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Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

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23. Penalty for keeping, offering or exposing for sale petroleum contrary to provisions of Act

(1) If any petroleum is kept, or is offered or exposed for sale, contrary to the provisions of this Act, the same is liable to be seized by any revenue officer, police officer, or constable, and, upon proof of such keeping, or of such offering or exposing for sale, shall be adjudged by any magistrate to be forfeited, and the person so offending is further liable to a penalty not exceeding $96.

(2) It is lawful for any officer or sergeant of police, or any other person appointed for that purpose by the Director of Finance and Planning or the Commissioner of Police at all reasonable times to inspect and cause to be tested all petroleum kept or offered or exposed for sale. However, if the person in whose possession any petroleum is found which does not stand the test as aforesaid, claims to have a further test made on his or her behalf, the magistrate before whom complaint of the said offence is made shall cause another test to be made by a medical officer, whose certificate on the subject under his or her signature shall be accepted as evidence in any Court of Justice.

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23. Penalty for keeping, offering or exposing for sale petroleum contrary to provisions of Act

2. Interpretation

3. Importation of volatile petroleum forbidden

5. Landing and storage of petroleum not being volatile

6. Proceeding in case of volatile petroleum

7. Power to Director of Finance and Planning to test or retest petroleum suspected of being volatile in Warehouse

8. Volatile petroleum in bond to be forfeited and seized by Director of Finance and Planning

9. Proceeding in case of test being disrupted by owner of petroleum

10. Petroleum certified to be non-volatile on fresh test not to be considered volatile

11. If petroleum on fresh test is certified as volatile testing fees to be paid by person demanding such test

12. Power to Director of Finance and Planning in cases of ships requiring quick despatch

13. Names of persons authorised to test to be published in Gazette

14. Remuneration to testers

15. Test to be “Abel's Petroleum Testing Apparatus”

16. Governor General may make rules

18. Exemption of petroleum not used for burning, &c

19. Prohibition of selling petroleum without licence

20. Granting of licence

21. Duration of licence

22. Appeal to the Governor General from refusal of Director of Finance and Planning to grant licence

24. Restriction on quantity of petroleum to be kept otherwise than in the Petroleum Warehouse

25. Tariff of charges for storing petroleum in the Warehouse

26. Mode of dealing with forfeited petroleum

27. Holder of licence liable for breach of Act by any member of his or her family

28. Mode of recovery of penalties

29. Exemption of petroleum imported for use of War Department

4. Consignee of petroleum for importation to give notice to Director of Finance and Planning