3.
Definitions.- In these rules, unless there is anything
repugnant in the subject or context-
(i) (a) "the Act" means the Petroleum Act,
1934;
(b) "Cabinet" means any shelved closet
or cupboard constructed and equipped in accordance with the
requirements of the rules for keeping film and according to
a design approved by the Chief Inspector;
(c) "Chief Inspector" means the Chief Inspector
of Explosives in India;
(d) "District Authority" means-
(i) in a presidency town and the suburbs
thereof (if any) which are for the time being situated within
the local limits of the jurisdiction of the Commissioner of
Police, the Commissioner of Police;
(ii) in the cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad-cum
Cantonment area, the Commissioner of City Police, Hyderabad;
and
(iii) elsewhere, the "District Magistrate";
(e) "District Magistrate" includes an Additional
District Magistrate;
(f) "Examination Room" means a room where
film is examined, repaired, cleaned, waxed, or rewound;
(g) "Film" means motion picture or sound
recording film having a nitrocellulose base whether in the
form of exposed or unexposed film, positives, negatives, scrapped
or used film;
(h) "Film cement" means any compound of
collodion, amyl acetate or similarly combustible cements used
for repairing film;
(i) "Inspector" means an officer authorised
by the Central Government under sub-section (1) of section
18 of the Act;
(ii) "Merged territories" has the meaning
assigned to it in the General Clauses Act, 1897.
(j) "Partition" means a wall constructed
of non-inflammable materials conforming to one of the specifications
given in Schedule I;
(k) "Prescribed Container" means a receptacle
which-
(i) is made of metal to hold me or two standard
rolls and is of a design approved by the Chief Inspector;
(ii) is kept closed at all times except
when standard roll is being placed in or is being withdrawn
from it; and
(iii) bears a stamped, embossed, painted
or printed warning exhibiting in conspicuous characters the
words "Nitrate Motion Picture Film" and also, either, the
words "Highly Inflammable" or "The contents are dangerous
if exposed to excessive heat or open flame";
(l) "Standard Roll" means a roll of film
1-3/8 inches (35mm) wide and approximately 1,000 feet long
weighing approximately 5 pounds, used as a unit in calculating
the weight of film;
(m) "Storage shed" means a building used
for the storage of film in quantity not exceeding 100 lb;
(n) "Transport box" means a box intended
for packing prescribed containers of film, constructed according
to specification laid down in Schedule II;
(o) "Vault" means any premises constructed
and equipped in accordance with the requirements of these
rules for storage of film in quantity exceeding 1,000 lb |
