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The Petroleum Act, 1934

( ACT NO. XXX OF 1934 )

Chapter II

THE TESTING OF PETROLEUM

Certificate of testing
19. (1) The testing officer after testing samples of petroleum shall make out a certificate in the prescribed form, stating whether the petroleum is 1[class I] or 2[Class II], and if the petroleum is 3[class II], the flashing-point of the petroleum. (2) The testing officer shall furnish the person concerned, at his request, with a certified copy of the certificate, on payment of the prescribed fee, and such certified copy may be produced in any Court in proof of the contents of the original certificate.
 
 
(3) A certificate given under this section shall be admitted as evidence in any proceeding which may be taken under this Act in respect, or the petroleum from which the samples were taken, and shall until the contrary is proved, be conclusive proof that the petroleum is, 4[class I] or 5[class II] as the case may be, and, if the petroleum is 6[class II], of its flashing point.

  • 1
    The word and figure "class I" were substituted, for the word "dangerous" by section 13 of the Petroleum (Amendment) Ordinance, 1986 (Ordinance No. XXXIX of 1986).
  • 2
    The word and figure "class II" were substituted, for the word "non-dangerous" respectively by section 13 of the Petroleum (Amendment) Ordinance, 1986 (Ordinance No. XXXIX of 1986).
  • 3
    The word and figure "class II" were substituted, for the word "non-dangerous" by section 13 of the Petroleum (Amendment) Ordinance, 1986 (Ordinance No. XXXIX of 1986).
  • 4
    The word and figure "class I" were substituted, for the word "dangerous" by section 13 of the Petroleum (Amendment) Ordinance, 1986 (Ordinance No. XXXIX of 1986).
  • 5
    The word and figure "class II" were substituted, for the word "non-dangerous" respectively by section 13 of the Petroleum (Amendment) Ordinance, 1986 (Ordinance No. XXXIX of 1986).
  • 6
    The word and figure "class II" were substituted, for the word "non-dangerous" respectively by section 13 of the Petroleum (Amendment) Ordinance, 1986 (Ordinance No. XXXIX of 1986).
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