***[(a)(i) No receptacle, vat or other vessel shall be used in the manufactory, unless it has been gauged.
(ii) The gauging shall be made by the Department of Weights and Measures under the provisions of the Standards of Weights and Measures (Enforcement) Act, 1985 (Central Act 54 of 1985) and the rules made thereunder.
(iii) The gauging certificate issued by the Department of Weights and Measures shall be got attested by the Joint Commissioner of Prohibition and Excise, Chennai or any other officer authorized by the Commissioner.
(iv) Re-gauging shall be done once in five years or even earlier, if the Commissioner or any officer authorized by him so directs.
(v) No receptacle, vat or other vessel for which modifications are carried out under Rule 11 shall be used, unless they are gauged after completion of such modification;]
** Substituted by G.O.Ms.No.642, H, P&E (III) dated 29.05.1986 * Inserted by G.O.Ms.No.996, H, P&E (III) dated
21.11.1990 *** Substituted by G.O.Ms.No.322, P&E (III) dated
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(b) Every receptacle, vat or other vessel shall have legibly painted on it in English and Tamil, its capacity, the use to which it is applied, 2[the date of gauging, the due date of next gauging] and distinguishing number for it as entered in the register of the Manufactory Officer.
(c) Every receptacle, vat or other vessel that is to be used in the manufactory shall be registered by the Manufactory Officer and no unregistered receptacle, vat or other vessel shall be kept within the premises of the manufactory.
(d) *[***] (Omitted by ibid.)
(e) Vats used for storage of spirit and Indian-made foreign spirits shall be made of wood, stainless steel or any other material permitted by the Commissioner from time to time, and shall be fixed firmly to the ground.
Vats used for storage of spirit and Indian-made foreign spirits shall not be injurious to health and be made of wood, stainless steel or any other material permitted from time to time. Vats intended for curing or maturing of Indian Made Foreign Spirits shall be made of wood or stainless steel. ** [All the vats shall be of regular shape and shall be provided with proper arrangement for gauging as approved by the Department of Weights and Measures, with rods or glasses, with scales and tables showing the number of litres contained in them, to every tenth of a centimeter by either wet or dry or any other method of gauging as the Department of Weights and Measures decide to apply].
(f) Every vessel shall be so fixed as to admit proper examination of its contents and as to drain the contents entirely from the vessel without the vessel being moved and shall not be altered in shape, position or capacity within seven days notice to the Manufactory Officer.