Legal glossary
“oil”
Defined in 2 Acts. A definition holds for the Act that gives it; the same word can mean something else in another Act.
The Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 · s. 356B
(j) "oil" means petroleum in any form including crude oil, fuel oil, sludge, oil refuse and refined products;
Read section 356BThe Inland Vessels Act, 1917, 1 of 1917, (Rep., Act 24 of 2021) · s. 54D · Repealed or not in force
(b) "oil" means any persistent oil such as crude oil, heavy diesel oil, lubricating oil and white oil, whether carried on board a tanker as cargo or fuel;
Read section 54D