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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Electricity Act, 2003 Section 151

Cognizance of Offences

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Electricity Act, 2003 Section 151 is part of Electricity Act, 2003 - Cognizance of Offences. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

No court shall take congnizance of an offence punishable under this Act except upon a complaint in writing made by Appropriate Government or Appropriate Commission or any of their officer authorised by them or a Chief Electrical Inspector or an Electrical Inspector or licensee or the generating company, as the case may be, for this purpose.

1[Provided that the court may also take cognizance of an offence punishable under this Act upon a report of a police officer filed under section 173 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973:

Provided further that a special court constituted under section 153 shall be competent to take cognizance of an offence without the accused being committed to it for trial.]

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1. Inserted by The Electricity (Amendment) Act, 2007, Dated 28.05.2007.

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Section Section 151 of the Electricity Act, 2003 (Cognizance of Offences) is reproduced on this page as part of the Electricity Act, 2003. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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