The Indian Petroleum Act 1899, 8 of 1899 (Rep., Act 23 of 1937)

Section 10. (1) Petroleum discharged into boats or landed in accordance with rules made under section 9, subsect

Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08

10. (1) Petroleum discharged into boats or landed in accordance with rules made under section 9, subsection (2), shall not be removed from the boats or places in or at which it is stored until the samples selected therefrom in accordance with those rules have been tested by an officer appointed by the Local Government in this behalf and the officer has given a certificate that the petroleum is not dangerous petroleum. (2) If the officer, after testing the samples, refuses to give the certificate in respect of any petroleum, the Local Government may permit the consignee, within a time to be fixed by the Local Government in this behalf,— (a) to rectify the petroleum, (b) to apply for a license to import the petroleum as dangerous petroleum, or (c) to re-export the petroleum. (3) If 1899.] Petroleum. 103 (Petroleum generally.—Sections 11-13.) (3) If the consignee does not, within the time fixed under sub-section (2), avail himself of the permission granted under that sub-section, the petroleum may be disposed of as the Local Government may direct. (4) Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing provisions of this section, the Local Government, in its discretion, may, where the officer has refused the certificate, direct that the petroleum be re-tested by another officer appointed by it in this behalf, and may, if that officer advises that the petroleum is not dangerous petroleum, authorize its removal from the boats or places in or at which it is stored.

Source: India Code