Petroleum Act, 1934

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 THE PETROLEUM ACT, 1934 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
CONTENTS 
 
PRELIMINARY 
 
1. Short title extent and commencement 
2. Definitions 
CHAPTER I  
CONTROL OVER PETROLEUM 
3. Import, transport and storage of petroleum 
4. Rules for the import, transport and storage of petroleum 
5. Production, refining and blending of petroleum 
6. Receptacles of petroleum class A to show a warning 
7. No licence needed for small stocks of petroleum class B not in bulk 
8. No licence needed for small quantities of petroleum class A 
9. Exemptions for motor conveyances and stationary engines 
10. No licence needed by railway administration acting as carrier 
11. Exemption of excluded petroleum 
12. General power of exemption 
13. Inspection of places 
CHAPTER II 
THE TESTING OF PETROLEUM 
14. Inspection and sampling of petroleum 
 

 
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15. Standard Test Apparatus 
16. Certification of other test Apparatus 
17. Testing officers 
18. Manner of test 
19. Certificate of testing 
20. Right to require re­test 
21. Power to make rules regarding tests 
22. Special rules for testing viscous or solid forms of Petroleum 
CHAPTER III 
PENALTIES AND PROCEDURE 
23. General penalty for offences under this Act 
24. Confiscation of petroleum and receptacles 
25. Jurisdiction 
26. Power of entry and search 
27. Reports of accidents with petroleum 
28. Inquiries into serious accidents with petroleum 
CHAPTER IV 
 SUPPLEMENTAL 
29. Provisions relating to rules 
30. Power to apply Act to other substances 
31. Power to limit powers of local authorities over petroleum 
32. [Repealed] 
THE SCHEDULE [Repealed] 
  
 
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THE PETROLEUM ACT, 1934 
ACT No. XXX of 1934 
[6th September, 1934] 
An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to the import, transport, storage, production, 
refining and blending of petroleum and other inflammable substances. 
WHEREAS it is expedient to consolidate and amend the law relating to the import, transport, 
storage, production, refining and blending of petroleum and other inflammable substances ;  
It is hereby enacted as follows:__ 
PRELIMINARY.  
1. Short title, extent and commencement. (1) This Act may be called the Petroleum Act, 
1934. 
1[(2) It extends to the whole of Pakistan.] 
(3) It shall come into force on such date2 as the 3[Federal Government] may, by notification 
in the 4[official Gazette], appoint.  
2. Definitions. In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context, __ 
(a) “petroleum” means any liquid hydrocarbon or mixture of hydrocarbons, and any 
inflammable mixture (liquid, viscous or solid) containing any liquid 
hydrocarbon ; 
5[(b)  “petroleum class A ” means petroleum having flashpoint below twenty -four 
degrees centigrade; 
(ba)  “petroleum class B ” means petroleum having fla shpoint 6[of] twenty-four 
degrees centigrade and above, but below fifty-five degrees centigrade; 
 
 
 
1Subs. by the Central Laws (Statute Reform) Ordinance, 1960 (XXI of 1960), s. 3 and 2nd Schedule. 
 2The 30th March, 1937 see Gazette of India, 1937, Pt. I, p. 632. 
 3Subs. by the Federal Adaptation of Laws Order, 1975 (P.O. No. 4 of 1975), Art. 2 and Table. 
 4Subs. by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937. 
 5Subs. by Act No. XLII of 2023, s. 2. 
6Subs. by Act No. XXVI of 2025, s. 2. 
  
