PART II

General Provision

(3)  Restriction on delivery and despatch of petroleum

1. No person shall deliver or despatch any petroleum to anyone in India other than the holder of a storage licence issued under these rules or his authorized agent or a port authority or railway administration or a person who is authorized under the Act to store petroleum without a licence.

2. The petroleum delivered or despatched under sub-rule (1) shall be of the class, and shall not exceed the quantity, which the person to whom it is delivered or despatched is authorized to store with or without a licence under the Act.

3. Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-rule (2), petroleum Class B not exceeding 15,000 litres in quantity packed in sealed air-tight approved containers may be despatched to a person not holding a storage licence provided that the person despatching the petroleum has satisfied himself that prior arrangement have been made by the person to whom the petroleum is despatched for the immediate disposal in the original sealed packages or such quantity as in excess of 2,500 litres.

4. Nothing in sub-rule (1) and (2) shall apply to the delivery of despatch of petroleum to the Defence Forces of the Union [ and to the delivery or despatch of kerosene (petroleum Class B) to the person holding licence in Form XVI for decantation into containers from tank vehicle : Provided that the person despatching the kerosene has satisfied himself that prior arrangements have been made by the person to whom the kerosene is despatched for immediate disposal into containers in lots of 2,500 litres or less].

(4)   Approval of containers -

1. Containers exceeding one litre in capacity fro petroleum Class A and five litres in capacity for petroleum Class B or petroleum Class C, shall be of a type approved by the Chief Controller.

2. Where the approval of the Chief Controller is sought to a type or container not previously approved, an application accompanied twelve copies of a drawing thereof to scale showing the design, materials to be used, the method of construction and capacity of the container together with two sample containers and a fee of rupees fifty for scrutiny shall be submitted to the Chief Controller.

3. Nothing in sub-rule (1) and (2) shall apply to containers in the possession of the Defence Forces of the Union.

(5)   Containers for petroleum Class A -

1. Containers for petroleum class A shall be constructed of tinned, galvanized or externally trust proofed sheet iron or steel and be of a type approved by the Chief Controller.
   

2. The containers shall be so constructed and secured as not to be liable except under circumstances of gross negligence or extraordinary accident to become defective, leaky or insecure in transit and they shall be kept in proper repair.
   

3. The containers shall have well-made filling aperture which shall be fitted with well-fitting and secure air tight screw plugs of screw caps or other caps.
   

4. Containers made of sheet iron or sheet shall have the following thickness of metal : 

5. The capacity of any container, other than those approved by the Chief Controller for specified purposes, shall not exceed 300 liters.
   
6. An air space of not less than 5 percent of its capacity shall be kept in each container.
   
7. The container shall bear a stamped, embossed or painted warning exhibiting in conspicuous characters the words "Petrol" " Motor Spirit" or an equivalent warning of the highly inflammable nature of the petroleum
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8. Nothing in sub-rules (1),(3),(4),(5),(6) and (7) shall apply to containers in the possession of the Defence forces of the Union.

(6)   Containers for petroleum Class B and Class C

1. Containers for petroleum Class B or petroleum Class C shall be constructed of steel or iron and be of a type approved by the Chief Controller.
   

2. An air space of not less than 5 percent of its capacity shall be kept in each container for petroleum Class B and not less than 3 percent of its capacity in each container for petroleum Class C.
   

3. Nothing in this rule shall apply to containers in the possession of the Defence Forces of the Union.

All empty tanks which had petroleum Class A or petroleum Class B and empty containers which had petroleum Class A shall except when they are opened for the purpose of filling or cleaning and rendering them free from petroleum vapour, be kept securely closed until they have been thoroughly cleaned and freed from petroleum vapours.

(8)   Repair of receptacles - 

1. No person shall cause to be repaired or repair by the use of [hot work] any tank container which had petroleum unless it has been thoroughly cleaned and from petroleum and petroleum vapour or otherwise prepared for safety carrying out such hot repair and certified, in writing, by a competent person to have been so repaired.

2. The certificate required under sub-rule (1) shall be preserved by the repairer [ for a period of at last three months] and produced to an inspector on demand.

All due precautions shall be taken at all times to prevent escape of petroleum into drain, sever, harbour, river or watercourse or over any public road or railway line.

No child under the age of  [eighteen years] and no person who is in a state of intoxication shall be employed on the loading, unloading or transport or in any premises licenced under these rules.

[Unless expressly provided in these rules, no person shall smoke and ] no matches, fires, lights or articles or substances capable of causing ignition of petroleum shall be allowed at any time in proximity to a place where petroleum is refined, stored or handled or in a vehicle, carriage or vessel in which petroleum is transported.

(12)   Special precautions against accident - 

1. No person shall commit or attempt to commit any act which may tend to cause a fire or explosion in or about any place where petroleum is refined, stored or handled or any vehicle, carriage or vessel in which petroleum is transported.

2. Every person storing petroleum and every person in charge of or engaged in the storage, handling or transport of petroleum shall at all times -

1. comply with the provisions of these rules and the conditions of any licence relating thereto;

2. observe all precautions for prevention of accident by fire or explosion; and 

3. prevent any person from committing any act referred to in sub-rule (1)

(13)   Payment of fees - 

1. All fees payable under these rules to the Chief Controller or Controller of Explosives shall be paid into a treasury and covered by a treasury receipt marked "original ' and showing credit under the Central head of account "12 Industries - A-General - Receipts under Petroleum Act - Other Collections".

2. Fee payable under these rules to any authority other than the Chief Controller or Controller of Explosives shall be paid in cash or by cheque.

3. If an application for the grant, renewal or amendment of a licence is rejected, the fee paid by the applicant shall be refunded to him -

1. by the licencing authority if the fee has been paid in cash or by cheque; or

2. if the fee has been paid into a treasury, by that treasury on the production of a signed order from the licensing authority directing such refund.

4. Fees payable under these rules for purpose other than the grant, renewal or amendment of license shall not be refundable.