(1) This Act may be called the Berhampore Electric Supply Company Limited (Undertaking) Acquisition Act, 1981.
(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 12th day of February, 1981.
Short title and commencement.
2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— Definitions.
(a) "appointed day" means the 12th day of February, 1981;
(b) "Board" means the West Bengal State Electricity Board 54 of 1948. constituted under section 5 of the Electricity (Supply) Act, 1948;
19 The Berhampore Electric Supply Company Limited (Undertaking) Acquisition Act, 1981.
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General effect of vesting.
(Sections 3, 4.)
(c) "fixed assets" includes works, spare parts, stores, stocks, instruments, tools, motor and other vehicles, office equipments and furniture;
(d) "licensee" means the holder of the Berhampore Electric Licence, 1928;
(e) "notification" means a notification published in the Official Gazette;
(f) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(g) "undertaking" means the electric supply undertaking of the Berhampore Electric Supply Company Limited held under the Berhampore Electric Licence, 1928 granted under the Indian Electricity Act, 1910;
(h) words and expressions used but not defined in this Act, and defined in the Indian Electricity Act, 1910 or the Electricity (Supply) Act, 1948 shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in that Act.