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CHAPTER
IV
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24. The Board may, subject to any regulations made in this behalf, -
(1) pay such subscriptions as it thinks fit to any association for the
promotion of the common interests of persons engaged in the generation,
distribution and supply of electricity and the members of which consist
mainly of such persons;
(2) contribute such sums as it thinks fit to the funds of any recognised
society the object of which is to foster, the development and use of
electricity or promotion of knowledge and research in respect of electricity
or electrical appliances.
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Power to Board to contribute to certain associations.
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25. The Board may, subject to such conditions as may be prescribed, from
time to time appoint qualified persons to be consulting engineers to the
Board and pay them such remuneration as it thinks proper. |
Consulting engineers.
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26. Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Board shall, in respect
of the whole State, have all the power and obligations of a licensee
under the Indian Electricity Act, 1810, and this Act shall be deemed
to be the licence of the Board for the purposes of that Act:
Provided
that nothing in section 3 to 11,, sub-sections (2) and (3)
of section 21 and 1[section 22, sub-section (2)
of section 22A and sections 23 and 27] of that Act or in
2[clauses I to V, clause VII and clauses IX to
XIII] of the Schedule to that Act relating to the duties
and obligations of a licensee shall apply to the Board:
3[Provided
further that the provisions of clause VI of the Schedule
to that Act shall apply to the Board in respect of that
area only where distribution mains have been laid by the
Board and the supply of energy through any of them has commenced.]
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Board to have powers and obligations of licensee under Act 9 of 1910.
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4[26A. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in
sub-section (2), nothing in the Indian Electricity Act, 1910,
shall be deemed to require a Generating Company to take out
a licence under that Act, or to obtain sanction of the State
government for the purpose of carrying on any of its activities.
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Applicability of the provisions of Act 9 of 1910 to generating company. |
9 of 1910. |
(2) Subject to the provisions of this Act, sections 12 to 19 (both inclusive)
of the Indian Electricity Act, 1910 and clauses XIV to XVII (both inclusive)
of the Schedule thereto, shall, as far as may be, apply in relation
to a Generating Company as they apply in relation to a licensee under
that Act (hereafter in this section referred to as the licensee) and
in particular a Generating company may, in connection with the performance
of its duties, exercise-
(a) all or any of the powers conferred on a license by sub-section (1)
of section 12 of the Indian Electricity Act, 1910, as if -
(i) the reference therein to licensee were a reference to the Generating
company;
(ii) the reference to the terms and conditions of licence were a reference
to the provisions of this Act and to the articles of association of
the Generating company; and
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1 Subs.
By Act 32 of 1959, s. 41, for “Sections 22, 23, and 27” |
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2 Subs
by Act 101 of 1956, s. 10 for “clauses I to XII” |
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3 Ins.
By s. 10 ibid.
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4 Ins.
By Act 115 of 1976 s. 14 (w.e.f. 8-10-1976). |
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