In these Rules unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context –
(1) “Act” means the Tamil Nadu Prohibition Act, 1937 (Tamil Nadu Act X of 1937) (1-A) “absolute Alcohol”, [anhydrous or dehydrated alcohol] means ethyl alcohol with strength of 74.48 degrees over proof with specific gravity 0.7961 at 1506/15.6 degree centigrade maximum;”
1.Substituted by G.OMs.No.22, Home P&E(II) dated 22.04.2008
(2) “Attenuation of wash” means the difference between the set up initial gravity of the wash and the final gravity of the wash as indicated by the Sachrometer;
(3) “Blending” means to mix spirits with other spirits of the same or different strength;
(4) “Denatured Spirit” including “Special denatured spirit” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Rule 2 (a) of the Tamil Nadu Denatured Spirit and Varnish (French Polish) Rules, 1959;
(5) “Joint Commissioner” means the Joint Commissioner of Prohibition and Excise, Chennai or any Officer appointed under section 25 of the Act, to supervise the distilleries and control the working of the distilleries in the State;
(6) “Distillery” means premises in which 2 [ molasses or other fermentative bases] are subjected to alcoholic fermentation and the fermented products are recovered by a process of distillation;
2. Substituted by G.OMs.No.22, Home P&E(II) dated 22.04.2008
(7) “Distillery Officer” means an officer of the Prohibition and Excise Department entrusted with the immediate supervision and working of a distillery;
(8) “Feints” means impure spirits produced from the stills;
(9) “Fermenter” means any vessel used for preparation of wash and fermentation;
3 [(9-A) “Fermentative bases” includes carbohydrates/materials containing sugar or starches like sugar-cane/beet, grains as barley, maize, sweet sorghum, tubers like potato, beet-root, tapioca or any other raw materials as specified by Commissioner from time to time.]
3. Inserted by G.O Ms.No.22, Home P&E(II) dated 22.04.2008
(10) “Final gravity” means density of “Wash” which is ready for distillation;
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(11) “Fusel Oil” means the by product during the process of manufacture of rectified spirit, consisting of higher primary alcohols, principally amyl and butyl in their various forms and contains a maximum of 5.73 percent v/v of ethyl alcohol or 10.0 percent of proof spirit;
(12) “Gauge” means to determine the quantity of spirit or wash contained in a vessel or receptacle, to determine the capacity of the receptacle or vessel;
1 [(12-A) “Grape Spirits” means undenatured spirit of strength between 10 to 50 over proof distilled from fermented grapes belonging to genus vitis.]
1.Substituted by G.O.Ms.No.286, P&E(III) dated 01.03.1998
(13) “Government” means the Government of Tamil Nadu (“State”) means the State of Tamil Nadu;
(14) “Initial gravity of work” means the density as ascertained by sachrometer;
(14-A) “Licence” means the licences granted under rules 5 (a) and 5 (b); and the words “licensee” and “licensed” shall be construed accordingly”, (14-B) “Malt Spirit” means undenatured spirit of strength 2 [between 10 0 to 50 0 ] over proof distilled from fermented barley malt;
2.Substituted by SRO A-37/90, G.O.Ms.286, Home P&E(III) dated 1-3-1990.
(15) “Molasses” means mother liquor left over after recovery of sugar in the final stage of manufacture by the open pan or vacuum pan process;
(15-A) “Neutral or Silent Spirit” means specially distilled alcohol with no indication on its source of distillation. Its alcoholic strength shall be between 64.8 degrees over proof and 68.3 degrees over proof.”
(16) “Prove” means to test the strength of spirits by hydrometer or other suitable instrument;
(17) “Proof spirit” means a mixture of alcohol and water of such density that at 51 0 F. 13 volumes shall weigh the same as 12 volumes of water at the same temperature. This is equivalent to spirit containing 57.06 percent by volume or 49.24 percent by weight of ethyl alcohol and of specific gravity 0.91984 at 60 degrees / 60 degrees F.
(18) “Receiver” means a vessel into which the spirit produced is discharged directly from a still.
[(19) Omitted]
(20) “Receiver Room” means that part of a distillery where the receivers are kept;
(21) “Rectified Spirit” means plain undenatured spirit of strength not lower than 66.0 degrees over proof”,
(22) “Spent wash” means the liquor left over after stripping of its alcoholic contents.
(23) “Spirit” means rectified spirit, denatured spirit, neutral or silent spirit, tapioca spirit, grape spirit, 1 [absolute alcohol, malt spirit or other spirit made from any fermentative bases];
1. Substituted by G.O.
Ms.No.22,P&E(II)Dept, dated the 22nd April 2008.
(24) “State” means the State of Tamil Nadu;
4 (24-A) “Tapioca spirit” means undenatured spirit of strength not lower than 50 0 over proof distilled from fermented tapioca or cassava chips or its starch.
(25) “Warehouse” means any place or godown where spirit intended for issues are stored by a distiller or warehouse-keeper;
(26) “Wash” means wort solution in which fermentation is complete, containing alcohol,
(27) “Wort” is a mixture of molasses 1 [or any fermentative bases] and water before fermentation starts.
1. Substituted by G.O Ms.No.22, Home P&E(II) dated 22.04.2008