Section 19: Certificate of testing — Petroleum Act, 1934

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19. Certificate of testing.__ (1) The testing officer after testing samples of petroleum shall make out a certificate in the prescribed form, stating whether the petroleum is 1[petroleum class A] or 1[petroleum class B], and, if the petroleum is 1[petroleum class B], 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 proceedings which may be taken under this Act in respect of the petroleum from which the samples were taken, and shall, until the contrary is proved, be conclusive proof that the petroleum is 1[petroleum class A] or 1[petroleum class B], as the case may be, and, if the petroleum is 1[petroleum class B], of its flashing- point. 1Numbered, subs. and added by Act No. XLII of 2023, ss. 12-13.

Effective date: 1934-01-01

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Section 18: Manner of test. All tests of petroleum made under this Act shall be made with a test Section 20: Right to require re‑test Section 17: Testing officers. 1[(1)] The 1[Secretary of the Division concerned] may authorise any Section 21: Power to make rules regarding tests. The 1[Federal Government] may make rules__Section 16: Certification of other test Apparatus Section 22: Special rules for testing viscous or solid forms of Petroleum. The 1[Federal

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