Section 35. Advisory Boarde

35. Advisory Boarde. 36. Appointment of Electric Ins 37. Power for Government to ma P ~ ~ ~ . e rules. 36. Appointment of Electric Ins 38. Further provisions respecting rules. - Criminal Offences and Proifedure, - - 39. Theft of energy. 40. Penalty for maliciously wasting energy or injuring. works. - 41. Penalty for unauthorized supply of energy by nonlicensees. 39. Theft of energy. - '42. Penalty for illegal or defective supply or for noncompliance with order. 43. Penalty for illegal trangmission or use of energy. 44. Penalty for interference with meters or -licensee's works and for improper use of energy. - '45. Penalty for extinguishing public lamps. '46. Penalty for negligently wasting energy or injuring. works. 47. Penalty for offences not otherwise provided for.. 48. Penalties not to affect other liabilities. 49. Pena;ilties where works belong to Government. 60. Institution of prosecutions. 61. Exercise in certain cases of powers of Zelegraphauthority. 62. Arbitration. 53. Service of notices, orders or documents. 54. Recovery of sums recoverable under cedain provisions of Act. 65. Delegation of certain functions of Local Government to Electric Inspectors. 66. Protection for acts done in good faith. 67. Amendment of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. 68. Repeals and savings. THE `SCHEDULE.` . '1910.1 Electricity. - ,46- I 35. (1) The Governor General in Council may, ~dvisory for the whole or any part of British India, and each [Boards. ] Local Government may, for the whole or any part of the province, by notification in the Gazette of India or the local official Gazette, as the case may, be, constitute an Advisory Board. - `(2)` Every such Board shall consist of a chairman and not less than t,wo other members. (3) The chairman and, where there are more than twb other members, two of the other members, or, where there, are only two other members, one of the other members, shall be nominated by the Governor General in Council or the Local Government, as the case may be, and the remaining members shall be ~lominated by such local authorities, Chambers of Commerce or! other Associations as the Governor General in Council or the Local Government, as the case may be, may direct. . (4) The Governor General in Cbuncil or the Local Government, as the case max be, may, by, general or specid order,- - (a) define the duties and regulate tEe procedure of any such Board, - (b)' determine I $6 Electricz"lty. [ACT IX '(Part I V .--General.) - (b) dete~mine the tenure of office of the 'members of any such Board, and (c) give directions as to the payment of fees to, and the travelling expenses incurred by, any member of any such Board in the performance of his duty. F , . THE SCHEDULE. PROVISIONS TO BE DEEMED TO BE INCORPORATED WITH, TO FORM PART OF, EVERY LICENSE GRANTED UNDER Paaa 11 SO FAR AS NOT ADDED TO, YARIED OR EXCEPTED `Bq` THE LICENSE.. WITH, `~ N D` Security and accounts. I. Security for execution of works of licensee `no3` being local authority. 11. Audit of accounts of licensee not being local authority. Appointment 36. `(I)` The Governor General. in Council may, of Electric tor,,[by notification in the Gazette of India, appoint duly ] qualified persons to be Electric Inspectors, and every Electric Inspector so appointed shall exercise the powers and perform the functions of an Electric Inspector under this Act within such areas and subject to such restrictions as the Governor General in Council may direct. `(2)` The Local Government may, by notification in the local official Gazette, appoint duly qualified persons to be Electric .Inspectors witbin such areas as may be assigned to them respectively; and every Inspector so appointed shall exercise the powers and perform the functions of an Electric Inspector under this Act subject `to` such restrictions as the Local Government may direct. (3) In the absence of express provision to the contrary in this Act or any rule thereunder, an appeal shall lie from the decision of an Electric Inspector to the Governbr General in Council or the Local Government, as the case may be. 39. `(I)` The Governor General in Council may make rules, for the whole or any part of British India, to regulate the generation, transmission, supply and use of energy, and, generally, to carry out the purposes and objects of this Act. Power for Gjvernment to make _, rules. Gjvernment to make _, make rules, for the whole or any part of British i 1 . . I `(2)` I n particular and without prejudice to tEe generality of the foregoing power, such rules may- - (a) prescribe th'e fbrm of applications for licenses and the payments to be made in respect thePeof ; (b) regulate the publication of notices; I i l l . A A oqescrib |t|| |---|---| ||-| - f Part I V .--General.) - `s` ( G ) prescribe the manner in which objections with reference to an application under Part I1 are to be ma e; i - (d) provide for the preparation and submissibh of accounts by licenbees in a specified form ; - (el provide for the securing of a regular, constant and sufficient supply of energy by, licensees to consumers and for the testing at various parts of the system of the regularity and sufficiency of such supply, and for the examination of the records of such tests by consumers; - (f) provide for the protection of persons and property from injury by reason of contact with, or the proximity of, or b~q reason ' of the defective or dangerbus condition of, any appliance or apparatus used in the generation, transmis$ion, supply or use of energy; - (g) for the purposes of electric traction regulate the employment of insulated returns, or of uninsulated metallic returns of low, resistance, in order to prevent fusion or injurious electrolytic action of or on metallic pipes, structures or substances, and to minimise, as far `as` is reasonably, practicable, injurious interference ,with' the electric wires, supply-lines and apparatus of parties other than the owners of the electric traction system, or with the currents therein, whether the earth is used as a return or not; - (h) prbvide for preventing telegraph-lines and magnetic observatories or laboratories from being injuriously affected by the generation, transmissi'en, supply or use of energyq `'(9` pmmribe : I I `I` Electricityl , - < '(Part I V .-GeneraE.) - `(i)` prescribe the qualifications to be required of Xlectric Inspectors ; - of Xlectric Inspectors ; - u), agthorize any Electric Inspector or other officer of a specified rank and class to enter, inspect and examine any place, carriage br vessel in which he has reason `to` believd any appliance or apparatus ,used in the generation, transmission, supply or use of energy to be, and to carry out tests therein, and to prescribe the facilities to be given to such Inspectors br officers for the purposes of such' examinations and tests ; and - `(k).` authorize and regulate the levy of fees for any such testing or inspection and, generally, for the services of Electric Inspectors under this Act. (3) In making any rule under this Act, the Governor General in Council may direct that every breach therebf shall be punishable with fine which may extend to three hundred rupees, and, in the case of a continuing breach, with a further daily, fine which may extend to fifty rupees.