Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Notwithstanding anything contained in any contract or agreement, no person receiving a supply of electrical energy from a licensee notified in this behalf in the Official Gazette by the 20[State] Government, shall use or cause to be used such electrical energy in the area of supply of such licensee for exhibiting light intended for advertisement on the exterior of any premises, or on any plot of land or in any street or open place. 22[ 6-A. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time being in force, or any permission granted under sub-section (3) of section 5 or any instrument having effect by virtue of any law, the 20[ State ] Government may with a view to controlling distribution, supply, consumption or use of Restriction on supply of electrical energy and prohibition on reconnection of supply. II of 1910. IX of 1910. Restriction on the use of electrical energy for the purpose of advertisement. Power to regulate supply of electrical energy and periods of work. 25* * [1946 : Bom. XX Gujarat Electricity (Special Powers) Act, 1946 electrical energy make an order — (a) for prohibiting or regulating subject to such conditions as it may specify in the order, the distribution or supply of electrical energy by a licensee or use of such energy by a consumer for any purposes specified in such order 23[or for prohibiting a consumer from supplying or allowing the use of such energy or any part thereof to any other person or undertaking] ; (b) for determining the order of priority in which, or the period or periods during which, work shall be done by an undertaking to which 24[or the consumer to whom] the supply of electrical energy is made by a licensee. (2) The 26[ State ] Government may make provisions in any order made under sub-section (1) for any incidental or supplementary matters which it may think necessary or expedient for the purposes of the order. Explanation.-In this section "undertaking" means any public utility undertaking or any undertaking by way of any trade or business and includes a factory. 27[ 6-B. Notwithstanding anything contained in the Indian Electricity Act, 1910, or the terms of any licence or sanction granted thereunder or an agreement for the supply of electrical energy — (a) if a licensee contravenes an order made under section 6-A, it shall be lawful for the 26[State ] Government to revoke the licence or sanction granted to such licensee for the supply of electrical energy ; or 28[(b) if any undertaking or consumer contravenes an order made under section 6-A, then – (i) the State Government may by order direct the licensee to discontinue or reduce indefinitely or for such period as is stated in the order the supply of electrical energy made to such undertaking or consumer, and the licensee shall thereupon discontinue or reduce the supply of electrical energy to such undertaking or consumer ; or (ii) where the State Government, in order to meet an emergency or such other circumstances, authorises (and the State Government is hereby empowered so to authorise ), subject to such conditions as it may specify, a licensee to discontinue the supply of electrical energy made to an undertaking or consumer who contravenes an order under section 6-A, the licensee himself may so discontinue the supply ; but the licensee shall, on discontinuing the supply as aforesaid, report to the State Government within 24 hours from the time of discontinuance, the circumstances in which he has so done, and on being directed by the State Government to do so, recommence the supply with all possible speed. ] 27[6-C. (1) If any consumer fails to pay any fees leviable for inspection, examination or test made or any other service rendered by an Electric Inspector or any other officer" appointed to assist the Electric Inspector under the provisions of the Indian Electricity Act, 1910, or any rules made thereunder, within ten days from the date of the presentation of the bill for such inspection, examination, test of rendering of service, the 26[State] Government or any other officer authorized by the 26[ State ] Government in that behalf may, notwithstanding anything contained in the Indian Electricity Act, 1910, or the terms of any licence or sanction granted thereunder or any agreement for the supply of electrical energy, by order in writing direct the licensee, without prejudice to any other right to recover such fees, to discontinue the supply of electrical energy to such consumer and the licensee shall thereupon discontinue the supply of electrical energy to such consumer. (2) On payment of such fees by the consumer, the 29[ State] Government or II of 1910. Revocation of licence or discontinuance of supply for breach of order under section 6-A. IX of 1910. Discontinuance of supply of energy to consumer for failure to pay fees for services of Electric Inspector or his assistants IX of 1910. 1946 : Bom. XX ] Gujarat Electricity (Special Powers) Act, 1946 7 of 9 the authorized officer may by order in writing direct the licensee to reconnect and recommence the supply of electrical energy, and the licensee shall thereupon reconnect and recommence the" supply to the consumer as soon as practicable: Provided that the licensee shall not be bound to reconnect the supply until the consumer pays to the licensee the charges for reconnecting the supply. ]