POWER TO BOARD TO ENTER UPON AND SHUT DOWN GENERATING STATIONS IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.

(l) If any licensee fails to close down his generating stations pursuant to a declaration of the Board under Sec. 36, or if any person establishes or acquires a new generating station or extends or replaces any plant or works in any generating station in contravention of Sec. 44, the Board may authorise any of its officers to enter upon the premises of such station and shut down the station or the plant or works, as the case may be, in respect of which the failure or contravention has occurred. (2) Any expenses incurred by the Board under this section shall be recoverable by it from the licensee or person concerned as an arrear of land revenue, and for such purpose the Board shall be deemed to be a public officer within the meaning of Sec. 5 of the Revenue Recovery Act, 1890 (I of 1890). (3) Any difference or dispute arising out of the provisions of this section shall be referred to the arbitration of the Authority.