Petroleum Act, 1934
Bare Act · 1934
An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to the import, transport, storage, production, refining and blending of petroleum 2 ***.
- Act number
- 30 of 1934
- Enacted
- 6 September 1934
- Contents
- 32 sections · 5 chapters
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Contents
Preliminary
Chapter I — Control Over Petroleum
- Section 3 – Import, transport and storage of petroleum
- Section 4 – Rules for the import, transport and storage of petroleum
- Section 5 – Production, refining and blending of petroleum
- Section 6 – Receptacles of petroleum Class A to show a warning (preview)
- Section 7 – No licence needed for transport or storage of limited quantities of petroleum Class B or petroleum Class C (preview)
- Section 8 – No licence needed for import, transport or storage of small quantities of petroleum Class A (preview)
- Section 9 – Exemptions for motor conveyances and stationary engines (preview)
- Section 10 – No licence needed by railway administration acting as carrier (preview)
- Section 11 – Exemption of heavy oils (preview)
- Section 12 – General power of exemption (preview)
- Section 13 – Inspection of places (preview)
Chapter II — The Testing Of Petroleum
- Section 14 – Inspection and sampling of petroleum (preview)
- Section 15 – Standard Test Apparatus (preview)
- Section 16 – Certification of other test apparatus (preview)
- Section 17 – Testing officers (preview)
- Section 18 – Manner of test (preview)
- Section 19 – Certificate of testing (preview)
- Section 20 – Right to require re-test (preview)
- Section 21 – Power to make rules regarding tests (preview)
- Section 22 – Special rules for testing viscous or solid forms of petroleum (preview)
Chapter III — Panalties And Procedure
- Section 23 – General penalty for offences under this Act (preview)
- Section 24 – Confiscation of petroleum and receptacles (preview)
- Section 25 – Jurisdiction (preview)
- Section 26 – Power of entry and search (preview)
- Section 27 – Notice of accidents with petroleum (preview)
- Section 28 – Inquiries into serious accidents with petroleum (preview)
Chapter IV — Supplemental
- Section 29 – Provisions relating to rules (preview)
- Section 30 – Repealed (preview)
- Section 31 – Power to limit powers of local authorities over petroleum (preview)
- Section 32 – [Repealed.] (preview)