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The Petroleum Act, 1886, 12 of 1886, (Rep., Act 8 of 1899)

27 sections · As amended up to 2026-08

Sections

  1. 0Section 0
  2. 1Preparing the water-bath
  3. 2Preparing the test-lamp
  4. 3In this Act, unless there is something repugnant in the subject or context,
  5. 4The Governor General in Council may, from time to time, by notification in the Gazette of India and
  6. 5A notification made under this Act may be revoked or varied by the authority making it by a notification
  7. 6Section 6
  8. 7Any dealer in petroleum who refuses or neglects to show to any officer authorised under section 12 a
  9. 8In any case in which an offence under section 15 or section 16 has been committed, the convicting Magistrate may direct that
  10. 9(1) Petroleum discharged into boats or landed in accordance with rules made under section 8, subsect
  11. 10No quantity of petroleum exceeding five hundred gallons shall be kept by any one person or on the sa
  12. 11(1) The Local Government, with the previous sanction of the Governor General in Council, may make ru
  13. 12Any officer specially authorised by name or by virtue of his office in this behalf by the Local Gove
  14. 13When any such officer has, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 12, or by purchase, obtain
  15. 14On any such testing, if it appears to the officer or other person so testing that the petroleum from
  16. 15Any person who, in contravention of this Act or of any rules made under this Act, imports, possesses
  17. 16Penalty for keeping, transporting, selling or exposing for sale petroleum in contravention of section 7
  18. 17Any dealer in petroleum who refuses or neglects to show to any officer authorised under section 12 a
  19. 18In any case in which an offence under section 15 or section 16 has been committed, the convicting Magistrate may direct that
  20. 19The criminal jurisdiction under this Act shall, in the towns of Calcutta, Madras and Bombay, be exer
  21. 20A model of the apparatus for testing petroleum under this Act, constructed in accordance with the de
  22. 21(1) The Chemical Examiner shall, on payment of such fee (if any) as the Governor General in Council
  23. 22The Local Government may, from time to time, by notification in the official Gazette, exempt from th
  24. 23The Governor General in Council may, from time to time, by notification in the Gazette of India, app
  25. 24The Governor General in Council may, from time to time, by notification in the Gazette of India and
  26. 25A notification made under this Act may be revoked or varied by the authority making it by a notification
  27. 26Procedure for making and publication of rules