The Nepal Oil Corporation Board of Directors has amended the Petroleum Products Sellers Regulations and made this provision.
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The government has made a legal provision to impose a fine of Rs 300,000 and stop the distribution of petroleum products for 15 days on petrol pumps that disrupt the free sale and distribution of petroleum products.
The Nepal Oil Corporation Board of Directors has made this provision by amending the Petroleum Products Sellers' Regulations. After petrol pumps made fuel sales and distribution across the country difficult on Wednesday, the corporation has made a legal provision in the regulations on the instructions of Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies Gauri Kumari.
According to the revised regulations, entrepreneurs who close the pumps will be fined from Rs 3 to 1 million and the distribution of petrol and diesel will be stopped for five to 15 days, according to the personal secretariat of the Minister of Industry.
In Section 29 D (1) of the Sellers' Regulations, a sentence has been added that 'a seller shall not create a situation where petroleum products cannot be obtained by drying the nozzle'.
For the first offense, a fine of 300,000 rupees and a five-day suspension of fuel supply has been imposed, for the second offense, a fine of 600,000 rupees and a 10-day suspension of supply, and for the third offense, a fine of 100,000 rupees and a 15-day suspension of supply.
