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  "text": "THE PUNJAB ELECTRICITY ACT, 1939 \r\n(VI of 1939) \r\nCONTENTS \r\n1. Short title. \r\n2. Definitions. \r\n3. Amendment of section 7 of Act IX of 1910. \r\n3-A. Notices. \r\n4. Purchase. \r\n5. Computation of periods. \r\n6. Notice by Government. \r\n7. Powers of Government. \r\n \r\nTEXT \r\n1\r\nTHE PUNJAB ELECTRICITY ACT, 1939 \r\n(VI of 1939) \r\n[16th June, 1939] \r\nAn \r\nAct \r\nto explain and amplify section 7 of the \r\n2\r\n[*] Electricity Act, 1910 in its application to the \r\nPunjab and to give the Punjab Government the powers of a licensee when it \r\nengages in the business of supplying electrical energy. \r\n1. Short title.– This Act may be called the Punjab Electricity Act, 1939. \r\n2. Definitions.– In this Act– \r\n(a) “the Act” means the \r\n3\r\n[*] Electricity Act, 1910,  \r\n(b) “Government” means the Punjab Government, and \r\n(c) “the specified date”  means the date  on which an option of purchase \r\narises under sub-section (1) of section 7 of the Act. \r\n4\r\n[3. Amendment of section 7 of Act IX of 1910 .– The \r\n5\r\n[*] Electricity Act, 1910, \r\nshall, in its application to the Punjab, be amended as follows:–  \r\n In sub -section (4) of s ection 7 of the \r\n6\r\n[*] Electricity Act, 1910, for the words \r\n“two years” the words “one year” shall be substituted.] \r\n7\r\n[3-A]. Notices.– For the removal of doubts, it is hereby declared that the notice to \r\nbe given under sub -section (4) of section  7 of the Act, is to be given not less than \r\n8\r\n[one year] before the specified date and that no further notice is necessary.  \r\n4. Purchase.– For the purposes of sub -section (3) of section 7 of the Act, a \r\npurchase shall be deemed to have been effected on such date as Government may \r\nappoint within a period of six months after the specified date, whether the purchase \r\nmoney has been paid or not: \r\n \r\n1For Statement of Objects and Reasons, see Government Gazette (Extraordinary),  Punjab, dated June 16,  1938, p. 79; for \r\nReport of the Select Committee, see ibid., 1938, Part V, p p. 225-230; for Proceedings in Assembly, see Punjab Legislative \r\nAssembly Debates, Volume V, pp. 45-47; Volume VI, p. 223 and Volume IX, pp. 787-806 and 936. This Act received the assent \r\nof the Governor -General on June  4, 1939  vide Notification No. 243, dated June 14, 1939 , published in the Government \r\nGazette, Punjab, Part I, dated June 16, 1939, p. 846. \r\n2Omitted the word “Indian” by the Punjab Laws (Adaptation, Revision and Repeal) Act, 1954 (XV of 1955), pub lished in the \r\nPunjab Gazette (Extraordiary), dated January 21, 1955, pp. 87-108, s. 2 read with First Schedule. \r\n3Ibid. \r\n4Inserted by the Punjab Electricity (Amendment) Act, 1941 (XI of 1941) (w.e.f 01.11 .1940), published in the Punjab Gazette, \r\ndated July 11, 1941, s. 3. \r\n5Omitted the word “Indian” by the Punjab Laws (Adaptation, Revision and Repeal) Act, 1954 (XV of 1955), published in the \r\nPunjab Gazette (Extraordiary), dated January 21, 1955, pp. 87-108, s. 2 read with First Schedule. \r\n6Ibid. \r\n7Re-numbered by the Punjab Electricity (Amendment) Act, 1941 (XI of 1941) (w.e.f 01.11 .1940), published in the Punjab \r\nGazette, dated July 11, 1941, s. 2. \r\n8Substituted for the words “two years” by the Act ibid. \r\n Provided that, with the consent of the parties concerned, any other date may \r\nbe fixed for the purchase: \r\n Provided also that the purcha se money shall be paid to the licensee within a \r\nperiod not exceeding six months of the specified or fixed date for the purchase as \r\nthe case may be, and if for any reason the purchase money is not paid within such \r\nperiod the licensee shall be entitled to interest at 1 per cent above the \r\n1\r\n[State Bank of \r\nPakistan] rate from the expiry of such period. \r\n5. Computation of periods .– When the period specified in the license for the \r\npurposes of sub -section (1) of section 7 of the Act is expressed as a year or a \r\nnumber of years, the specified date shall be deemed to fall on the day following the \r\nanniversary of the day on which the license was granted. \r\n6. Notice by Government .– When a license has been granted to any person \r\nnot being a local authority, and the whole of the area of supply is included in an area \r\nfor which a single local authority is constituted, Government may issue notice of \r\nelection of purchase to the licensee under sub -section (4) of section 7 of the Act, \r\nwhether such notice has also been issued to the licensee by a local authority or not; \r\nand, in that event, if the local authority fails to give notice not less than  \r\n2\r\n[one year] \r\nbefore the specified date or if it issues such notice but does not conclude the \r\npurchase, Government shall have the option of purchasing the undertaking. \r\n7. Powers of Government.– Whenever Government engages in the business of \r\nsupplying electrical energy, whether after purchase of an undertaking under section \r\n7 of the Act or otherwise, it shall have all the powers of a licensee under the Act, \r\nsubject to the same restrictions as those to which the powers of a licensee are \r\nsubject. \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n1Omitted the words “Reserve Bank of India” by the Punjab Laws (Adaptation, Revision a nd Repeal) Act, 1954 (XV of 1955), \r\npublished in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordiary), dated January 21, 1955, pp. 87-108, s. 2 read with First Schedule. \r\n2Substituted for the words “two years” by the Punjab Electricity (Amendment) Act, 1 941 (XI of 1941) (w.e.f  01.11.1940), \r\npublished in the Punjab Gazette, dated July 11, 1941, s. 4.",
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