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THE PETROLEUM ACT, 1934 · CONTROL OVER PETROLEUM

Section 7 — No licence needed for transport or storage of limited quantities of petroleum Class B or petroleum Class C

Notwithstanding anything contained in this Chapter, a person need not obtain a licence for the transport or storage of—
(i)petroleum Class B if the total quantity in his possession at any one place does not exceed two thousand and five hundred litres and none of it is contained in a receptacle exceeding one thousand litres in capacity; or
(ii)petroleum Class C if the total quantity in his possession at any one place does not exceed forty-five thousand litres and such petroleum is transported or stored in accordance with the rules made under section 4.