BOARD TO HAVE POWERS AND OBLIGATIONS OF LICENSEE UNDER ACT 9 OF 1910.

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 Indian Electricity Act, 19 10 (9 of 19 1 0), and this Act shall be deemed to be the licensee of the Board for the purposes of that Act:

Provided that nothing in Sees. 3 to I 1, subsections (2) and (3) of Sec. 21 and Sec. 22, sub-section (2) of Sec. 22-A and Secs. 23 and 27 of that Act or in CIS. I to V, Cl. VII and Cls. IX to XII of the Schedule to that Act relating to the duties and obligations of a licensee shall apply to the Board:

Provided further that the provisions of Cl. VI of the Schedule to that Act shall apply to the Board in respect of that area only where the Board has laid distribution mains and the supply of energy through any of them has commenced.