Section 17. Any dealer in petroleum who refuses or neglects to show to any officer authorised under section 12 a

17. Any dealer in petroleum who refuses or neglects to show to any officer authorised under section 12 any place or any of the vessels in which petroleum in his possession is stored or contained, or to give him such assistance as he may require for examining the same, or to give him samples of the petroleum on payment of the value of the samples, shall be punished with fine which may extend to two hundred rupees.