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

Section 16. Penalty for keeping, transporting, selling or exposing for sale petroleum in contravention of section 7

Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08

16. Penalty for keeping, transporting, selling or exposing for sale petroleum in contravention of section 7. 17. Penalty for refusing to comply with section 12. 18. Confiscation of petroleum. 19. Jurisdiction. Test-apparatus. 20. Model test-apparatus. 16. Any person keeping, transporting, selling or exposing for sale petroleum in vessels not labelled as prescribed by section 7, shall be punished with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees.

Source: India Code