RULE 71. Method of packing
(1) No packet or case containing boxes or booklets of matches other than those intended for export out of India 1and those to which the provisions of the second proviso to rule 64 apply shall be closed and reckoned as a unit unless a Central Excise Stamp of the appropriate class has been affixed to each box or booklet in the manner laid down in rule 70.
(2) Each case or packet shall contain only an integral number whether one hundred boxes or booklets of matches or multiples thereof. The boxes or booklets in each case or packet shall contain the same number of matches on the average and shall, except where the matches are exempted from bearing Central Excise Stamps, bear Central Excise Stamps of the same class.
(3) Every packet, box or booklet, or the manufacturers label affixed thereto shall bear in clearly discernible characters, the name of the factory or a distinguishing mark, which may take the form of a special design whereby the origin of the matches can be traced. Specimens of all such labels shall be submitted to the Commissioner for his approval and record, before they are brought into use:
Provided that the Commissioner may by an order in writing and subject to such limitations and conditions as may be prescribed by him in the order relax the provisions of this sub-rule.
(4) On each case or packet of matches shall be legibly marked in ink or oil colour a progressive number, commencing with No.1, for each year and in different series for each class of matches, the number of boxes or booklets in hundreds contained in each case or packet and the grade of Central Excise Stamps affixed thereto.
(5) Every box or booklet of matches, other than matches of the type known as Bengal Lights, issued for home consumption, shall have on the box or booklet, or on the manufacturers label affixed thereto, a statement in clearly discernible characters, of the retail price at which the manufacturer intends that the box or booklet should be sold:
Provided that the Commissioner may by an order in writing and subject to such limitations and conditions as may be prescribed by him in the order relax the provisions of this sub-rule.