(1) Notwithstanc1ing anything contained in tb,e Intlian Discenti Electricity Act, 1910, or any lic_ense granted thereunder or any nuanc~ or agreement £or the supply of electrical energy, the Provincial r~ducti~n Government may, if in its opinion it is . -necessaryr ere- ? "3.
dient for maintaining the supply or securing the equitable circum distribution of electrical energy, by an order in writing- stances.
(i) aut]J.orise, or Price-Indian, arums 2; English, 3d.
2 ·Tie Test Bengal Electricity (Emergency Powers) Act, 1948.° $ [Wesf Ben. Act Section 5.)
Restriction on supply of electri cal energy and prohi bition on reconnec ion of supply.
(ii) require· a licensee to, and the licensee when so required shall, dis continue or re-duce the supply of electrical . energy to any consumer not being a distributing licensee, if such consumer.
(a) without the permuss1on of the Provincial Govern ment contravenes any order issued to him under section 3, or
(b) without the permission of the Provincial Govern ment
(i) exceeds at any time the maximum demand in K.W.
of electrical energy recorded in respect of him during the twelve months ending on the 31st January, 1945, or
(i) connects or has connected load beyond that noti fed in writing to the licensee up to the 31st January, 1945.
(2) The licensee shall-
(i) before discontinuing or reducing the supply of electrical energy under sub-section (1) give the consumer not less than forty-eight hours' notice in writing of his intention so to do;
(ii) on discontinuing the supply, communicate to the Provincial Government within twenty-four hours .from the date of discontinuance the cir cumstances in which he has done so;
(iii) on being so directed in writing by the Provincial Gorerment recommence the supply with all possible speed.
(3) The licensee shall report to the Provincial Government within twent;y-four hours of its coming to his notice every.
contravention of any direction ' given under section 3 or clause () of sub-section (Z).