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(1) When 'it ir reasonably suspccled that an offen& uider this Act has been IY-line mate- rn-ittcd in respect of ,electric supply-line material, such spuply-Iine materia1 together riala. with all tools, ropes, chains and any vehicles, vcssels or other modes of conveyance used-- for transport. of such supply-lfne material, may be scized by any officer of the ~[GRIDIcO], ilot below the rank of a Subdivisional .08icer (Electrigl). (2) Every officer seizing any electric supply-line .AateJa~ or tools, chains, vehicles 1 ir, other modes qf conveyance under> sub-section (1) shall, within seventy-two houn i fibm tbe time of seizure, prod,uce the propeity seized before the ,Authoriscd. ,m&r of I I the area. All ofl~ers' of the l[GRTDICOl including tho A'uthorised 0fficer.whcn they seize any eleelric supply-line material shall lodge. informatlob wltlj the Police -along . with a copy of the seizure list duly countc&lgned by the Authorjsed Officer w~thout producing the seized material, I . , . . , , : . , , I. Subtituted by the Orissa Act 6 or 1997 s. 4. - .. . ' . . .>. . . THE ORISSA ELECTRIC S u17P Lx-LI NE MAT ERlAL (UNLAWPUL POSSESSION) ACT, 1987 - , IOrissn Acl 11 of 198'lj (sccs. 7-9) (3) Every Poliu: Vficur seizi llg clecl ric supply-line matcrial i 11 cr; tineutio~, {vi L 11 no oTcnce suspecled tu llayc bcc~l cojnjilil rcd ~j lidcr (Ilis Acl shall n r ~ r \ v i t h s t a ~ l d i ~ ~ a~iytlling conlained i a Lllc Ccde or Crimil~:~l Prtimd!~re. 1973 rrl~wrlrr) a copy nf l l ~ c "( 97d scizure lisl lo the Autlioriscd Olllccr witl~ill scvn~lly-lwtr I~nur$ r r o n ~ 1I1c time ul seizure nnd shqll ~ n i ~ k c ovcr lo Ihc said Aull:orisi:rl Olficcl Ll~e seizct! propcrty includirlg the tools, c l i a i ~ ~ , rupcs, vcllicles, vessels and o l l r ~ r C I I I I V C ~ ~ I I ~ scizcd, Tor purposes if initialing conL~c-ation procecdillg ~ n t l r , ~ I l l i s Acl. (4) Tbc seizure list prcparctl tlic ~nnLcl-iaIs (lit. tn~ols, cllnins, vclriclcs alld other n~udes of conveyallcc seimd in coursc of se;ucll, sllnll bc sigllcrl by [lie oficc, ruakiug rlle seizure a d tlie wiloess prcselli. A repart or seizurc alollgwilli a-copy , of tlic seizurc l i s t so made sllall bc sclll IQ ihc IICRT~:SI Magishate Iiauing jurisdldion to try ally offence undcr this Act. Con(iscatlon; 7. (1) Wherc an Authu~~ised Giliccr scizc!. any clcclric supply-line 1nnter.is1 or $$p when any such clectric supply-linc material ir pm~luccd hrlvrc lli111 or is nlndc over to I~im by lllc Policc, IIC sfli\ll, if Ilc i c s;~iisfied that ao offence tllldcr this Act hns been coalmi~tcd in rcspccl tbcrcol; a r d r ~ tlic confismtio~l oC tlie clcclric supply -line material togethcr wirli nll tunls, ropes, cllni ns, vcllic!es, vessels n I I ~ other conveyance uscd in curn~~litl i i ~ g such olCencc millli 11 t lie prcsc~ ibed (ilnc: Providcrl t l ~ a ~ no ordcr confiscating any eleclr ic supply~lirlc muter1n.1 or nr!y tools, ropes, cl~nilu, vchicles, or ather co ~ivcyn~iccs liscti ill committing t lic ofrc~ice sllall bc madc, u~iless IIle perso11 lrortt w h o ~ n the property !t scizccl is givcn- (a] a notice in writing inror~rling lii111 vf t 11e grnuncls on whicli it is proposed to confisc-tlc sue11 propcrty, tools, ropes, chairls and vehicles, vessels and other wnvcynnce; (A) au rlpporlunity of nlnkilzg rcprc?enlntio~i in writing witliir~ such rcasoltnble t i ~ n c as mcrc specifled in tl~c nvlice against the groutld of coniiscario~l; and (4 a rens~nnble opportu~~iry o l b c i ~ ~ g Iiawd i n tlie mallcr. (21 Wilhou t prcjrrdicc 10 the provisi,ons ol sub-section (I) 110 order conliscali~lg any veliicle. vcssel or othcr collveyalicc sl~all be mnae, if (11e owner ot such vcbicle, vc~scl, or oll~er collvcyaurr: pl-ovu tu tllc snlisratrtiol~ or the Autl~orised Omccr tllat i1 was used ill carrying Ihc elcciric supply-line matcrial wilhoul l l ~ c knonlcdgc or colltlivatice of tile alvllcr Iiil~~selr and his agct~t, i r ally, alltl the persoil in charge ibe vel~icIe, vcsslc or 01 llcr co nvcyallce liad iu ken all rei~onablc and Iicccssary piernut ions against such use. Appeal H. (I) Ally persson aggricvcd by ari urdcr u l cl~~~liscation mndc u ~ ~ ( l e r scctivrl 7 nlay witlii~k OIIC mo'nth rr'rc~rn tnc rlatc or commuuicntio~~ lu liim or sucl~ ordcr, appeill to the '[Dircctur Transmisssiun ant1 Dislributivn or the GItIUICO] and llw nppellale authority aficr giving :LII apoc,r(u nily lo Ihc appellant Io he hcanl. niay lass such order as lie inay t l i i ~ ~ k [it, co~~firmil~g, n~otlifg'iirg or at111uIli11g tltc order appaled against. (2) T l ~ e appellate urdcr sl~all I)c h n l ;~ncl riolwilli.~le~lding the result of iIie crirl,irlaI case, if any. t h e confix~lticlli iis cunfir~nctl by thc oppellalc ~ u f l i ~ ~ i ~ y SIICIH 1101 be qucslio~~erl in any Civil or Crirninal Conr~ of law. Vesilng of