Article 144-35Reports on Taking Delivery of Light Oil, etc.

①A primary distributor, contracted dealer and light oil manufacturer, etc. must report, by the last day of each month, the facts concerning the taking delivery, handover, supply, manufacture and importation of light oil carried out during the period from the first day to the last day of the preceding month and the quantities thereof, the quantity of light oil in stock on the last day of the preceding month, and other matters specified by Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, to the prefectural governor specified by Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.

②A person other than those prescribed in the preceding paragraph must, if the person has manufactured light oil, report the facts concerning the manufacture of light oil and the quantity thereof and other matters specified by Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, to the prefectural governor specified by Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, within 30 days from the date of that manufacture.

③A person prescribed in the preceding two paragraphs must, if a change occurs in the matters reported under these provisions, report that fact without delay to the prefectural governor referred to in these provisions.

④The prefectural governor who has received a report under the provisions of the preceding three paragraphs is to promptly notify the governors of the relevant prefectures of the matters pertaining to that report.

⑤A primary distributor must, if a contracted dealer has supplied, on the instruction of that contracted dealer, light oil of which that contracted dealer took delivery from that primary distributor, notify that contracted dealer of the facts concerning that supply and other matters specified by Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.

⑥A person who has taken delivery of light oil prescribed in Article 144-2, paragraph (1) or (2) must submit to the special collection agent pertaining to that taking delivery a document stating, for each of its offices or places of business, the quantity of light oil supplied to it and other matters specified by Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.

⑦The special collection agent referred to in the preceding paragraph must, as specified by Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, retain the documents submitted under the provisions of that paragraph.

⑧In addition to what is provided for in the preceding paragraphs, necessary matters concerning reports, notices, and the submission and retention of documents under these provisions are specified by Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.