Section 11. Where

- , - ||_(TheSchedule (4) Every plan and section so made or corrected, or a copy thereof, marked with the date when it was so made or corrected, shall be kept by the licensee at his principal office or plaoe of business within the area of supply, and shall at all reasonable times be open to the inspection of all applicants, and copies thereof shall be supplied on such terms and conditions as may be prescribed by rules under the Indian Eleotricity Act, 1903. (5) The licensee shall, if required by the Local Government, or, where the licensee is not a local authority, by the local authority (if any) concerned, supply to the Local Government or local authority, as the case may be, a copy of every such plan or section duly corrected so as to agree with the original kept at the principal offioe or place of business of the licensee, XIX. On the day next preceding the. commence- ~,t;,, to ment of any such works as are referred to in section Electrjo 13 of the Indian Electricity Act, 1903, the licensee lnSpecbr. shall, in addition to any other notices which he may be required to give, serve upon the Electric Inspeotor ar such officer as the Local Government may appoint in this behalf for the area of supply a notice in, writing stating that he is about to oommence the works and the nature and position of the same. to - , - ||_(TheSchedule (2) Where any difference or dispute arises as to the sufficiency of the security offered by such owner' or occupier, or as to the improper use of energy, or as to any alleged defect in any wires, fittings, works or apparatus, or as to any alleged excess or defect in the pressure or quantity of the energy supplied, the matter shall, be referred to the Local Government' and either decided by it or, if the Local Government so directs,- determined by arbitration. (3) Every requisition under this clause shall be signed by the maker or makers thereof and shall be served on the licensee. - , - ||_(TheSchedule 11. Where - , - - , - ||_(TheSchedule ||(TheSchedule.-Provisiorns<br>dobedeemed-to.beia-| |---|---| ||corporatedwith,andtoformpartof,everylicense| ||grantedzcndecPort11.)| |Auditof<br>accounta of<br>lioenseenot<br>'beinglocal|11;Where thd licensee is not a local authority, the-<br>following provisions astothe audit of accounts shall<br>apply, namely:--| |authority.|(a)The annual statement of accounts of the under-| ||taking shall, before being rendered to the| ||Local Government underlsection11of the| ||Indian Electricity Act,1903,be examined| ||and audited by such person as the Local| ||Government may appoint in this behalf,| ||and the remuneration of the auditor shall| ||be such as the Local Government may direct,| ||and his, remuneration and all expenses| ||incurred by him in or about the execution| ||of his duties, to such an amount as the| ||Looal Government shall approve, shall be| ||paid by the lioensee on demand.| ||(b)The licensee sha.11 afford to the auditor, his| ||clerks and assistants, access to all such| ||a<br>books and documents relating to the| ||undertaking as are necessary for the pur-| ||poses of the audit, and shall, when required,| ||furnish to him and them all vouohers and| ||information requisite for that purpose, and| ||afford to him and them all facilities for| ||the proper execution of his and their duty.| ||(c)The audit shall be made and oonductedin| ||suoh manner astheLocal Government| ||maydireot.| ||(dlAny report made by the auditor, or suoh| ||portion thereof as the Local Government| ||maydirect, shall be appended to the annual| ||statement of accounts of the licensee, and| ||shall thenceforth form part thereof.| |Separate<br>accounts.|111.The licensee shall, unless the Local Govern-<br>ment otherwise directs, at all times keep the accounts| ||of the capital employed for the purposes of the under-| ||taking| - , - ||_(TheSchedule ' Provided, first, t:hat thecost .of s'o ~ u c h of any electric supply -line as,: may be laid for the purposes of the supply Fpon \he pro,pe.rty in-respect of which the requisition is -mztde, and of so much 'of an.y electric. supply-line as . it hay be necessary ' for the said. purposes tolay for a greater distance than one hundred. feet fro:liz .. the licensee's distributing main, a1 though . . not on -thatproperty, shall, if the licensee so requires, be - paia by the owner or occupier making the. requisition'': ' :> - , , . Pmv.ided, secondly, that. the licensee may, after he has furnished a supply of energy for any premises, by notice in writing require tihe owner or occupier within. sev,en days after the date of tlie service of ' the notice, to 'give hi:m se'carity for the payment'of all money : which may' become h e to him in respect of the supply, in . 'case. the owner br ,oocu,pier has not al.reaidy given that secuYity, .or ih case any security given has become. invalid or is insufficient-; and, if t h e owaer o r occupier fails to comply with the terms of the notice, the licensee may *discontinue to supply energy, for such premises so long as such failure continues : .. . . . . Provided, thirdly, that, if. the owner or occupier of any- such premises as aforesaid,adopts. a.piy form of lamp. - - f The Schedzrr&e.