Section 3: Duty to keep reasonable quantity of essential commodities
consolidated text (as amended). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
3. Duty to keep reasonable quantity of essential commodities
(1) No person who is licensed as a general retailer (foodstuff) shall fail or
refuse—
(a) to keep on his trading premises a minimum quantity of essential
commodities, other than white oil; or
(b) to sell to any intending purchaser a reasonable quantity of such
commodities.
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(2) No person who is licensed as a general retailer (non-foodstuff) and
who operates a petrol filling station shall fail or refuse—
(a) to keep on his trading premises a minimum quantity of white oil;
or
(b) to sell to any intending purchaser a reasonable quantity of white
oil.