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The Petroleum Act, 1934

Production, refining and blending of petroleum

In force From 30 Mar 1937 Act 30 of 1934 As on 19 Oct 2026

Act 30 of 1934 Ministry Petroleum and Natural Gas Enacted 06 Sep 1934 In force 30 Mar 1937 Cited by 1 provision Instruments 4

Section 5 of the Petroleum Act, 1934 deals with production, refining and blending of petroleum. No one shall produce, refine or blend petroleum save in accordance with the rules made under sub-section (2). The Act came into force on 30 Mar 1937.

(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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Section 5, The Petroleum Act, 1934 (Act 30 of 1934).

Cross-references

Extracted from the operative text of the enactments themselves. Every destination below exists in our corpus.

Referred to by 1

  1. s. 23 General penalty for offences under this Act

Made under this section, and citing it

4 instruments state that it was made under this provision — the power to make it comes from here, so a change to any of them changes what this section requires in practice. Newest first.

All subordinate legislation

Questions about Section 5

What does Section 5 of the Petroleum Act deal with?

Section 5 of the Petroleum Act is headed "Production, refining and blending of petroleum". No one shall produce, refine or blend petroleum save in accordance with the rules made under sub-section (2).

How do I find court cases under Section 5 of the Petroleum Act?

In judgments and charge sheets this section is written several ways, and each form finds a different set of orders. These search the full text of every order eCourtsIndia holds, best matches first: Petroleum Act 1934 5, section 5 Petroleum Act 1934, section 5 of the Petroleum Act. Each opens the full list of orders on eCourtsIndia, where it can be narrowed by court, year and outcome.

What should I read with Section 5 of the Petroleum Act, and has it changed?

1 other provision in this corpus refers back to it. The rules and notifications made under it are where it actually bites, and there are 4: most recently The Petroleum (Amendment) Rules, 2024 (2024), then The Petroleum (Amendment) Rules, 2019 (2019), and 2 more.

When did Section 5 of the Petroleum Act come into force?

Section 5 of the Petroleum Act, cited as Petroleum Act 1934 5, came into force on 30 Mar 1937, having been enacted on 06 Sep 1934. It is in force as at the date shown on this page.

Other sections of this Act

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