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a) "petroleum" means any liquid hydrocarbon or mixture of hydrocarbons, and any inflammable mixture (liquid, viscous or solid) containing any liquid hydrocarbon; 3 (a) [a] Substituted for form former Cl.
(b) by the Petroleum (Amendment) Act. 1970 (24 of 1970), Section 3 (29-5-1970).[(b) "petroleum Class A" means petroleum having a flash-point below twenty-three degrees centigrade:
(bb) "Petroleum Class B" means petroleum having a flash-point of twenty-three degrees centigrade and above but below sixty-live degrees centigrade:
(bbb) "petroleum Class C" means petroleum having a flash point of' sixty-five degrees centigrade and above hut below ninety-three degrees centigrade: ]
(c) 3 (b) [b] Substituted for the words 'flashing-point', by the Petroleum (Amendment) Act. 1970 (24 of 1970). ["flush-point''] of any petroleum means the lowest temperature at which it yields a vapour which will give a momentary flash when ignited, determined in accordance with the provisions of Chapter II and the rules made thereunder: 3 (c) [c] Substituted for former Cl. (d), by the Petroleum (Amendment) Act. 1970 (24 of 1970). [(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:]
(e) "to import" petroleum means to bring it into 3 (d) [d] Substituted for the words "the. territories to which this Act extends'' by the Jammu and Kashmir (Extension of Laws) Act. 1956 (62 of 1956). Section 2 and Schedule (1-1 1-1956). [India] by land, sea or air, otherwise than during the course of transport:
(f) "to store" petroleum means to keep it in any one place, but does not include any detention happening during the ordinary course of transport:
(g) "motor conveyance" means any vehicle, vessel or aircraft for the conveyance of human beings, animals or goods, by land, water or air, [in which petroleum is used to generate the motive power:
(h) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act. 3 (e) [e] Cl.
(i) was omitted by Part B States (Laws.) Act. 1951 (3 of 1951), Section 3 and Schedule (1-4-1951). [*** ****] CHAPTER 1A : CONTROL OVER PETROLEUM CHAPTER 2 : TESTING OF PETROLEUM