Spirit shall not be sold loose.] [Substituted by Notification No. B-6-18-V-(Ex)-81, dated 17-2-1982.]
3.
-A. The licensee shall keep a standard measure of [500 millilitres] [Substituted by Notification No. 850-4428-V-SR-80, dated 18-3-1981.] approved by the Excise Department and cause all receptacles in which denatured spirit is kept to be gauged, numbered giving their capacity, and shall have deep-rods prepared for such receptacles.4. Every drum or other vessel containing denatured spirits received into or kept for sale in the shop shall be conspicuously labelled or branded with the words "Made and denatured in India" or "made in and denatured in ", as the case may be.
5. Shop shall not be located in the same building as a shop licensed to sell foreign liquor or country spirit for consumption on the premises.
6. A correct account shall be kept of the daily transactions under this licence in the following form. Such account and the stock of spirit shall be produced immediately on demand for inspection by an officer not below the rank of Sub-Inspector of Excise, or of Tahsildar.
Form of Account| Date | Opening balance | Quantity received | Source of supply | Total quantity in hand and received | |||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |||
| [Litres] [Substituted by Notification No. B-6-18-V-(Ex)-81, dated 17-2-1982.] | [Milli Litres] [Substituted by Notification No. B-6-18-V-(Ex)-81, dated 17-2-1982.] | [Litres] [Substituted by Notification No. B-6-18-V-(Ex)-81, dated 17-2-1982.] | [Milli Litres] [Substituted by Notification No. B-6-18-V-(Ex)-81, dated 17-2-1982.] | [Litres] [Substituted by Notification No. B-6-18-V-(Ex)-81, dated 17-2-1982.] | [Milli Litres] [Substituted by Notification No. B-6-18-V-(Ex)-81, dated 17-2-1982.] | ||
| Quantity sold (each transaction) | Name and No. of licence of the purchaser | Permit No. and date | Total quantity sold each day | Remarks | ||
| (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | ||
| [Litres] [Substituted by Notification No. B-6-18-V-(Ex)-81, dated 17-2-1982.] | [Milli Litres] [Substituted by Notification No. B-6-18-V-(Ex)-81, dated 17-2-1982.] | [Litres] [Substituted by Notification No. B-6-18-V-(Ex)-81, dated 17-2-1982.] | [Milli Litres] [Substituted by Notification No. B-6-18-V-(Ex)-81, dated 17-2-1982.] | |||