Section 13: Offences.

(1) Any person who interferes with or obstructs the holder of a licence or lease granted under section 2 of this Act (or his servants or agents) in the exercise of any rights, power or liberty conferred by the licence or lease shall be guilty of an offence and on conviction shall be liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred naira or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months, or to both.
(2) Any person who-
(a) constructs or operates a refinery in Nigeria without a licence granted under section 3 of this Act, or
(b) in any land to which section 1 of this Act applies-
(i) explores for petroleum without an oil exploration licence, or
(ii) prospects for petroleum without an oil prospecting licence, or
(iii) wins or works petroleum otherwise than in pursuance of a licence or lease granted under this Act,
(iv) does, without the appropriate licence, any act for which a licence is required under any regulations made under this Act,
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding two thousand naira.
(3) Any person who contravenes any provision of an order made under section 6 of this Act shall be guilty of an offence and on conviction shall be liable to a fine not exceeding two thousand naira.
(4) Where a person is convicted of an offence under subsection (2) or (3) of this section in respect of any petroleum or petroleum products, then, in addition to any penalty imposed under the subsection in question, the convicting court may-
(a) order the petroleum or petroleum products to be forfeited; or
(b) order that person to pay to the Minister the value of the petroleum or petroleum products.