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Oriental Gas Company 1857 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1857

.....19564, and in any town or place not within the jurisdiction of any of Her Majesty's Courts, in the same manner as damages are recoverable under this Act. SECTION 08: POWER TO ENTER BUILDINGS FOR ASCERTAINING QUANTITY OF GAS CONSUMED The Clerk, Engineer, or other officer duly appointed for the purpose by the said Company may, at all reasonable times, enter any buildings or place lighted with Gas supplied by the said Company, in order to inspect the meters, fittings, and works for regulating the supply of Gas, and for the purpose of ascertaining the quantity of Gas consumed or supplied; and if any person hinder such officer as aforesaid from entering and making such inspection as aforesaid at any reasonable time; he shall, for every such offence, forfeit to the said Company a sum not exceeding fifty rupees. SECTION 09: RECOVERY OF RENT DUE FOR GAS If any person supplied with Gas, or any person to whom any meter or fitting shall have been let for hire by the said Company neglect to pay the rent due for the same to the said Company, the said Company may stop the Gas from entering the premises of such person, by cutting off the service-pipes, or by such means as the said Company shall.....

Oriental Gas Company Act ,1857 Preamble 1

Title: Oriental Gas Company Act, 1857

State: Central

Year: 1857

.....eighth year of the reign of Her present Majesty, Cap.110, has since been registered in England under "The Joint Stock Companies' Act 1856" with limited liabilities and has duly obtained a certificate of incorporation under the name of the Oriental Gas Company Limited and whereas the said Company has erected Gas-works on land granted for that purpose by Government in the vicinity of the Town of Calcutta and is engaged in the preparation of apparatus and materials for the manufacture and supply of Gas fir lighting the said Town and where as it is expedient that powers and facilities should be given to the said company to enable then to carry out their undertaking of lighting with Gas the said Town of Calcutta which powers and facilities may hereafter be extended to the operations of the said Company in other towns and places it is enacted as follows:---

Oriental Gas Company Act ,1857 Section 5

Title: Streets Broken Up to Be Reinstated Without Delay

State: Central

Year: 1857

When the said Company open of break up the road or pavement of any street or bridges, or any sewer, drain , or bridges or any sewer drain or tunnel they shall with all convenient speed complete the work for the which the same shall be broken up, and fill in the ground has reinstate and make good the road or pavement, or the sewer drain or tunnel so opened or broken up and carry away the rubbish occasioned thereby ; and shall at all times, whilst any such road or pavement shall be so opened or broken up, cause the same to be fenced and guarded and shall cause the same to be fenced and guarded, and shall cause a light, sufficient for the warning of passengers, to be set up and maintained against or near such road or pavement where the same shall be open or broken up, every night during which the same shall be open or broken up ; and shall keep the road or pavement which has been so broken up in good repair for three months after replacing and making good the same, and for such further time, if any, not being more than twelve months in the whole, as the soil so broken up shall continue to subside.

Oriental Gas Company Act ,1857 Section 6

Title: Penalty for Delay in Reinstating Streets

State: Central

Year: 1857

If the said Company open or break up any street or bridge, or any sewer, drain, or tunnel, without giving such notice as aforesaid, or in a manner different from that which shall have been approved of or determined as aforesaid, or without making such temporary or other works as aforesaid, when so required, except in the cases in which the said Company are hereby authorized to perform such works without any superintendence or notice; or if the said Company make any delay in completing any such work, or in filling in or the sewer, drain, or tunnel so opened or broken up, or in carrying away the rubbish occasioned thereby; or if they neglect to cause the place where such road or pavement has been broken up to be fenced, guarded, and lighted, or neglect to keep the road or pavement in repair for the space of three months next after the same shall have been made good, or such further time as aforesaid, they shall forfeit to the persons having the control or management of the street, bridge, sewer, drain, or tunnel, in respect of which such offence, and they shall forfeit an additional sum not exceeding fifty rupees for each day during which any such delay as aforesaid shall continue

Oriental Gas Company Act ,1857 Section 8

Title: Power to Enter Buildings for Ascertaining Quantity of Gas Consumed

State: Central

Year: 1857

The Clerk, Engineer, or other officer duly appointed for the purpose by the said Company, may, at all reasonable times, enter any buildings or place lighted with Gas supplied by the said Company, in order to inspect the meters, fittings, and works for regulating the supply of Gas consumed or supplied ; and if any person hinder such officer as aforesaid from entering and making such inspection as aforesaid at any reasonable time, he shall, for every such offence, forfeit to the said Company a sum not exceeding fifty rupees.

Oriental Gas Company Act ,1857 Section 12

Title: Penalty for Fraudulently Using Gas

State: Central

Year: 1857

Every person who shall lay, or cause to be laid, any pipe to communicate with any pipe belonging to the said Company, with out their consent, or shall fraudulently injure any such meter as aforesaid, or who, in case the Gas supplied by the said Company is not ascertained by meter, shall use any burner other than such as has been provided or approved of by the said Company, or of larger dimensions than he has contracted to pay, for, or shall keep the lights burning for a longer time than he has contracted to pay for, or shall otherwise improperly use or burn the Gas supplied to him by the said Company, shall forfeit to the said Company the sum of fifty rupees for every such offence, and also the sum of twenty rupees shall be used, or such pipe shall so remain, or such works or burner shall be so used, or such excess be so committed or continued, or such supply furnished ; and the said Company may take off the Gas from the house and premises of the person so offending, notwithstanding any contract which may have been previously entered into.

Oriental Gas Company Act ,1857 Section 13

Title: Penalty for Wilfully Damaging Pipes

State: Central

Year: 1857

Every person who shall wilfully remove, destroy, or damage any pipe.pillar, post, plug, lamp, or other work of the said Company for supplying Gas, or who shall wilfully extinguish any of the public lamps or lights, or waste or improperly use any of the Gas supplied by the said Company, shall, for each such offence, forfeit to the said Company any sum not exceeding fifty rupees, in addition to the amount of the damage done.