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CHHATTISGARH ACT

(No. 11 of 2021)

THE CHHATTISGARH ELECTRICITY DUTY (SANSHODHAN)

ACT, 2021

An Act further to amend the Chhattisgarh Electricity Duty Act, 1949 (No.

X of 1949).

Be it enacted by the Chhattisgarh Legislature in the Seventy Second Year of the

Republic of India, as follows :-

1.

(1)

This Act may be called the Chhattisgarh Electricity Duty (Sanshodhan)

Act, 2021

(2)

It shall extend to the whole State of Chhattisgarh.

(3)

It shall come into force from the date of its publication in the

Official Gazette.

2.

After sub-section (2) of Section 5 of the Chhattisgarh Electricity Duty Act, 1949

(No. X of 1949), the following shall be added, namely :-

“(3)

Notwithstanding anything contained in the Act, Chief Electrical

Inspector, in the exercise of its power and performance of its function under this

Act shall issue direction to any person, officer or authority to disconnect from

electric line, any such electricity generating station, against which payments

of electricity duty and amounts of interest imposed thereon is due and such

person, officer or authority shall be bound to comply with such directions.

Explanation :-

(1)

For the purpose of this Section, ‘Act’ means Chhattisgarh Electricity Duty

Act, 1949 (No. X of 1949).

(2)

“Chief Electricity Inspector” shall have the same meaning as defined under

sub-section (21) of Section (2) of the Electricity Act, 2003 (No. 36 of 2003).

(3)

“Generating station”, shall have the same meaning as defined under sub-

section (30) of Section 2 of the Electricity Act, 2003 (No. 36 of 2003).

(4)

“Electric line” shall have the same meaning as defined under sub-section

(20) of Section 2 of the Electricity Act, 2003 (No. 36 of 2003).”

Short title, extent and

commencement.

Amendment of

Section 5.