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LAWS OF SARAWAK
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Chapter 50
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ELECTRICITY ORDINANCE
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LAWS OF SARAWAK
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ELECTRICITY ORDINANCE
Chapter 50
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Section
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Short title
2.
Interpretation
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3.
Appointment of Inspectors
4.
4A.
4 B.
4 C.
4D.
4 E.
4F.
4G.
Competent control
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Entry on premises
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15.
CAP. 50
Section
Power to enter on land for purposes of construction
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21.
Compensation
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25(1)
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(2)
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In case of delay other parties may reinstate and recover the expense
Notice to be served on persons having control, etc., before breaking up
streets or opening drains
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28.
Equality of treatment
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31.
32.
Power to delegate
32A.
Power of investigation
32B.
32C.
32D.
Admissibility of statement
33.
Offences
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33A.
34.
Onus of proof
Conduct of prosecution
34B.
Compounding of offences
35.
Recovery of penalties
36.
Rules
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ELECTRICITY ORDINANCE
Chapter 50
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Short title
1.
Interpretation
2.
In this Ordinance
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* NOTE:
Legislative powers in respect of this matter have been delegated to the State see F.L.N. 17
of 1964. See also s. 56 of Act 447 and P.U. (A) 272/90.
CAP. 50
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Appointment of Inspectors
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CAP. 50
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(c)
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(b) supply to or for the use of any other person energy from
any installation; or
transmit or distribute energy from any installation; or
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(b)
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and if the person fails to give that security, the licensee may, if he
thinks fit, refuse to give the supply or to provide the supply line or
electrical plant or equipment until the security has been given.
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(2) Where the person has not given the security in subsection
(1) or the security given by the person has become insufficient, the
licensee may by notice require the person, within fourteen days after
the service of the notice, to give him reasonable security for the
payment of all moneys which are due to him in respect of the supply
and if the person fails to give the security, the licensee may, if he
thinks fit, discontinue the supply until the security is given.
[Ins. Cap. A36.]
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(2) Different prices may be fixed for different cases which may
be determined by reference to the area, tariff or any other relevant
factor.
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(4)
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(i)
and
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Competent control
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(2) If any dispute arises between the Director and the licensee
or owner of an installation, or its management, concerning the
exercise of the powers conferred on the Director by this section, that
licensee, owner or its management may appeal to the Yang di-Pertua
Negeri whose decision shall be final.
[Am. Cap. A36; Am. Cap. A109.]
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12. Neither the Government nor its officer shall be liable for
any loss or damage caused to any person by the suspension of
operation and use of any installation or apparatus or by the suspension
or revocation of a licence under this Ordinance.
Entry on premises
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(a) enter upon any land on, under or over which supply
lines have been laid, placed or carried, or upon which posts or
other apparatus have been erected;
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(b) carry out all necessary repairs, and in the course of it,
fell or lop trees, remove vegetation; and
do all other things necessary to that purpose,
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(c) for these purposes, remove and use all earth and
materials in and under those streets and bridges; and
(d) in those streets, erect any poles, pillars, lamps and other
works and do all other acts which the licensee shall from time to
time deem necessary for supplying electricity to the inhabitants of
his area of supply,
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CAP. 50
(a)
up;
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(b) fill in the ground and reinstate and make good the road,
pavement, sewer, drain or tunnel so opened or broken up; and
carry away the rubbish occasioned by it.
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(b) The licensee may, after the licensee has given a supply of
energy in respect of any premises, by notice in writing, require the
owner or occupier of those premises, within seven days after the date
of the service of the notice, to give the licensee security for the
payment of all moneys which may become due to him in respect of the
supply, if the owner or occupier has not already given that security, or
if any security given has become invalid or is insufficient; and, in the
event of any such owner or occupier failing to comply with the terms
of the notice, the licensee may, if he thinks fit, discontinue to supply
energy for the premises so long as the failure continues.
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(6) If any difference arises under this section as to the state of,
or as to any alleged defect in, any system, electric lines, fittings or
apparatus, that difference shall be determined by the Director.
[Am. Cap. A109.]
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Equality of treatment
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Provided that any penalty prescribed shall not exceed the sum of
fifty ringgit, and the penalties to be forfeited shall, unless the licensee
has been guilty of wilful default, in no case exceed in the aggregate
the sum of one hundred ringgit for any one day.
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(e)
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Power to delegate
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(2) The Director may, with the approval of the Yang di-Pertua
Negeri, delegate all or any of the powers conferred on him by this
Ordinance or its rules to any person, subject to such conditions and
limitations, as the Yang di-Pertua Negeri may see fit to impose, and
the Director may, with like approval, revoke that delegation.
[Am. Cap. A109.]
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Power of investigation
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(d) detain every person found in the place until the place
has been searched.
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Admissibility of statement
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written
law to the contrary, where a
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34 32D. Notwithstanding anyCAP.
person is charged with an offence under this Ordinance any statement,
whether the statement amounts to a confession or not or whether it is
oral or in writing, made at any time, whether before or after the person
is charged and whether in the course of investigation under this
Ordinance or not and whether or not wholly or partly in answer to
questions, by the person to or in the hearing of an Inspector and
whether or not interpreted to him by an Inspector or any other person
concerned or not in the case shall be admissible at his trial in
evidence, and, if the person tenders himself as a witness, any such
statement may be used in cross-examination and for the purpose of
impeaching his credit:
Provided that
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(6)
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(9)
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Provided that if the precise date when the meter was tampered or
damaged or when the supply line, apparatus or system was tampered,
altered or adjusted could not be ascertained by the licensee, the
amount of that loss shall not exceed five times the total amount of
energy, that is estimated by the licensee to have been lost or
dishonestly abstracted or consumed by the consumer, for a period of
thirty-six months prior to the date of discovery of the acts referred to
in paragraphs (a) and (b).
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Onus of proof
34. In any prosecution for an offence under section 33(5)
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Conduct of prosecution
34A. Prosecution of any offence under this Ordinance or its rules
may be conducted by the Public Prosecutor or any person authorized
by him under section 377(b) of the Criminal Procedure Code [Act
593].
[Ins. Cap. A36; Sub. Cap. A81.]
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Compounding of offences
34B. The Director or any person authorized by him may, subject
to any rules made under section 36, compound any offence which may
be stipulated under the rules to be a compoundable offence, by
collecting from the person reasonably suspected of having committed
that offence, a sum of money not exceeding two thousand ringgit.
[Ins. Cap. A56; Am. Cap. A109.]
Recovery of penalties
Rules
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35. Any penalty due under section 25(1) or section 27(7) may
be recovered by civil action in a court of appropriate jurisdiction.
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(f) the fees to be paid for licences and any other fees in
respect of acts done or duties performed under this Ordinance or
its rules;
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(2) Any rules made under this section may be made to apply
throughout Sarawak or to any particular area or areas of supply.
[List of Amendments]
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Ord. 16/57
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Ord. 21/58
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Cap. A36
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Chapter 50
In force from
1-1-1952
17-12-1954
16-9-1957
16-9-1957
22-9-1958
1-1-1963
16-9-1963
1-7-1996
1-1-2001
1-1-2004
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Electricity Ordinance
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Electricity Ordinance
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Ord. No. 17
of 1952
Chapter 137
(1958 Ed.)
Chapter 137
(1958 Ed.)
Reprint 1967