Section 5: Power of controller to require storage facilities on import of petroleum.

(1) Where any importer, that is to say, the Federal Government or any Minister or department of such Government imports into any part of Nigerian petroleum within the meaning of this Act, or intends so to import such petroleum, and there are no government facilities for storage, any competent authority may on behalf of the importer, at any time by notice in writing require any person (in this section referred to as "the bailee") to provide the relevant storage for the use of the importer, and the failure without reasonable excuse (the proof of which shall lie upon the bailee) to comply with any requirement of this section shall be offence under this Act.
(2) The provisions of this section shall extend and apply so as to enable acquisition of storage facilities for petroleum on behalf of the Federal Government during any period of public emergency, whether or not any question of importation arises.