 
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(bb)  “petroleum class C ” means petroleum having flashpoint of fifty -five degrees 
centigrade and above, but below ninety-three degrees centigrade; 
(bc)  “excluded petroleum ” means petroleum having fla shpoint of ninety -three 
degrees centigrade and above;] 
(c) “flashing‑point” of any petroleum means the lowest temperature at which it 
yields a vapour which will give a momentary flash when ignited, determined in 
accordance with the provisions of Chapter II and the rules made thereunder ; 
1[(d)  ‘to transport’ means to move petroleum from one place to another within 
Pakistan, by land, sea or air, and includes moving from one place to another in 
Pakistan across territory which is not part of Pakistan ;] 
(e) “to import” petroleum means to bring it into 1[Pakistan] by land, sea or air, 
otherwise than during the course of transport ; 
(f) “to store” petroleum means to keep it in any one place, but does not include any 
detention happening during the ordinary course of transport ; 
(g) “motor conveyance” means any vehicle, vessel or aircraft for the conveyance of 
human beings, animals or goods, by land, water or air, in which petroleum is 
used to generate the motive power ; 
(h) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act 2[;] 
2[(i) “illegal sale of petroleum” means sale of petroleum products without having a 
valid storage licence granted under this Act and the rules made there under; 
(j) “oil marketing company ” means a company or organization having a valid 
marketing licence front Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority for doing the activity 
of purchasing or obtaining refined oil products from ref ineries in Pakistan or 
from or through sources abroad, for selling, distributing or marketing directly 
or through agents or dealers at dispensing outlets or filling stations; 
(k) “dealer” shall have the same meaning as assigned thereto in sub -clause (viii) 
rule 2 of the Pakistan Oil Rules, 2016; and 
(l) “serious bodily injury ” shall have the same meaning as assigned thereto in 
clause k of section 3, of the Mines Act, 1923 (IV of 1923).] 
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CHAPTER I  
CONTROL OVER PETROLEUM. 
3. Import, transport and storage of petroleum.  (1) No one shall import, transport or 
store any petroleum save in accordance with the rules made under section 4. 
 
1Subs. by the Central Laws (Statue Reform) Ordinance, 1960, (XXI of 1960), s. 3 and 2nd Schedule.  
2Subs. and added by Act No. XLII of 2023, s. 2.  
 
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(2) Save in accordance with the conditions of any licence for the purpose which he may be required 
to obtain by rules made under section 4, no one shall import any 1[petroleum class A], and no one shall transport 
or store any petroleum. 
4. Rules for the import, transport and storage of petroleum. The 2[Federal Government] may 
make rules__ 
(a) prescribing places where petroleum may be imported and prohibiting its import 
elsewhere ; 
(b) regulating the import of petroleum ; 
(c) prescribing the periods within which licences for the import of  1[petroleum class A] 
shall be applied for, and providing for the disposal, by confiscation or otherwise, of any 
1[petroleum class A] in respect of which a licence has not been applied for within the 
prescribed period or has been refused and which has not been exported ; 
(d) regulating the transport of petroleum ; 
(e) specifying the nature and condition of all receptacles and pipe‑lines in which petroleum 
may be transported; 
(f) regulating the places at which and prescribing the conditions subject to which 
petroleum may be stored ; 
(g) specifying the nature, situation and condition of all receptacles in which petroleum may 
be stored ; 
(h) prescribing the form and conditions of licences for the import of 1[petroleum class A], 
and for the transport or storage of any petroleum, the manner in which applications for 
such licences shall be made, the authorities which may grant such licences and the fees 
which may be charged for such licences ; 
(i) determining in any class of cases whether a licence for the transport of petroleum shall 
be obtained by the consignor, consignee or carrier ; 
(j) providing for the granting of combined licences for the import, transport and storage 
of petroleum, or for any two of such purposes ; 
(k) prescribing the proportion in which any specified poisonous substance may be added 
to petroleum, and prohibiting the import, transport or storage of petroleum in which the 
proportion of any specified poisonous substance exceeds  the prescribed proportion ; 
4[*] 
4[(kk) prescribing the mechanism for real -time and information technology enabled digital 
tracking, storage monitoring and dispensing of petroleum products at petrol stations, 
storage points and en route  by coordinating actions of authorities either jointly or 
separately; and] 
(l) generally, providing for any matter which in 4[its] opinion is expedient for proper 
control over the import, transport and storage of petroleum. 
 
