Board to have powers and obligations of licensee under Act XIV of Svt. 1997

Board to have powers and obligations of licensee under Act XIV of Svt. 1997.-Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Board shall, in respect of the whole State, have all the powers and obligations of a licensee under the Jammu and Kashmir Electricity Act, 1997 and this Act shall be deemed to be the licence of the Board for the purposes of that Act : Provided that nothing in sections 3 to 10, sub-sections (2) and (3) of section 21, 22, 23 and 27 of that Act or in the Schedule to that Act relating to the duties and obligations of a licensee shall apply to the Board.