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Electricity Supply Code, means the Electricity Supply Code specified under s. 50, Electricity Act, 2003, s. 2(24)....
Electric supply-line
Electric supply-line, means a wire, conductor or other means used for conveying, transmitting or distributing energy (whether by overhead line or underground cable), together with any casing, coating, covering, tube, pipe or insulator enclosing, surrounding or supporting the same or any part thereof, or any apparatus connected therewith for the purpose of so conveying, transmitting or distributing such energy and includes any support cross-arm, stay, strut or safety device erected to set up for that purpose. [Indian Electricity Act, 1910, s. 2 (f); See also (60 of 2002), s. 2(1)(d)]Electric Supply-line, shall have the meaning assign-ed to it under clause (f) of s. 2 of the Indian Electri- city Act, 1910 (9 of 1910), Delhi Metro Railway (Operation and Maintenance) Act, 2002, s. 2(d)....
Electric lighting
Electric lighting. The supply of electricity for light-ing is facilitated and regulated by the (English) Electric Lighting Act, 1882 (45 & 46 Vict. c. 56). Under this Act powers may be obtained either (1) by license from the Board of Trade; or (2) by Provisional Order of the Board of Trade, needing confirmation by special Act of Parliament; or (3) by special Act of Parliament. The (English) Electric Lighting Clauses Act, 1899 (62 & 63 Vict. c. 19), has incorporated in one Act the usual clauses of provisional orders and special Acts, and directed that such clauses are to apply to every undertaking under the Electric Lighting Acts except so far as expressly varied. These licenses and orders may either be granted to the local authorities themselves or, with their consent, to independent contractors. Licenses continue in force for any period not exceeding seven years, but are renewable. By s. 27 of the (English) 1882 Act an undertaking autho-rized by provisional order or special Act may be...
Electrical plant
Electrical plant, s. 2(22) 'electrical plant' means any plant, equipment, apparatus or appliance or any part thereof used for, or connected with, the generation, transmission, distribution or supply of electricity but does not include:-(a) an electric line; or(b) a meter used for ascertaining the quantity of electricity supplied to any premises; or(c) an electrical equipment, apparatus or appliance under the control of a consumer. [Electricity Act, 2003 (36 of 2003), s. 2(22)]...
Supply
Supply, in relation to electricity, mean the sale of electricity to a licensee or consumer. [Electricity Act, 2003 (36 of 2003), s. 2(70)]The amount of goods produced or available at a given price, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1453.The word 'supply' used in the charging s. 3 should, receive liberal interpretation to include sale or consumption of electricity as envisaged in Entry 53 of the State List of the Constitution of India, Indian Aluminum Co. v. State of Kerala, AIR 1996 SC 1431 (1437). [Kerala Electricity Surcharge Levy and Collection Act (22 of 1989), s. 3]Supply, in relation to electricity, means the sale of electricity to a licensee or consumer. [Electricity Act, 2003, s. 2(70)]Means supply of gas by means of pipelines but does not include distribution. [Gujarat Gas (Regulation of Transmission Supply and Distribution) Act, 2001, s. 2(t)]...
Main
Main, means any electric supply-line through which energy is, or is intended to be, supplied to the public, State of U.P. v. HindustanAluminium Corpn., AIR 1979 SC 1459 (1463): (1979) 3 SCC 229: (1979) 3 SCR 709.It means any electric supply-line through which energy is, or is intended to be, supplied to the public.Means any electric supply-line through which electricity is, or is intended to be supplied. [Electricity Act, 2003 (36 of 2003), s. 2(42)]...
Workmen's Compensation Act
Workmen's Compensation Act. (English) The Workmen's Compensation Act, 1897, introduced the principle of compulsory insurance of workmen by employers in a restricted number of trades. The gist of a right to compensation under the Acts is 'accident arising out of and in the course of the employment' causing personal injury to a workman (Workmen's Compensation Act, 1925 [15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 84), s. 1 (1)] The compensation is not damages for negligence or any other tort at common law or by statute (see COMPBELL (LORD) ACTS (Fatal Accidents Acts, 1846-1908) and Employers Liability Act, 1880, sub tit. MASTER AND SERVANT), and an employer is not liable both for damages and compensation; but the workman or his representatives may elect between the remedies, and in an unsuccessful action for damages the Court may assess or refer the question of compensation to the proper tribunal, subject to an equitable order for costs (Workmen's Compensation Act, 1925, s. 25). Compensation is not payable for a...
Service line
Service line, the transformer is not a part and parcel of the 'service line', AIR 1977 All 499 (502). [Electricity Act, 1910, s. 2(1)]Means any electric supply-line through which electricity is, or is intended to be, supplied, (a) to a single consumer either from a distributing main or immediately from the Distribution Licensee's premises; or (b) from a distributing main to a group of consumers on the same premises or on contiguous premises supplied from the same point of the distributing main. [Electricity Act, 2003 (36 of 2003), s. 2(61)]...
Factory
Factory, a place where a number of traders reside in a foreign country for the convenience of trade; also a building in which goods are manufactured.In the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, 'Factory' means by s. 149 'textile factory and non-textile factory, or either of those descriptions of factories.'The expression 'textile factory' means any premises wherein or within the close or curtilage of which steam, water or other mechanical power is used to move or work any machinery employed in preparing, manufacturing or finishing or in any process incident to the manufacture of cotton, wool, hair, silk, flax, hemp, jute, tow, china-grass, cocoanut fibre or other like material, either separately or mixed together or mixed with any other material, or any fabric made thereof:Provided that print works, bleaching and dyeing works, lace warehouses, paper mills, flax scutch mills, rope works and hat works shall not be deemed to be textiles factories.'Tenement factory' means a factory when mechanic...
Subject to the provisions of this Act
Subject to the provisions of this Act, the expression 'Subject to the provisions of this Act' merely means that if there are any provisions regulating the Board in the matter of supplying electricity to any person not being a licensee, then the supply by the Board will be subject to those provisions, Mysore State Electricity Board v. Bangalore Woollen Cotton and Silk Mills Ltd., AIR 1963 SC 1128 (1136): 1963 Supp (2) SCR 127. [Electricity (Supply) Act, 1948, s. 49]...
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