 
1Subs. by Act No. XLII of 2023, ss. 3-4. 
2Subs. by the Federal Adaptation of Laws Order, 1975 (P.O. No. 4 of 1975), Art. 2 and Table. 
  3Omitted and Ins. by Act No. XXVI of 2025, s.3. 
4Subs. by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937. 
 
 
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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 1[Federal Government] may make 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. 
3(3)    [*     *    * * * * *] 
6. Receptacles of 2[petroleum class A] to show a warning.  All receptacles containing 
2[petroleum class A]  shall have a stamped, embossed, painted or printed warning, either on the 
receptacle itself or,  where that is impracticable, displayed near the receptacle, exhibiting in 
conspicuous characters the words “Petrol” or “Motor Spirit”, or an equivalent warning  of the 
dangerous nature of the petroleum : 
Provided that this section shall not apply to__ 
(a) any securely stoppered glass, stoneware or metal receptacle of less than 2[ten  
liters] capacity containing 2[petroleum class A] which is not for sale, or 
(b) a tank incorporated in a motor conveyance, or attached to an internal 
combustion engine, and containing petroleum intended to be used to generate 
motive power for the motor conveyance or engine, or 
(c) a pipe‑line for the transport of petroleum, or 
(d) any tank which is wholly underground, or 
(e) any class of receptacles which the 1[Federal Government] may, by notifications 
in the 3[official Gazette], exempt from the operation of this section. 
7. No licence needed for small stocks of 2[petroleum class B]  not in bulk.  
Notwithstanding anything contained in this Chapter, a person need not obtain a licence for the transport 
or storage of 2[petroleum class B]  if the total quantity in his possession at any one place does not 
exceed 2[two thousand liters]  and none o f it is contained in a receptacle exceeding 2[eight hundred 
liters] in capacity. 
 
 
1Subs. by the Federal Adaptation of Laws Order, 1975 (P.O. No. 4 of 1975), Art. 2 and Table. 
2Subs. by Act No. XLII of 2023, ss. 5-7. 
3Omitted and subs. by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937. 
  
 
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8. No licence needed for small quantities of 1[petroleum class A].__ (1) Notwithstanding 
anything contained in this Chapter, a person need not obtain a licence for the import, transport or 
storage of 1[petroleum class A]  not intended for sale if the total quantity in his possession does not 
exceed 1[thirty liters]. 
(2) 1[Petroleum class A]  possessed without a licence under this section shall be kept in 
securely stoppered receptacles of glass, stoneware or metal which shall not in the case of receptacles 
of glass or stoneware exceed 1[one liter] in capacity or in the case of receptacles of metal 1[twenty-five 
liters] in capacity. 
9. Exemptions for motor conveyances and stationary engines. __ (1) The owner of a 
motor conveyance, who complies with requirements of the law for the time being in force relating to 
the registration and licensing of such conveyance and its driver or pilot and the owner of any stationary 
internal combustion engine, shall not be required to obtain a licence__ 
(a) for the import, transport or storage of any petroleum contained in any fuel tank 
incorporated in the conveyance or attached to the internal combustion engine, 
or 
(b) for the transport or storage of 1[petroleum class A] , not exceeding 1[hundred 
liters] in quantity in addition to any quantity possessed under clause (a), 
provided the petroleum is intended to be used to generate motive power for the motor conveyance or 
engine: 
2[Provided further that the total quantity of 1[petroleum class A] which may be stored without 
a licence under clause (b) shall not exceed 1[hundred liters], notwithstanding that such owner may 
possess other motor conveyances or engines.] 
(2) The 1[petroleum class A] transported or stored without a licence under clause ( b) 2[of 
sub‑section (1)] shall be kept as provided in sub‑section (2) of section 8, and, if it exceeds 1[thirty 
liters] in quantity, shall be stored in an isolated place which does n ot communicate with any room 
where any person resides or works or in any room where persons assemble. 
10. No licence needed by railway administration acting as carrier.  Notwithstanding 
anything contained in this Chapter,  a railway administration, as define d in section 3 of the Railways 
Act, 1890 (IX of 1890), need not obtain any licence for the import or transport of any petroleum in its 
possession in its capacity as carrier. 
11. Exemption of 1[excluded petroleum] . Nothing in this Chapter shall apply to any 
petroleum which has its flashing‑point not below 1[ninety-three degrees centigrade]. 
12. General power of exemption. The 3[Federal Government] may, by notification in the 
4[official Gazette], exempt any petroleum specified in the notification from all or any of the provisions 
of this Chapter. 
 
