THE KARNATAKA ELECTRICITY REFORM (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2001.
KARNATAKA ACT 26 OF 2001
(Firs4 published in 4he Karna4aka Gaze44e Ex4ra-ordinary on 4he Thir4y firs4 day of Augus4, 2001)
(Received 4he assen4 of 4he Governor on 4he Thir4ie4h day of Augus4, 2001)
An Act to amend the Karnataka Electricity Reform Act,
1999.
Whereas it is expedient to amend the Karnataka
Electricity Reform Act, 1999 (Karnataka Act 25 of 1999) for the purposes hereinafter appearing¡
Be it enacted by the Karnataka State Legislature in the Fifty-second year of the Republic of India as follows:-
1. Short title and commencement.- (1) This Act may be called the Karnataka Electricity Reform (Amendment) Act, 2001.
(2) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification, appoint and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act.
2. Amendment of section 12.- In section 12 of the Karnataka Electricity Reform Act, 1999 (Karnataka Act 25 of 1999) (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), in sub-section (1), after the second proviso, the following shall be inserted, namely:-
Published in the Karnataka Gazette Part IV-A Extraordinary No. 1915 dated 6-11-2001 Notification No. DPAL 6 SHASHANA 2001, Date: 6-11-2001
“Provided also that the commission shall determine the amount payable by the State Government under the second proviso and the terms and conditions and time within which such amount has to be paid to implement the State Government's stated policy for specified consumers or class of consumers.”
3. Amendment of section 13.- In section 13 of the principal Act,-
(a) in sub-section (3), the words “own and” shall be omitted¡
(b) in sub-section (6), the words “or distribution” in the two places where they occur shall be omitted.
4. Amendment of section 19.- In section 19 of the principal Act, in sub-section (2), in clause (b),-
(a) in sub-clause (ii) the word “and” shall be inserted at the end¡ and
(b) after sub-clause (ii), the following sub-clause shall be inserted, namely:-
“(iii) the KPTC is consulted in the matter.”
5. Amendment of section 48.- In section 48 of the principal Act, for the words, brackets and figures, “The Karnataka Government Electrical Undertaking (Dues Recovery) Act, 1976”, the words, brackets and figures “The Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation (Recovery of Dues) Act, 1976” shall be substituted.
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