Legal glossary
“crude oil”
Defined in 3 Acts. A definition holds for the Act that gives it; the same word can mean something else in another Act.
The Manipur (Sales of Motor Spirit and Lubricants) Taxation Act, 1962 · s. 2
(c) "crude oil" means petroleum in its natural state;
Read section 2The Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 · s. 352S
(i) "crude oil" means any liquid hydro carbon mixture occurring naturally in the earth whether or not treated to render it suitable for transportation and includes crude oils from which certain distillate fractions have been removed or to which certain distillate fractions have been added;
Read section 352SThe Oil Industry (Development) Act, 1974 · s. 2
(e) "crude oil" means petroleum in its natural state before it is refined or otherwise treated but from which water and foreign substances have been extracted;
Read section 2