1Subs. by Act No. XLII of 2023, ss. 8-10 
2Added and ins. by Act No. XXV of 1940, s. 2. 
3Subs. by the Federal Adaptation of Laws Order, 1975 (P.O. No. 4 of 1975), Art. 2 and Table. 
4Subs. by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937.  
 
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13. Inspection of places. The 1[Federal Government] may authorise any officer by name 
or by virtue of office to enter any place where petroleum is being imported, stored, produced, refined 
or blended, or is under transport, and inspect all receptacles, plant and appliances used in connection 
with petroleum in order to ascertain if they are in accordance w ith the provisions of this Chapter and 
the rules made thereunder. 
(2) The 1[Federal Government] may make rules regulating the procedure of officers 
authorised under this section. 
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CHAPTER II 
THE TESTING OF PETROLEUM 
14. Inspection and sampling of petroleum. __ (1) The 1[Federal Government] may, by 
notification in the 2[official Gazette], authorise any officer by name or by virtue of office to enter any 
place where petroleum is being imported, transported, stored, p roduced, refined or blended and  to 
inspect and take samples for testing of any petroleum found therein. 
(2) The 1[Federal Government] may make rules___  
(a) regulating the taking of samples of petroleum for testing, 
(b) determining the cases in which payment shall be made for the value of samples 
taken, and the mode of payment, and 
(c) generally, regulating the procedure of officers exercising powers under this 
section. 
15. Standard Test Apparatus.__ (1) A standard apparatus for determining the flashing - 
point of petroleum shall be deposited with an officer to be appointed in this behalf by the 3[Secretary 
of the Division concerned], by notification in the 2[official Gazette]. 
(2) Such apparatus shall be engraved with the words “Standard Test Apparatus”, and shall 
be verified and corrected from time to time and replaced when necessary, in accordance with rules 
made under section 21. 
(3) The Standard Test Apparatus shall, on payment of the prescribed fee, be open to 
inspection at all reasonable times by any person wishing to inspect it. 
16. Certification of other test Apparatus. __ (1) The officer appointed under section 15 
shall, on  payment of the prescribed fee, if any, compare with the Standard Test Apparatus any 
apparatus for determining the flashing‑poin t of petroleum which may be submitted to him for this 
purpose. 
(2) If any apparatus is found by him to agree with the Standard Test Apparatus within 
prescribed limits, the officer shall engrave such apparatus with a special number and with the date of  
 
1Subs. by the Federal Adaptation of Laws Order, 1975 (P.O. No. 4 of 1975), Art. 2 and Table. 
2Subs. by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937. 
3Subs. by Act No. XLII of 2023, s.11. 
 
