law: Petroleum Act, 1934
  23. Generally 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 
  28[(c) being the holder of a license issued under
  
  section 4 or a person for the time being placed by the holder of such license
  
  in control or in charge of any place where petroleum is being imported or
  
  stored, or is under transport, contravenes any condition of such license or
  
  suffers any condition of such license 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 authorized section 13 any receptacle, plant or appliance used in such
  
  place in connection with petroleum, or in any way obstructs or 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 neglect to show to any officer
  
  authorized 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 29[with simple imprisonment which may extend to one month,
  
  or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees or with both].
  (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 29[with simple imprisonment which may extend to three months, or with
  
  fine which may extend to five thousand rupees, or with both].