Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) If the State Government is satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, it may by a notice served on the lessee require him to sell to the State Government or such Corporation owned or controlled by the State Government as may be specified by that Government all the natural gas obtained by him from the “group gathering station” within the State. (2) The condition of the lease made to a person for exploration from oil fields in the State shall be deemed to include a condition to the effect that such lessee shall be under an obligation to sell all the natural gas obtained by him at the “group gathering station” in the State to the State Government or to such Corporation owned or controlled by the State Government as may be specified by that Government and to no one else at such price as may be agreed upon by and in between the lessee and the State Government or such Corporation as the case may be, and in default of such agreement, as may be determined by the competent authority appointed under this Act. CHAPTER VIII CONTROL OVER PETROLEUM Import, Transport etc. of petroleum to be made under a licence