Provisions with respect to supply generally

1. (1) The Authority may in consultation with the State Government, specify suitable measures for –
   • (a) protecting the public (including the persons engaged in the generation, transmission or distribution or trading) from dangers arising from the generation, transmission or distribution or trading of electricity, or use of electricity supplied or installation, maintenance or use of any electric line or electrical plant;
   • (b) eliminating or reducing the risks of personal injury to any person, or damage to property of any person or interference with use of such property ;
   • (c) prohibiting the supply or transmission of electricity except by

means of a system which conforms to the specification as may be specified;

1. (d) giving notice in the specified form to t he Appropriate Commission and the Electrical Inspector, of accidents and failures of supplies or transmissions of electricity;
2. (e) keeping by a generating company or licensee the maps, plans and sections relating to supply or transmission of electricity;
3. (f) inspection of maps, plans and sections by any person authorised

by it or by Electrical Inspector or by any person on payment of specified fee;

1. (g) specifying action to be taken in relation to any electric line or

or interference with its use;

Control of transmission and use of electricity 54. (1) Save as otherwise exempted under this Act, no person other than Central Transmission Utility or a State Transmission Utility, or a licensee

1. (a) in any street, or
2. (b) in any place,- (i)

in which one hundred or more persons are ordinarily likely to be

assembled; or

1. (ii) which is a factory within the meaning of the Factories Act, 1948

or a mine within the meaning of the Mines Act, 1952; or

1. (iii) to which the State Government, by general or special order, declares the provisions of this sub-section to apply, without giving, before the commencement of transmission or use of electricity, not less than seven days’ notice in writing of his intention to the

any, the nature and the purpose of supply and complying with such of the

provisions of Part XI of this Act, as may be applicable:

Provided that nothing in this section shall apply to electricity used for the public carriage of passengers, animals or goods, on, or for the lighting or ventilation of the rolling stock of any railway or tramway subject to the provisions of the Railways Act, 1989.

1. (2) Where any difference or dispute arises as to whether a place is or is not one in which one hundred or more persons are ordinarily likely to be

1. (3) The provisions of this section shall be binding on the