Chapter I PRELIMINARY

1.

1. (1) This Act may be called the Gujarat Green Cess Act, 2011.
2. (2) It extends to the whole of the State of Gujarat.
3. (3) This section shall come into force at once and the remaining provisions shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in Official Gazette, appoint.

2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, -

1. (a) "cess" means a Green cess levied on generation of electricity in the State under section 3;
2. (b) "Collector" means the Collector of Green Cess appointed under section 8;
3. (c) "captive generating plant" shall have the meaning as defined in clause

1. (8) of section 2 of the Electricity Act, 2003;
   • (d) "electricity" means the electrical energy generated;
   • (e) "fund" means the Green Energy Fund established