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THE PETROLEUM ACT, 1934 · CONTROL OVER PETROLEUM

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 3[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 4 [petroleum Class A], of any petroleum, which has not satisfied the prescribed tests.
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