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the comparison, and shall give a certificate in respect of it in the prescribed form, certifying that on the 
said date the apparatus was compared with the Standard Test Apparatus and was found to agree with 
it within the prescribed limits, and specifying any corrections to be made in the results of tests carried 
out with the apparatus. 
(3) A certificate granted under this section shall be valid for such period as may be 
prescribed. 
(4) A certificate granted under this section shall, during the period for which it is valid, be 
proof, until the contrary is proved, of any matter stated therein. 
(5) The officer shall keep a register in the prescribed form of all certificates granted by him 
under this section. 
17. Testing officers. 1[(1)] The 1[Secretary of the Division concerned ] may authorise any 
officer by name or by virtue of office to test petroleum of which samples have been taken under this 
Act, or which may have been submitted to him for test by any person, and to grant certificates of the 
results of such tests. 
1[(2) the following testing officers may be authorized under sub-section (1), namely;__ 
a. Director General, Director, Deputy Director, and Assistant Director of the 
Department of Explosives 
b. Chemical Examiner, Customs House, Karachi, and 
c. Chemical Examiner, Customs House, Lahore.] 
18. Manner of test. All tests of petroleum made under this Act shall be made with a test 
apparatus in respect of which there is a valid certificate under section 16, shall have due regard to any 
correction specified in that certificate, and shall be carried out in accordance with rules made under 
section 21. 
19. Certificate of testing.__ (1) The testing officer after testing samples of petroleum shall 
make out a certificate in the prescribed form, stating whether the petroleum is 1[petroleum class A] or 
1[petroleum class B], and, if the petroleum is 1[petroleum class B], the flashing‑point of the petroleum. 
(2) The testing officer shall furnish the person co ncerned, at his request, with a certified 
copy of the certificate, on payment of the prescribed fee, and such certified copy may be produced in 
any Court in proof of the contents of the original certificate. 
(3) A certificate given under this section shall be admitted as evidence in any proceedings 
which may be taken under this Act in respect of the petroleum from which the samples were taken, 
and shall, until the contrary is proved, be conclusive proof that the petroleum is 1[petroleum class A] 
or 1[petroleum class B], as the case may be, and, if the petroleum is 1[petroleum class B], of its flashing- 
point. 
 
 
1Numbered, subs. and added by Act No. XLII of 2023, ss. 12-13. 
  
 
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20. Right to require re‑test. __ (1) The owner of any petroleum, or his agent, who is 
dissatisfied with the result of the test of the petroleum may, within seven days from the date on  which  
he received intimation of the result of the test, apply to the officer empowered under section 14 to have 
fresh samples of the petroleum taken and tested. 
(2) On such application and on payment of the prescribed fee, fresh samples of the 
petroleum shall be taken in the presence of such owner or agent or person deputed by him, and shall 
be tested in the presence of such owner or agent or person deputed by him. 
(3) If, on such re‑test, it appears that the original test was erroneous, the testing officer shall 
cancel the original certificate granted under section 19, shall make out a fresh certificate, and shall 
furnish the owner of the petroleum, or his agent, with a certified copy thereof, free of charge. 
21. Power to make rules regarding tests. The 1[Federal Government] may make rules__  
(a) for the specification, verification, correction and replacement of the Standard 
Test Apparatus ; 
(b) prescribing fees for the inspection of the Standard Test Apparatus ; 
(c) regulating the procedure in comparing a test apparatus with the Standard Test 
Apparatus ; 
(d) prescribing the form of certificate to be given in respect of a test apparatus so 
compared, and the period for which such certificates shall be valid ; 
(e) prescribing the form of the register of such certificates ; 
(f) prescribing fees for comparing a test apparatus with the Standard Test 
Apparatus ; 
(g) regulating the procedure of testing of ficers in carrying out tests of petroleum, 
providing for the averaging of results where several samples of the same 
petroleum are tested, and prescribing the variations from standard temperatures 
which may be allowed ; 
(h) prescribing the form of certificates of tests of petroleum and the fees which may 
be charged therefor ; 
(i) providing, where the results of the testing of samples raise a doubt as to the 
uniformity of the quality of the petroleum in any lot under test, for the division 
of the lot into sub ‑lots, and for the selection and testing of samples of each 
sub‑lot and for the averaging of results in accordance with the results of tests of 
those samples ; 
(j) prescribing fees for re‑tests under section 20 and providing for their refund 
where the original test was erroneous ; and 
 
1Subs. by the Federal Adaptation of Laws Order, 1975 (P.O. No. 4 of 1975), Art. 2 and Table.  
 
