Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or Definitions. context,— (a) "Board" means the Haryana State Electricity Board constituted under section 5 of the Electricity (Supply) Act, 1948 (Central Act 54 of 1948) ; (b) "Dues" means any sum payable to a Government electrical under- taking on account of— (i) consumption of electrical energy supplied, monthly minimum charges, minimum consumption -guarantee charges and other charges as may be prescribed by the Board in the Schedule of General Charges and Schedule of Tariff ; (ii) any remuneration, rent or other charges for hire, inspection, test, installation, connection, repair, maintenance, removal, erection or dismantling of any electric -meter, electric -lines, electric machinery, control gear, fittings, wires, or apparatus for light- ing, heating, coiling or motive power or for any other purpose for which electricity can or may be used, or any industrial or agricultural machinery operated by electricity ; or title. • - • Bill to state date by which Pay- ments are to he made and conk quences of non-pay- ment. 68 HARYANA GOVT. GAZ. (EXTRA.), OCTOBER 27, 1970 (K ART1TCA 5,1891 SAICA) (iii) price of any such goods as aforesaid taken on loan but not returned ; (1..) "debtor" means a person by whom any dues are payable ; (d) "Government electrical undertaking" means the Board and such other electrical undertaking run or controlled by the State Government or the Board as may be notified by the State Govern- ment in this behalf ; and (e) "prescribed authority" means the Chief Engineer of the Board or any person authorised whether by virtue of office or otherwise, by the State Government, by notification, to perform the functions of the prescribed authority under this Act in and for such area, as may be specified in the notification. 3, (1) Every bill for dues payable to a Government electrical undertak- ing by a debtor shall be in the prescribed form and shall specify conspicuous- ly the date by which such dues are to be paid. (2) If the dues aye not paid by such date, the debtor shall be liable to pay in addition thereto such penalty as may be prescribed and such dues and penalty shall be recoverable along with the costs incurred in making such recovery, in the manner hereinafter laid down in this Act. Notice of