The Electricity Act, 1910

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WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the law relating to the supply and use of electrical energy; It is hereby enacted as follows:– PART I PRELIMINARY

• Section 1: Short title, extent and commencement
• Section 2: Definitions
• Section 3: Grant of licenses
• Section 4: Revocation or amendment of licenses.–(1)The l[Provincial Government] may, if in its
• Section 5: Provisions where license of licensee, not being a local authority, is revoked.–Where the
• Section 6: Provisions where license of local authority is revoked. –(1) Where the l[Provincial
• Section 7: Purchase of undertaking. –(1) Where a license has been granted to any person not being a
• Section 8: Provisions where no purchase and license revoked with consent of licensee.–Where, on
• Section 9: Licensee not purchase, or associate himself with, other licensed undertakings or
• Section 10: General power for Government to vary terms of purchase. –Notwithstanding anything
• Section 11: Annual accounts of licensee.–(1) Every licensee shall, unless expressly exempted from
• Section 12: Provisions as to the opening and breaking up of streets, railways and tramways. –(1)
• Section 13: Notice of new works.–(1) Where the exercise of any of the powers of a licensee in relation
• Section 14: Alteration of pipes or wires. –(1) Any licensee may alter the position of any pipe (not
• Section 15: Laying of electric supply-lines or other works near sewers, pipes or other electric
• Section 16: Streets, railways, tramways, sewers, drains or tunnels broken up to be reinstated
• Section 17: Notice to telegraph authority.–(1) A licensee shall, before laying down or placing, within
• Section 18: Aerial lines.–(1) Save as provided in section 13, sub -section (3), nothing in this Part shall
• Section 19: Compensation for damage.–(1) A licensee shall, in exercise of any of the powers
• Section 19A: Point where supply is delivered. –For the purposes of this Act, the point at which the
• Section 20: Power for licensee to enter premises and to remove fittings or other apparatus of
• Section 21: Restrictions on licensee’s controlling or interfering with use of energy. –(1) A licensee
• Section 22: Obligation on licensee to supply energy. –Where energy is supplied by a licensee, every
• Section 23: Charges for energy to be made without undue preference. –(1) A licensee shall not, in
• Section 24: Discontinuance of supply to consumer neglecting to pay charge.–(1) where any
• Section 25: Exemption of electric supply lines or other apparatus from attachment in certain
• Section 26: Meters.–(1) In the absence of an agreement to the contrary, the amount of energy supplied
• Section 26A: Dishonest abstraction or consumption of energy.–Notwithstanding anything
• Section 27: Supply of energy outside area of supply. –Notwithstanding anything in this Act, the
• Section 28: Sanction required by non-licensees in certain cases.–(1) No person, other than a licensee,
• Section 29: Power for non-licensees to break up streets.–(1) The local authority may, by order in
• Section 29A: Application of section 18 to aerial lines maintained by railways. –The provisions of
• Section 30: Control of transmission and use of energy. –(1) No person, other than a licensee duly authorized
• Section 31: Protection of railways and canals, docks, wharves and piers. –No person shall, in the
• Section 32: Protection of telegraphic, telephonic and electric signaling lines.–(1) Every person
• Section 33: Notice of accidents and inquiri es.–4[(1) If any accident occurs in connection with the
• Section 34: Prohibition of connection with earth, and power for Government to interfere in
• Section 35: Advisory Boards.–(1) The 2[* * *] l[Provincial Government] may, for the whole or any
• Section 36: Appointment of Electric Inspectors.–3[* * * * * * *]
• Section 36A: Electricity Board.–9[(1) A Board to be called the Federal Electricity Board shall be
• Section 37: Power for Board to make rules.–(1) The 3[Federal Electricity Board may make rules] to
• Section 38: Further provisions respecting rules. –(1) The power to make rules under section 37 shall
• Section 39: Theft of energy.–(1) Whoever dishonestly abstracts, consumes or uses energy shall be
• Section 39A: Penalty for installation of artificial means, etc. –(1) Whoever installs or uses any
• Section 40: Penalty for maliciously wasting energy or injuring works. –Whoever maliciously causes
• Section 41: Penalty for unauthorized supply of energy by non-licensees.–Whoever, in contravention
• Section 42: Penalty for illegal or defective supply or for non-compliance with order.–Whoever–
• Section 43: Penalty for illegal transmission or use of energy.–Whoever, in contravention of the
• Section 44: Penalty for interference with meters or licensee’s works and for improper use of
• Section 45: Penalty for extinguishing public lamps.–Whoever maliciously extinguishes any public
• Section 46: Penalty for negligently wasting energy or injuring works.–Whoever negligently causes
• Section 47: Penalty for offences not otherwise provided for. –Whoever, in any case not already
• Section 48: Penalties not to affect other liabilities.–The penalties imposed by sections 39 to 47 (both
• Section 49: Penalties where works belong to Government. –The provisions of section 39, 40, 44, 45
• Section 50: Institution of prosecutions.–No prosecution shall be instituted against any person for any
• Section 50A: Cognizance of offences, etc.–(1) No court inferior to that of a Magistrate of the first
• Section 51: Exercise in certain cases of powers of telegraph authority. –Notwithstanding anything
• Section 52: Arbitration.–Where any matter is, by or under this Act, directed to be determined by
• Section 53: Service of notices, orders or documents. –(1) Every notice, order or document by or under
• Section 54: Recovery of sums recoverable under certain provisions of Act. –6[Any penalty imposed
• Section 54A: Charges for supply of energy recoverable as arrears of land revenue. –(1)
• Section 54B: Requisition of Police assistance.–Where a license, or any person duly authorised by him
• Section 54C: Bar of Jurisdiction.–(1) Where a licensee gives a notice referred to in sub -section (1) of
• Section 55: Delegation of certain functions of Provincial Government to Electric Inspectors. –The
• Section 56: Protection for acts done in good faith. –No suit, prosecution or other proceeding shall lie
• Section 57: Amendment of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. –(1) In section 40, sub-section (1), clause
• Section 58: Repeals and savings.–(1) The Indian Electricity Act, 1903 (III of 1903), is hereby repealed:
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