-Provisions to be deemed to be ipaoorporated with, aqd to form part of, every license graded under Part `Zl.)` - , - ||_(TheSchedule - - , - ||_(TheSchedule lamp or burner, or uses the energy supplied to him by . theilicensee for any (lpurposes, or deals with it in any manner, so as to interfere unduly or improperly with the efficient supply of energy to any other person by 4 the lioensee, or fails to keep his meter in propel1 order, the licensee may discontinue the supply of energy for such premises so long sls such b m p or burner is so adopted, or the energy is so used or dealt with, or the meter is not kept in proper order, as tho oase may be : Provided, fourthly, that the lioensee shall not be bound to furnish a supply of energy to any premises if an Electric Inspector or other oompetent person appointed by the Local Government is satisfied that the eleotric line, fittings, works and apparatus therein are not in good order and condition, and are likely CQ affect injuriously the use of energy by the libe.naee, ox by other persons : - , - ||_(TheSchedule (The 8chedaIe.-Provision$ to . be deemed , td be .incorporated with, and to form part `of,` eeery licerase graated uader Pajlt 11,) taking distinct from tlie accounts kept by him of any other undertaking or business. IV. Energy shall be supplied by the licensee only S ~ t e m s o f by means of some system approved in writing by the supply. Local Government, and save as otherwise provided hy rules under the Indian Electricity Act, 1903, the licensee shall not permit any part of any circuit to be conneoted with earth unless the connection is for the time being approved 'by the Local Government, with the ooncurrenee of the telegraph-authority. `V.` Where and in so far as energy is supplied to Provisions a3 a tramway for purposes of electric traction, the fol- :f:$i:is lowing provisions 8hall apply, namely :- - (a) The licensee shall employ either insulated metallic returns, or uninsulated metallio returns of low resistance, save in the case of vehioles in which the motive power is entirely self-oontained. (6) The licensee shall take all reasonable precautions in constructing, placing and maintaining his electric supply-lines and circuits, and other works of all descriptions, and also in working his undertaking, so as r~ot injuriously to affect, by fusion or electrolytic action, any gas or water pipes, or other metallic pipes, structures or subst an ces. Compulsory works. `TI.` The licensee shall, within a. eriod of two years Power of after the commencement of his Ye icense, lay down g;::,";; suitable and sufficient distributing mains for the order liccnec purposes of general supply throughout such streets k%bi;;.; or parts cf streets as the Looal Government may, by `,,in,,` order - , - ||_(TheSchedule provided, fifthly, tliat in the event of any alterti. tions of, or additions to, any electric wires, fittings, works or apparatus within such premises as aforesaid, all such alterations or addifippa shall be notified to the lioensee by the owner or occupier before being connected to the source of supply, with a, view to their being examined and tested ; and Provided, sixthly, that, in the event of any requisition beiug made for a supply of energy from `any` distributing main of which the licensee cas prove, to the satisfaction of a s officer appointed by tbe Local Government in this behalf,- - (a) that it i~ already loaded up to its full ourrent. carrying capaoity, or - (b) that, in case of a larger amount of current .being transmitted by it, the loss of pressure will seriously affect the efficiency of the supply to other consumers in the vicinity, . (The Schedule.-Provisions to be deemdd to he corporaled with3 and to form part of, every licefise granted umder Part 11.) to be deemdd to he i f i ~ the licensee may refuse to accede to the requisition for such reasonable period, not exceeding rsix months, as . such officer may think suffioient for the purpose of amending the distributing main or laying down a further distributing main. - , - ||_(TheSchedule Provisions a0 `to` laying electrio supply-lines under special agreement. Provisions as to laying down of further distriFing malns. (The 8chedde.-Provi&ons corporated with, a ~ d to granted zcuder Part `11.)` to be deemed to be into form part `of,` every Ziceltse `s` order in writiug issued within six months of the commenoement of the license, directb VII. Every licensee shall, not less than one month before commencing to lay in any street any electric supply-line for the supply of energy to any particular consumer, and not for the purposes of general supply, serve upon the local authority (if any) and upon the owner or occupier of all premises abutting on so much of the street as lies between the points of origin and termination of the electrio supply-line so to be laid, a notice stating that the licensee intends to lay the electric supply-line, and intimating that, if within the said period any two or more of suoh owners or oocupiers require in accordance with the provi:' s10ns of the license that a supply shall be given to their premises, the necessary distributing main will be laid by the licensee at the same time as the eleotric supply-line intended for the particular consumer. - , - ||_(TheSchedule (4) Every requisition under this olause shall be in `a,` form to be prescribed by rules under the Indian Electricity Act, 1903 ; and copies of the form shall be kept at the offlce of the licensee and supplied free of charge to any applicant. - sopply for for X. (1) Where a requisition is made by the Local publiO'ampeo Government or by a local authority requiring the licenstte to supply for a period of not less than ono year energy for any public lamps within the distance of one hundred yards from any distributing main in which the, licensee is required Go maintain a supply of energy for the purposes of general supply, the licensee shall supply, and, save in so far as he is prevented from doing so by oyolones, floods, storms or other occurrences beyond his control, continue to supply, energy for such lamps in such quantities as the Local Government, or the local authority, as the case may be, may require. sopply for for (2)- The. provisions contained in thef first, fourth, fifth I (The 8chadzaZe.-Provisiosas to be deemed to be icn- corporccted with, alzd to `form` part of, every license granted wader Part `11.)` - , - ||_(TheSchedule VIII. (1) Where, after the expiration of eighteen months from the commencement of the license, a requisition is made by six or more owners or occupiers of premises in or upon any street or part of a street within the area of supply or by the Local Government or a local authority charged wittl the public lighting thereof, requiring the licensee to provide and lay down distributing mains for the purposes of general supply throughout such street or part thereof, the licensee shall comply within six months with the requisition, unless,- where it is made by such owners or occupiers as aforesaid, the owners or ocoupiers making it do not, within fourteen clear days after the service on them by the licensee of a notice in writing in this behalf, tender to the licensee a written contract, duly exeouted and with sufficient security, binding themselves to take, or guaranteeing ' .that (The tYchedu1e.-Provisiolzs to be deemed to be `in-` oorporated `with,` and to.form pa?$ of, every Eicewse granted ecndea Par$ 11.) - , - ||_(TheSchedule fifth and sixth provisos to sub-clause (1) and @ sub-clause (2) of clause IX shall, so far as may be, apply to overy case in which a requisition for the supply of energy is made under this clause ,as if the Local Government or local authority were an owner or occupier within the meaning of those provisions, Charges. XI. I n the absence of an agreement to the con- Methods of trary, the licensee may charge for energy supplied by him to any consumer- (a) by the actual amount openergy so aupplied ; or (6) by the electrical quantity contained in the supply; or - ( G ) by such other method as may- be approved by the Local Government : Provided, first, that, where the lioensee charges by any method so approved by the Local Government, any consumer who objects to that method may, by not less than one month's notice in writing, require the licensee to charge him, at the licensee's option, either by the actual amount of energy supplied to him or by the eleotrical quantity contained in the supply, and thereafter the licensee shall not, except with the consent of the consumer, charge him by - another method : . - , - ||_(TheSchedule that there shall be taken, a supply of energy for not less than three years to such amount as will in the aggregate produce annually, at the current rates charged by the licensee, a reasonable return to the licensee ; or, (b) where it is made by the Local Government or a local authority, the Local Government or local authority, as the case may be, does not, within the like period, tender a like agreement binding itself to take a supply of energy for not less than three years for the public lighting of suoh street or part thereof. - , - ||_(TheSchedule Provided, secondly, that, before commencing to supply energy through any distributing main for the purposes of general supply, the lioensee shall give notice, by public advertisement, of the method by which he proposes to charge for energy ,so supplied ; and, where the licensee has given such notige, he shall not be entitled to change that method ,of charging without giving not less than one month's notice in writing of suoh change to the Local Government, to the local authority (if any) concerned, and to every consumer (The ~c?'ohedecla-Provisiiws to be cleeruled ' to ba ila- corporated with, arad to f o ~ m part of, every lioense granted wader Part `11.)