Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
,(1) The State Government may, by notification in the Official officers Gazette, appoint inspecting officers to inspect books of account required by section 7 to be kept and such officers shall perform such duties and exercise such powers as may be prescribed for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder. (2) Every officer appointed under this section shall be deemed to be a public servant within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal 45 Code. THE GAZETTE QF INfl EXTilACial3IkAiW Si GC • '9. Any sum due on account of electricity duty if not paid at the pre- Recoveriii scribed time and in the prescribed manner, shall be recoverable as a public demand— (a) in the case of energy supplied by a licensee, at the discre- tion of the State Government, either from the consumer, Or, subject to the proviso to clause (a) of section 4, from the licenseei (b) in the case of other energy, from the person or inter-State river valley authority liable to pay such duty under clause (b) or clause (c) of section 4.