(1) This Act may be called the1[Karnataka] Electricity (Taxation on Consumption) Act, 1959.
(2) It extends to the whole of the1[State of Karnataka].
(3) The provisions of this Act, except section 13, shall be deemed to have come into force on the first day of July, 1959.
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1. Adapted by the Karnataka Adaptations of Laws Order, 1973 w.e.f. 01.11.1973.