Petroleum Act : No licence needed for transport or storage of limited quantities ofpetroleum Class B

Petroleum Act,1934

Act No : 30

Section : No licence needed for transport or storage of limited quantities ofpetroleum Class B or petroleum Class C.

5*[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. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Subs. by Act 24 of 1970, s. 6, for "dangerous petroleum" (w.e.f. 1-8-1976). 2. Sub-section (3) omitted by the A.O. 1937. 3. Subs. by Act 24 of 1970, s. 7, for "dangerous petroleum" (w.e.f. 1-8-1976). 4. Subs. by s. 7, ibid., for "two gallons" (w.e.f. 1-8-1976). 5. Subs. by s. 8. ibid., for ss. 7 and 8 (w.e.f. 1-8-1976). 7