[To be published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub -section (ii)]  
Government of India  
Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers  
(Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals)  
Order  
New Delhi, the  ------ , 2020  
S.0.------- (E).- In exercise  of the powers conferred by section 16 of the Bureau of Indian 
Standards Act, 2016 (11 of 2016), (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), the Central Government, 
being of the opinion that it is necessary or expedient so to do in the public interest after  consultation 
with the Bureau of Indian Standards, hereby makes the following order, namely: - 
1. Short title, commencement and application. — (1) This order may be called the Acrylonitrile 
(Quality Control) Order, 2020.  
(2) It  shall  come into force on the expiry of one hundred and eighty days from the date of its 
publication in the Official Gazette.  
(3) It shall apply to goods or articles specified in column (1) of the Table below, but shall 
not apply to such goods or articles meant for export.  
2. Conformity to standards and compulsory use of Standard Mark. -Goods or articles 
specified in column (1) of the Table below shall conform to the corresponding Indian Standard 
given in column (2) of the said Table and shall bear the Standard Mark u nder a licence from the 
Bureau of Indian Standards as per Scheme -I of Schedule -II of the Bureau of Indian Standards 
(Conformity Assessment) Regulations, 2018.  
3. Certification and enforcement authority. -The Bureau of Indian Standards shall be the 
certifying and enforcing authority in respect of the goods or articles specified in column (1) of the 
Table.  
4. Penalty for contravention. -Any person who contravenes the provisions of this order shall be 
punisha ble under the provisions of the said Act.  
Table  
Goods. or article  Indian Standard  Title for Indian Standard  
(1) (2) (3) 
Acrylonitrile  IS 12540:1988  Specification for Acrylonitrile  
 
(File No. 46016/6/2020 -Tech.CPC )  
 
(Kashi Nath Jha)  
             Joint Secretary  