Section 46. Whoever negligently causes energy to be Penaltyfor Penaltyfor wasted or diverted, or negligently bre

46. Whoever negligently causes energy to be Penaltyfor Penaltyfor wasted or diverted, or negligently breaks, throws down or damages any electric supply-line, post, pole energy or or lamp or other apparatus connected with the:igfg supply of energy, shall be punishable with fine which may extend to two hundred rupees. Whoever negligently causes energy to be Penaltyfor Penaltyfor wasted or diverted, or negligently breaks, throws zfjg'tlJ' 4'9. Whoever, in any case not already provided Penalty for offences not for by sections 39 to 46 (both inclusive), makes default otherwise in complying with any of the provisions of this Act, prOr'ded fox or with any order issued under it, or, in the case of a licensee, with any of the conditions of his license, shall be punishable with fine which may extend to one hundred rupees, and, in the case of a continuing default, Ezect~icity. [Part I V.-Gene~al.) default, with a daily fine which may extend to twenty rupees : provided that, where a person has made default in complying with any of the provisions of sections 13,14, 15,17 and 32, as the case may be, he shall not he so punishable if the Court is of "opinion that the case was one of emergency and that the offender complied with the said provisions as far as was reasonable in the circumstances. Penalties not `to` affect 48. The penalties imposed by sections 39 to 47 otherliabili- (both inclusive) shall be in addition to, and not in ties. derogation of, any liability in respect of the payment of compensation or, in the case of a licensee, the revocation of his license, which the offender may have incurred. Penalties 49. The provisions of sections 39, 40, `4A,` 45 and where works 46 shall, so far as they are applicable, be deemed to Government. apply also when the acts made punishable thereunder are committed in the case of energy suppJied by or of works belonging to the Government. Institution 50. No prosecution shall be instituted against of prosecu. tio,,l any person for any offence against this Act or any rule, license or order thereunder, except at the instance of the Government or an Electric Inspector, or of a person aggrieved by the same. Supplementary. certain cases Exercise `in` 51. Notwithstanding anything in sections 12 to ofpowersof 16 (both inclusive) and sections 18 and 19, the euthority. tele@aph. Governor General in Council may, by order in writing, for the placing of appliances and apparatus for the transmission of energy, confer upon any public officer or licensee, subject to such conditions and restrictions (if any) as the Governor General in Council may think fit to impose, and to the provisions of the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885, any of the,, , powers which the telegraph-authority possesses under that Act, with respect to the placin telegraph- ines P of telegraph-lines and posts ,for the purposes of a telegraph established or maintained by the Governmevt or lo be so eslablished or maintained.