THE INFLAMMABLE SUBSTANCES ACT, 1952, (20 OF 1952)" pala Act te decare car RS ule ible and to, Their import : Arete tis Petre Act, 130, ond the ruler trerunder nd for cr Connected with such regulation. Brit enacted by Parliament as follows:— Suenos f Olin Rest eI a ae eee a the, transport. storage, ee Fee gh ihe Feo Att hae teen na, yh alcohol and methy! lca Snare Te ti alr oi ov Sr yeaa: boweren:espen ttc sia ies eect ite eee ot nc aol pias Wad att ae desea could not be regarded as-a Valid provision. “Federal laws”, Le,,an Act of the Indian prously tasers reference #0 Eniry 2 of the Fetoral Laginlatve st ts lopislatie end executive to the possession, storage and transport of that substance remained by Virtue By 2 of te Poi! Laie Lt ie he Pein a te Cate exerdise Control over these matters simply by the issue of a notification under a pre-existing, Jaw. The position remains the same under the new Constitution, the corresponding entries ‘being Eniry 53 0f the Union List and Entry 27 of the State List. The Bill, therefore, seeks, to introduce legislation referable to Entry 53 of the oan Rise an Gn estat ery tier a cea et ee cories ae ‘Of action taken uncier euch notifications or rules: Section 30 of the Petroleum Act 19da sales tobe repenled hy thi Ball, 3, Short ttle—This Act may be called Tue Turi avoantt SunsrANES ACT, 1953. 2. Definitions. —In this Act — : (a) ly inflammable substance” means any liquid or other substance to be dangerously inflammable by this Act; (®) “Petroleum Act” means the Petroleum Act, 1934 (30 of 1934). Declaration of certain substances to be dangerously inflammable — iiiecllisnite ara other sebsiaives hareina eanannonan namely Q)acetone, Q)calcium phosphide, This Act has been extended to the Union territories of Gos, Daman and Dia by Regulation 12'0f 1968 wert, 1-2-1965). Goa ts mow a State, see Act 18 of 1987; Dadra andl SBCA Hegemon of IoGh and Pondicherry lation 7 of 13 (west. 1-10-1963)S71 INFLAMMABLE SUBSTANCES ACT, 1952 mn (3) carbide of calcium, (4) cinematograph films having a nitro-cellulose base, ) ethyl alcohol, (6) methyl alcohol, (7) wood naphtha, aré hereby declared to be dangerously inflammable. dower to apply Petroleum Act to dangerously inflammable substances.—(1) ‘entral Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, apply any or all of the provisions of the Petroleum Act and of the niles made thercander, with suh modifications as it may. specify, to any. dangerously inflammable substance, and thereupon the provisions so applied have effect as if such substances had been included in the definition of “Petroleum” under the Act. (2) The Central Government may make rules providing specially for the testing of any dangerously inflammable substance to which any of the provisions of the Petroleum Act have been applied by notification under sub- section (1) and such rules may supplement any of the provisions of Chapter IT of that Act in order to adopt them to the special needs of such tests. 5. Operation of certain notifications and rules—Notifications or rules ee issued or to have been issued under section 30 of the Petroleum Act betwen the 1st day of Apel 1987, and tine date of commencement of this Act shall be: to! issued or made under this Act, and continue in force accordingly. - = 6. Validation of certain acts and indemnity in thereof —All acts of executive a1 Vand sentences which have been done, taken or passed with to, OF on account of, any inflammable substance since the ist day “of April 1937, and before the comunencenent of this Act by any Gtherwise in put n order ‘Government in the belict or or sentences were being done, Il be as valid and operative as if dance with law; and no suit or