F..l<tr ci.w Rooks ror School~ Ordu, 1988

L.N. 14 of 19!18

Q UA LITY C O NTROL (EXPORTS, IMPORTS ANI) LOCAL GOODS)

ACT. 197 1

(ACT NO . XIII O F 1971)

F..l<tr ci.w Rooks ror School~ Ordu, 1988

(Ordt f No. 1\12 1 of L988)

IN exercise of the powers conferred hy section 3 of the Quality

Comro! (EXporIS, Imports and Local Goods) Ac!, 1971. the Malta

Board of Standards has made tht following order

1 T his order may be cited as Ihe Exercise Books for Schools Cilalion. nd

O rder, 1988, and may be referred to as Order No. M21 of 1988.

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1.2. This order shalt becnme operative on adate after the lapse of

20 days from the day on which it is laid on the Table of the House of

Reprcsematives. which date shalt be notified by the Board in the

Gazette.

1 Thisorder applies toexercise hooks intended mainly for use in Soope .

schools. su itable for use with pencil and ink.

1 The exercise books shaH consist of a number of pages of Comlruction .

writing paper bound within a cover.

3.2 Exercise books shall be bound with a minimum of two wire

staples or any other method which gives at least the same durability in

se rvIce .

4 . 1 The exercise books shall have clean cut edges and shall be free Workman>ohip.

from defects that may impair their serviceability.

1 Il-pitazzi ghandu jkollhom ix-xfar taghhom maqtughin tajjeb K..-.Jill .. ·

u gtiandhom ikunu hielsa minn difetti 1i jistghu inaqq su I·effitjenza "'&1\01.

taghhom.

1

Exercise books shall have the following dimensions

164mm x 203mm subject to the lolerances laid down m

paragraph 5.1.1 .

5. 1. 1 The length of the book shall be subject to a tolerance of ±

3mm. The tolerance on the widt h of a book of up to , and including. 64

pages shall be ± 4mm. and above 64 pages shall be ± 6mm.

1 The periphery of exercise books shall fall entirely wit hin Ihe Sq uaron ....

zone bounded by two symmetrically disposed rectangles (having a

com mon centre point) drawn to the upper and lower limits of the size as

laid down in paragraphs 5.1 and 5.1.1.

1 The nu mber of pages in an exercise book shall be as shown in Numlxrot

Table 1.

1 Ru ling shall be perpendicular 10 the bound edge of the RU ling.

exercise book, and where applicable shall be in accordance with Table 4.

1 Th e writing paper shal l be wood free, and when determined

by the method refern:d to in paragraph l~.l shall have a grammage as

shown in Table 2.

9.2 When determined by the method laiddown in paragraph 15.1 ,

the cover material shall have a grammage as shown in Table 3.

1 When tested by the method referred to in paragraph 15.2 tht

average breaking length of the ma,hine direction and cross direction of

the writing paper shall be not less than 3000m.

1 When tested by the method laid down in pardgraph 15.3 the

light reflection from either side of the paper shaH be not less than 85%

relative to the light reflection of magnesium carbonate.

1 When tested by the method referred to in paragraph 15.5 the

writing paper shall have an ISO opaci ty (paper backing) of not less tllan

86% for grade A, 84% for grade B and 81% for grade C.

1 When each side of the wri ting paper is tested by the method

referred to in paragraph 15.4 the ink shall not spread on the face of the

writing paper, nor shall it penetrate through to the other side of the

writing paper.

1 Every exercise book shall have the following infonnation

shown in elear and easily readable print of a minimum poim size of 80n

its cover

14. 1.1

The brand name or trade mark ; or

14.1.2 The name and address of the manufacturer;

14. 1.3 Whe re the brand name is not entered in a list kept by the,

Director of Industry, nor is the trade mark registered with the

Comptroller of Industrial Propeny, the inclusion of the name a!ld

address of the manufacturer shall be compulsory;

14. 1.4 Thenumberofpages;

14. 1.5

The grade of the exercise book aemming to Table 2.

1 The grammage of the writi!lg paper as well as that of the

cover shall be determined by the method described in Britis h Standard

3432.

15.2 The breaking length shall be determined by the method

described in British Standard 4415 Pan I.

15.3

The light reflection shall be determined as follows:-

15.3. 1 Apparatus: A reflectometer containing an annular

photo-electric cell posi tioned with the sensitive surface parallel to and

facing the surface under test. The reflectometer shall incorpo rate a

sour<:e of diffused white light. The light shall pass through an aperture in

the centre of the photo·electric cell of a diameter of about 9mm_

A galvanomete r filled with a potentiometer.

A block of magnesium ca rbonate.

15.3.2 Procedure: The reflectometer is connected to the

galvanometer, placed on the block of magnesium carbonate and tilt

potcntiometer adjusted to give a galvanometer reading of lOO. Th e

reflectometer is then placed on a pile of the paper under test and the

galvanometer reading taken as the percentage light reflection of the

paper. The pile of paper under tcst should be sufficien tl~ thick to

eliminate the effect of the colour of the base on which the pile is placed.

15.4 On the paper under test using nonnat fountain pen ink draw

four lines about I40mm long a nd of a thickness in mm equal to lflOO of

the grammage of the paper in glm' . subject to a maximum thickness of

0 _8mm. Th e lines shall be drawn at a speed of aboutlOOmm/s and the

pressure used shall not be such as to cause damage to the pa per.

15.4.1 Twent~·rour hours after drawing the lines. examine the

paper to ascertain whether the ink has spread or whether the ink has

penetrated to the Olher side of the paper.

IS.S The ISO opacit~ (paper backing) shall be measured b~ the

method given in International Standard ISO 2471.

TA BLE 1

Number of Pages

32,48.64,80,128.160,192

TA BLE 2

GramllUlge of Wriling Paper

GradeofExercise Book

Grammage (glm' )

over75upto85

A

B

over65upto75

over55upto65

C

TABLE 3

Grammage of Covers

Minimum Grammage (glm' )

No. of Pages

91)

"

I III

IIll

Hill

TABLE 4

Ruling

DesignatioJl

Spacing betwee n lines (mm)

Wide lined

6or8

alh:mately4 and 11

Narrow lined

In preparing tllisstandard, reference was m .. de 10 the following

British Standard 3432

British Standa rd 4415 Pan l

Bri tish Standard 444S

International Standard 2471

International Sta ndard

Israel Standard

4\0

Israel Sta ndard

64S

Israel Standard

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