Power to exempt

(1) The Government may in public interest, by Notification in the Gazette exempt any Licensee from the payment of the whole or part of the electricity duty for such period and subject to such terms and conditions as may be specified in such Notification. (2) The Government may by Notification in the Gazette, exempt any consumer from the payment of the whole or any portion of the electricity duty payable on energy generated and consumed by him during periods when there is failure of supply of energy by the licensee or there is only a restricted supply of energy by the licensee, as the case may be.