Fine of up to QR1m for smuggling oil products
Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday issued Law No. 6 of 2016 on combating the smuggling of petroleum products and their illicit transaction. Anyone caught smuggling oil products will face a jail term of up to 10 years and a fine of up to QR1m.
Anyone caught selling, reselling, selling his oil quota or using it for another purpose will face jail term of not more than 3 years and fine not exceeding QR500,000 or either of the two.Oil products means all products produced in a refinery by through treating hydrocarbons and related materials including diesel, gas, oil, LPG, benzene, petrol, kerosene, jet fuel, engine oil, lubricants. The law does not allow sale or resale of these products without licence, using forged documents to deal with these products using ratio allocated for specific jobs for other purpose.
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