 
 
 
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 (k) generally, regulating the procedure of all officers performing duties connected 
with the testing of petroleum, and providing for any matter incidental to such 
testing. 
22. Special rules for testing viscous or solid forms of Petroleum.  The 1[Federal 
Government] may also make rules providing specially for the testing of any form of petroleum which 
is viscous or solid or contains sediment or thickening ingredients, and such rules may modify or 
supplement any of the provisions of this Chapter or of the rules made under section 21 in order to adapt 
them to the special needs of such tests. 
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CHAPTER III  
PENALTIES AND PROCEDURE 
23. General penalty for offences under this Act.__ (1) Whoever__ 
(a) in contravention of any of the provisions of Chapter I or of any of the rules made 
thereunder, imports, transports, stores, produces, refines or blends any 
petroleum, or 
(b) contravenes any rule made under section 4 or section 5, or 
2[(c)  being the holder of a licence issued under section 4 or a person for the time 
being placed by the holder of such licence in control or in charge of any place 
where petroleum is being imported or stored, or is under transport, contravenes 
any condition of such licence or suffers any condition of such licence to be 
contravened, or] 
(d) being for the time being in control or in charge of any place where petroleum is 
being imported, stored, produced, refined or blended or is under transport, 
refuses or neglects to show to any officer authorised under section 13 any 
receptacle, plant or appliance used in such place in connection with petroleum, 
or in any way obstructs o r fails to render reasonable assistance to such officer 
during an inspection, or 
(e) being for the time being in control or in charge of any place where petroleum is 
being imported, transported, stored, produced, refined or blended, refuses or 
neglects to show to any officer authorised under section 14 any petroleum in 
such place, or to give him such assistance as he may require for the inspection 
of such petroleum, or refuses to allow him to take samples of the petroleum, or 
(f) being required, under section 27, to give information of an accident fails to give 
such information as so required by that section,  
shall be punishable with fine which may extend to 3[equal to licence fee or as determined by the Federal 
Government from time to time] rupees. 
 
1Subs. by the Federal Adaptation of Laws Order, 1975 (P.O. No. 4 of 1975), Art. 2 and Table.  
2Subs. by Act No. III of 1942, s. 2. 
3Subs. by Act No. XLII of 2023, s.14.  
 
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(2) If any person, having been convicted of an offence punishable under sub‑section (1), is 
again guilty of any offence punishable under that sub‑section, he shall be punishable for every such 
subsequent offence with fine which may extend to 1[two times licence fee or as determined by the 
Federal Government from time to time] rupees. 
1[(3) whoever__ 
2[(a) illegally imports, transports, stores, sales produce, refines or blends any 
petroleum shall be punishable with the fine of one million rupees; and 
(b) whoever repeats offence under clause (a), shall be liable to pay fine of five 
million rupees.] 
2[(3A) Any facility used for storage and selling of petroleum products to general public, without 
having obtained prior license thereof from relevant authority in terms of rules made under section 4, 
shall be liable to seali ng and ail  machinery, equipment, materials, storage tanks, receptacles and 
petroleum products being employed or sold therein shall be liable to confiscation by the Deputy 
Commissioner or any officer authorized by him not below the rank of Assistant Commissioner, as the 
case may be and the owner thereof shall fine of ten million Rupees. 
(3B) Any facility selling petroleum products whose license for storage granted by the 
Department of Explosives in form K, under the rules made in terms of section 4, has either expired or 
cancelled shall be allowed a grace period of six months, from the date of expiry or cancellation of such 
license, to get the license renewed or restored under the applicable laws failing which such facility 
shall be liab le to closure and all machinery,  equipment, materials, storage tanks, receptacles and 
petroleum products being employed or sold therein shall be liable to confiscation by the Deputy 
Commissioner or any officer authorized by him not below the rank of Assistant Commissioner, as the 
case may be and the owner thereof fine of one million Rupees: 
Provided that the Department of Explosives shall renew the license within one month from the 
date of receipt of the application, required documents, and the prescribed fee. If the concerned officer 
fails to renew the license within the stipulated period, he shall record, in writing, the reasons for such 
delay: 
Provided further that an appeal against the refusal or failure to renew a license shall lie to the 
Secretary of the Petroleum Division. Appeal may be filed w ithin thirty days from the date of the 
announcement of the decision of the officer concerned. 
(3C) Any premises or facility and it’ s owner licensed in terms of rules made under section 4 
that is found to be involved in the storage or sale of smuggled petro leum products shall be liable to 
closure and all machinery, equipment, materials, storage tanks and petroleum products being employed 
or sold therein shall be liable to confiscation by the Deputy Commissioner or any officer authorized 
by him not below the rank of Assistant Commissioner, as the case may be, and a fine of hundred 
million Rupees, and the Department of Explosives shall cancel the license of such premises or facility, 
as the case may be. 
 
