Section 5:
Production, refining and blending of petroleum.
(1) No one shall produce, refine or blend
petroleum save in accordance with the rules made under sub-section (2).
(2) The 1[Central Government] may makes rules--
(a) prescribing the conditions subject to which petroleum may be produced, refined or blended;
and
(b) regulating the removal of petroleum from places where it is produced, refined or blended and
preventing the storage therein and removal therefrom, except as 2[petroleum Class A], of any
petroleum, which has not satisfied the prescribed tests.
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Notes:
1. Subs. by the A.O. 1937, for "Governor-General-in-Council".
2. Subs. by Act 24 of 1970, s. 6, for "dangerous petroleum" (w.e.f. 1-8-1976).
3. Sub-section (3) omitted by the A.O. 1937.