Shillong Electricity Supply Undertaking (Acquisition) Act, 1977
No: 10 Dated: Dec, 26 1977
THE SHILLONG ELECTRICITY SUPPLY UNDERTAKING (ACQUISITION) ACT, 1977
ACT 10 OF 1977
An Act to provide for the acquisition of the Shillong Electricity Supply Undertaking for a public purpose. Be it enacted by the Legislature of Meghalaya in the Twenty-eight Year of the Republic of India as follows:-
1. Short title, extent and commencement:- (1) This Act may be called the Shillong Electricity Supply Undertaking (Acquisition) Act, 1977.
(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Meghalaya.
(3) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 15th day of July, 1977.
2. Definitions and Interpretation:- In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-
a) "Annual Account’’ means the account of the undertaking rendered to the Government annually under and in accordance with the Electricity Act;
b) "Board’’ means the Meghalaya State Electricity Board constituted under Section 5 of the Electricity Supply Act;
c) "Document’’ in relation to the undertaking, includes its books, accounts, registers maps and plans, and all other documents of whatever nature relating to the undertaking ;
d) "Electricity Act’’ means the Indian Electricity Act, 1910 (Act 9 of 1910).
e) "Electricity Supply Act’’ means the Electricity (Supply) Act, 1948 (Act 54 of 1948) ;
f) "Fixed Assets’’ includes works, spare parts stores, tools motor and other vehicles, instruments, office and other equipments and furniture;
g) "Government’’ means the Government of Meghalaya ;
h) "Licensee’’ means the Shillong Hydro Electric Ltd. ;
i) "Prescribed’’ means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
j) "Schedule’’ means the Schedule appended to this Act ;
k) "Undertaking’’ means the electric supply undertaking at Shillong owned and managed by the Shillong Hydro Electric Ltd.
l) "Vesting date’’ means the date and time on which the undertaking shall vest in the Government under section 3 of this Act ;
m) "Works’’ includes electric supply lines, any land, buildings, structure, plant, machinery or apparatus required to supply energy and to carry into effect the object of a licence granted under the Electricity Act ;
n) Other expressions shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the Electricity Act.
3. Power of Government to take over the undertaking:- (1) The undertaking shall be deemed to have been taken over by transferred to and vested in, the Government on an from the 16th day of July, 1977 at 13:00 hours.
(2) The Government shall, by force of vesting in it of the undertaking under sub-section (1), be deemed to have entered into possession of all the properties movable and immovable, fixed assets, rights, powers, authorities and privileges of the undertaking form the vesting date.