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Section 60, The Petroleum Regulatory Agency Act, 2014
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(1) Petroleum not in bulk shall be conveyed in air-tighttins or drums of steel, iron or other receptacles not easily broken or in
bottles securely stoppered and carefully packed so as to avoid risk
of breakage.
(2) Subject to sub-regulation (3), inflammable petroleum
not in bulk shall not be conveyed unless it is contained in receptacles
and packed in-
(a) gas-tight tin or galvanised sheet-iron, steel
or lead plate containers each not containing
more than 295 litres capacity and fitted with
well-made filling holes and well-fitted screw
plugs or fitted with screw cap or other cap
with metal air-tight under- cap;
Hawking of
kerosene.
Kerosene
hawker’s
Licence for
transport of
petroleum in
bulk.
Form of
Transport of
petroleum not
in bulk.
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(b) containers made of special thickness of metal
and shall be packed in strong wooden cases,
the thickness of the wood not less than threeeighths of an inch;
(c) substantially constructed containers and
secured as not to be liable, except in
circumstances of grave negligence or
extraordinary accident, to be broken or
become defective, leaky or insecure;
(d) marked containers with the name of their
contents;
(e) an air space of at least 2½ percent of its
capacity which shall be left in each container
at the time of filling except in the case of
liquefied petroleum gas.
(2) Sub-regulation (2) shall not apply to the transport of
petroleum in a motor-vehicle to be used as fuel in that vehicle.
PART VII – PETROLEUM RETAIL AND BUNKERING
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