Section 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 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 4 [petroleum Class A], of any petroleum, which has not satisfied the prescribed tests. [Omitted]