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| (1) For the purposes of the preparation of a transfer scheme under this Act in respect of the electrical undertakings carried on by a local authority in its capacity as a licensee within the meaning of the Electricity Act, the Board may-
| | (a) hold such inquiries and inspect such movable or immovable property of the local authority as the Board may consider necessary; and | | |
| | (b) direct such local authority, or any officer of such local authority, to furnish to the Board such particulars and other information as the Board may consider incessant relating to such undertakings and other matters for which provision is to be made in such scheme, and to produce for examination books or documents containing such particulars or information. | | |
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| (2) It shall be the duty of a local authority or an) officer of such local authority to comply with any direction issued to such local authority or such officer as the case may be, by the Board under sub-section (1) |
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| (3) Any officer of a local authority who without reasonable cause fails to comply with any direction issued to him under sub-section (1), shall be guilt} of an offence and shall, on conviction after summary trial before a Magistrate, be liable to imprisonment of either description for a period not exceeding one year, or to a fine not exceeding one thousand rupees or to both such imprisonment and fine. |
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