PPC § 462A — Definition

Statutory text (English)

In this chapter, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or
context:
(a) "distribution" means the activity of transporting petroleum through pipelines
and associated facilities. In case of natural gas, distribution means the activity
of transporting natural gas through pipelines and associated facility at a pressure
which would not ordinarily be expected to exceed three hundred per square inch
gauge (psig) or such pressure as the relevant Regulatory Authority may
prescribe from time to time;
(b) "facility" includes Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) processing facility or
compression facility, natural gas or LPG testing facility, natural gas storage
facility, Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) processing facility or crude oil and
refined oil products storage facility, repeater station or compression station
other than compression system installed at Compressed Natural Gas (CNG)
Station;
(c) "gas meter" means an instrument which measures gas delivered to consumer for
consumption;
(d) "gas regulator" means a regulator to control the pressure of gas;
(e) "installation" means all facilities used in loading, unloading, reloading,
transmission and distribution of petroleum, including equipment, terminals,
storage tanks, pipelines and port facilities;
(f) "meter index" means a "counter in" in a gas meter for recording the volume of
gas passed through the gas meter at line condition;
(g) "person" includes any individual or any company, firm or corporation whether
incorporated or not, or a public servant or an employee of any oil and gas
company;
(h) "petroleum" means oil, crude oil, refined oil products, natural gas, LPG, Air
Mix LPG, LNG and CNG;
(i) "pipeline" means any pipe or any system or arrangement of pipes wholly within
Pakistan including offshore area which transports petroleum and includes all
equipment of any kind used for the purpose of, or in connection with, or
incidental to, the operation of a pipeline in transporting or handling of
petroleum;
(j) "tampering" includes interfering or creating hindrance in flow or metering of
petroleum by unauthorized entry into metering system or transmission and
distribution lines either by breaking the seals or damaging or destructing the
same or in any manner interfering with the meter or interfering with its original
condition;
(k) "transmission" means the activity of transporting natural gas through pipelines
and other facilities at a pressure of not less than three hundred psig or such
pressure as the relevant regulatory Authority may prescribe from time to time;
and
(l) "transportation" means an activity of transporting oil through pipelines and
associated facilities where the pipelines are an integral part of a refinery, facility
or gathering pipelines.

Source and verification

Source citation: PPC (Act XLV of 1860) s.462A: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE PAKISTAN PENAL CODE' (Act No. XLV of 1860), p. 154, 155, ingested 2026-09-15. Automated transcription from official source (pypdf extraction, audited artifact repair); human admin re-check required before production.

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