4. Payment of duty

(1) Every licensee of any person other than licensee who is liable to pay duty shall pay every month to the State Government, at the time and in the manner prescribed, the proper duty payable under section3 and section 3A on the units of energy consumed or sold by him.” (The word “ To the consumer” has been deleted by Bihar Act, 8 of 2007.) (2) Every licensee may recover from the consumer the amount which falls to be paid by the licensee as duty in respect of the energy sold by him. ( The word “ To the consumer” Subs. by “by him” Vide Bihar Act, 8 of 2007) (3) The licensee may, for the purpose of sub-section 2, exercise the power conferred on a licensee by sub-section (1) of section 24 of the Indian Electricity Act, 1910 (9 of 1910) for the recovery of any charge or sum due in respect of energy supplied by him. (4) Every person including any department of the State Government, other than a licensee, who generates energy for his own use or for the use of his employees, or partly for such use and partly for sale, shall pay every month at the time and in the manner prescribed the proper duty payable under section 3, on the units of energy consumed by him or his employees or sold by him.