1Subs. by Act No. XLII of 2023, s.14. 
2Subs. and ins. by Act No. XXVI of 2025, s.4. 
  
 
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(3D) Any means of transportation involved in transporting smuggled petroleum products, and 
petroleum products contained therein, shall be confiscated by the appropriate officers as notified under 
clause (b) of section 2 of the Customs Act, 1969 (IV of 1969). 
(3E) Any goods confiscated by the Deputy Commissioner or any officer authorized by him not 
below the rank of Assistant Commissioner, as the case may be, shall be handed over to appropriate 
Officers of Customs in accordance with the provisions of the Customs Act, 1969 (IV of 1969) and the 
provisions of the said act shall mutatis mutandis  apply to the detention, seizure, adjudication and 
confiscation of such goods.] 
(4) Where in any accident loss of human life or s erious bodily injury to persons has 
occurred and the accident happens due to contravention of any of the provisions of  this Act or of any 
of the rules made thereunder, offender shall be punishable with fine up to ten million rupees.] 
24. Confiscation of pe troleum and receptacles. __ (1) In any case in which an offence 
under clause (a) or clause (b) or clause (c) of sub‑section (1) of section 23 has been committed, 1[and 
convicted, the Deputy Commissioner, or any officer authorized by him not below the rank of Assistant 
Commissioners as the case may be having jurisdiction] may direct that__ 
(a) the petroleum in respect of which the offence has been committed, or 
(b) where the offender is convicted of importing, transporting or storing petroleum 
exceeding the quantity he is permitted to import, transport or store, as the case 
may be, the whole of the petroleum in respect of which the offence was 
committed, 
shall, together with the receptacles in which it is contained, be confiscated. 
1[(2) Any person aggrieved by the decision or order made under sub-section (1) may prefer an 
appeal before the concerned Court of sessions within thirty days from the date of communication of 
such decision or order.] 
2[25. Jurisdiction.__ The offences punishable under this Act shall be triable by 1[Court of Sessions.] 
26. Power of entry and search.__ (1) The 2[Minister-incharge] may, by notification in the 
3[official Gazette], authorise any officer by name or by virtue of office to enter an d search any place 
where he has reason to believe that any petroleum is being imported, transported, stored, produced, 
refined or blended otherwise than in accordance with the provisions of this Act and the rules made 
thereunder, and to 1[seal, seize], detain or remove any or all of the petroleum in respect of which in his 
opinion an offence under this Act has been committed. 
 
 
1Subs. by Act No. XXVI of 2025, ss. 5-7. 
2Subs. by Act No. XLII of 2023, ss.15-16. 
3Subs. by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937. 
  
