Adapted and modified by the Gujarat
Adaptation of LPIWS (State and Concurrent,. Subjects) Order,
1960.
Amended by Guj. 7 of 1961.
Amended by Guj. 33 of 1961.
Amended by Guj. 18 of 1962.
Amended by Guj. 20 of 1968.
Amended by Guj. President's Act No. 6 of 1976.
Amended by Guj. 19 of 1977.
Amended by Guj. 14 of 1979.
Amended by Guj. 17 of 1983.
Amended by Guj. 4 of 1987.
Amended by Guj. 7 of 1988.
Amended by Guj. 7 of 1991.
Amended by Guj. 8 of 1999.
An Act
to provide for the levy of a duty on consumption of
electrical energy in the State of Bombay.
WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the levy of a duty on
consumption of electrical energy in the State of Bombay; It
is hereby enacted in the Ninth Year of the Republic of India
as follows :—
1) This Act may be
called the Bombay Electricity Duty Act, 1958.
2) It extends to the whole of the 2[State of
Gujarat].
3) It shall come into force on such date as the
State Government may, by notification in the
Official Gazette, appoint.
2. In this Act,
unless the context requires otherwise,-
3.[(a) "consumer"
means any person who is supplied with energy on
payment of charges or otherwise by a licensee or by
any other person who generates energy ." and
includes—
(i) a licensee in relation to energy either
generated by himself or supplied by any other
licensee,
(ii) any other person in relation to energy
generated by himself,
and used by such
licensee or person for any purpose excluding that of
construction, maintenance or operation of his
generating, transmitting or distributing system but
including office, commercial or residential purpose
connected with such system ;
and the word
"consume" with its grammatical variations end
cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly;]
(b) "energy" means
electrical energy when generated, transmitted
supplied or used for any purpose except the
transmission of a message;
1. For Statement
of Objects and Reasons, see Bombay Government
Gazette,
1958, Extra
Ordinary, Part-V, p. 44.
* This Act was
assented to by the Governor on the 6th May, 1958.
** For validating provision see sec. 3 of Guj. 7 of
1988.
2. These words
were substituted for the words "State of Bombay" by
the Gujarat Adaptation of Laws (State and Concurrent
Subjects) Order, 1960.
3. Clause (a) was substituted for the original by
Guj. 20 of 1988, 8.2(1).