` cmshmer'of energy w110 is supplied by him from suoh distributing main : Provided, thirdly, that, if the consumer is provided with a duly certified meter Eor the purposes of ascertaining the value of the supply and the licensee changes the method of charging for the energy sup- - plied by him from the distributing main, the licensee shall bear the expense of providing a new duly certified meter if such is necessary for the purpoBe of. ascertaining the value of the supply according to the new method of charging. XII. The price charged by the licensee for energy supplied by him shall not exceed the maximum fixed `by` his license, or, in the case of a method of charge approved by the Local Government, suoh maximum as the Local Goveynment shall fix on approving :the method : - , - ||_(TheSchedule Maximum charges- Provided that, if, at any time after the expiration of seven years from the commencement of the license,% the Local Government considers or is satisfied that the maximum so fixed or approved as aforesaid should be altered, it may, after such inquiry (if m y ) as it \ thinks fit, make an order accordingly, which shall have effect from such date as may be mentioned therein : Provided; also, that where an order in pursuance of the foregoing proviso has been made, no further oyder altering the maximum fixed thereby shall be made until the expiration of another period of seven years. `.,` XIII. The rice to be charged bv the lioensee and to `B .` be paid to hi'm for energy Gppli;d for the public lamps, and .the mode in which those charges are to be ascertained, shall be settled by agresmen3 between the licensee and the Local Government or the local authority, as the case may be, and,where any difference Charge for `sn` for `I ~ ~` p~%h (The Xohedu,le.-.Pror,ksio.ns to be deenzed to. be la- corporated with, and to form p a ~ t `of,` every license granted under Pare `II.)` or dispute arises, the matter shall be determined> by arbitration. - , - ||_(TheSchedule XIV. The licensee shall, at any plaae within 2:;;; to - reasonable distance from any main, establish at his testirlg own cost and keep in proper condition such number stations and of testing stations as the Looal Government `may` direot for the purpose of testing the supply of energy in tesling., the main, and shall supply and keep in proper condition thereat, and on all premise8 from whioh he supplies energy, such instruments for testing as the ,"Local Government may approve, and shall connect all such testing stations, by means of proper and suffioient electric supply-lines, with the distributing mains, and shall supply energy to each testing station for the purpose of testing. XV. The licensee shall afford all facilities for Liaenseo to inspeotion and testing of his generating, converting give faoilities and testing stations and all other parts of his electric [for ][testing. ] system and for the reading, testing and inspection of instruments. XVI. .The licensee may, on each occasion of the Representtesting of any distributing main or electrio supplyline or the testing or inspection of any instruments, at testings. be repr2sented by an agent who may be present but shall not interfere with the testing or inspection. - , - ||_(TheSchedule XVII. On the occasion of the testing of any main Testing of of the licensee by an Eleotrio Inspector, reasonable mains notice thereof shall be given to the licensee, and the testing shall be carried out at such suitable hours as, in the opinion of the Eleetrio Inspector, will least interfere with the supply of energy by the licensee, and in such manner as the Blectric Inspector may think fit; but, except under the provisions of an order made in each case in that behalf by the Local Government, the Electric Inspector shall not be , entitled (The flcheclzc1e.--.Provision6 to be deemed to be `4n-` corpsroted with, and to form part of, every Ziceme graded under Part `11.)` entitled to havs access to, or interfere with, the mains of the licensee at any points other than those at which the licensee has reserved for himself access to the same : : Provided that the licensee shall not be held responsible for any interruption in the supply of energy . which may be occasioned by or required by the Electric Inspector for the purpose of any such testing as aforesaid : Provided, also, that the testing shall not be made in regard to any particular portion of a main oftener than once in any three months, unless in pursuance of an order made in each case in that behalf by the Local Government. Plans. - , - ||_(TheSchedule XVIII. (1) The licensee shall, after commencing to supply energy, forthwith cause a plan to be made of the area of supply, and shall cause to be marked thereon the line and the height above or the depth below the surfaco of all his then existing mains, electria supply -lines, street distributing boxes \and other works, and shall once in every year cause that plan to 6e duly corrected so as to show the mains, eleotrio supply-lines, street distributing boxes and other works for the time being in existence. `The` licensee shall also, if so required by the Local Government, cause to be made sections showing the level of all his existing distributing mains and underground works other than servioe-lines. Plan of ares of supply, to be made and kept open for inspection, (2) Every such plan shall be drawn to a scale which shall not be smaller than ,eighty-eight feet to the inch or to such other scale as may be approved by the Local Government. (3) Every such section shall be drawn to a horizontal scale which shall not be smaller than eigbtyeight feet to the inch and to a vertical wale which shall i % ,I (The 8checlztZe.-Provisions to be deemed to be i n - corporated `with,` and to form part 04, every licertee granted wivder Part ;CI.) shall not be amaller than eleven feet to an inch, or to such other llorisontal and vertioal scales as may be approved by the Local Government.