 
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(2) The provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (V of 1898), relating to 
searches shall, so far as they are applicable, apply to searches by officers authorised under this section. 
(3) The 1[Federal Gov ernment] may make rules regulating the procedure of authorised 
officers in the exercise of their powers under this section subject, however, to the provisions of sub - 
section (2). 
27. Reports of accidents with petroleum. Where any accident by explosion or fire, which 
is attended with loss of human life or serious injury to person or property, occurs as the result of the 
ignition of petroleum or petroleum vapour, or occurs in or near any place where petroleum is kept and 
under circumstances making it likely that it was the result of such ignition, the person for the time 
being in charge of the petroleum shall forthwith give information to the nearest 2[Deputy 
Commissioner 3[and] the office of the Department of explosives] or to the officer in charge of the 
nearest police station. 
28. Inquiries into serious accidents with petroleum. __ (1) The inquiry mentioned in 
section 176 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 ( V of 1898), shall 4[* * *] be held in all cases 
where any person has been killed by an accident which the Magistrate has reason to believe was the 
result of the ignition of petroleum or petroleum vapour. 
(2) Any Magistrate empowered to hold an inquest may also hold an inquiry under the said 
section into the cause of any accident which he has reason to believe was the result of the ignition of 
petroleum or petroleum vapour, if such accident was attended by serious injury to person or property, 
notwithstanding that no person was killed thereby. 
 (3) 5[* * * * * * *] 
(4) The result of all inquiries held in pursuance of this section 6[and of any inquiry held by 
a coroner in a  case to which sub‑section (1) refers] shall be submitted as soon as may be to the  
2[Secretary of the Division concerned ] 6[the 5[2[Director General] in Pakistan]] and the Provincial 
Government]. 
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CHAPTER IV  
SUPPLEMENTAL 
29. Provisions relating to rules. __ (1) In making any rules  under this Act, the 1[Federal 
Government] may__ 
(a) provide for any matter ancillary to such rules for which in 7[its] opinion 
provision is necessary to protect the public from danger arising from the import, 
transport, storage, production, refining or blending of petroleum, and 
(b) make special provision for the special circumstances of any Province or place. 
 
1Subs. by the Federal Adaptation of Laws Order, 1975 (P.O. No. 4 of 1975), Art. 2 and Table.  
2Subs. by Act No. XLII of 2023, ss. 17-18. 
3Subs. by Act No. XXVI of 2025, s. 8. 
4Omitted by the Federal Laws (Revision and Declaration) Ordinance, 1981 (XXVII of 1981), s. 3 and Sch. II. 
5Omitted and subs. by the Adaptation of Central Acts and Ordinances Order, 1949 (Order No. 4 of 1949) (Order No. 4 of 1949), Art. 3. 
6Ins. by Act No. XXV of 1940, s. 3. 
7Subs. by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937. 
 
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(2) Every power to make rules conferred by this Act is subject to the condition of previous 
publication. 
(3) All rules made under this Act shall be published in the 1[official Gazette] 1[* * *]. 
30. Power to apply Act to other substances. __ (1) The 3[Federal Government] may, by  
notification in the 1[official Gazette], apply any or all of the provisions of this A ct, and of the rules 
made there under with such modifications as 1[it] may specify, to any dangerously inflammable 
substance, other than an explosive, and thereupon the provisions so applied shall have effect as if such 
substance had been included in the definition of petroleum. 
(2) The 2[Federal Government] may make rules providing specially for the testing of any 
substance to which any of the provisions of this Act have been applied by notification under  
sub‑section (1), and such rules may supplement any of the provisions of Chapter II in order to adapt  
them to the special needs of such tests. 
31. Power to limit powers of local authorities over petroleum.  Where any enactment 
confers powers upon any local authority in respect of the transport or storage of petroleum, the 
3[Federal Government] may, by notification in the 1[official Gazette],__ 
(a) limit the operation of such enactment, or 
(b) restrict the exercise of such powers, in any manner 1[it] deems fit. 
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1Subs. and omitted by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937. 
2Subs. by the Federal Adaptation of Laws Order, 1975 (P.O. No. 4 of 1975), Art. 2 and Table. 
3Rep. by the Repealing Act, 1938 (I of 1938), s. 2 and Sch.