Electricity Act (Punjab Amendment) Ordinance, 1971 (Pb Ordinance XXIX of 1971).

This Ordinance amends the Electricity Act, 1910. In section 4 sub-section 3 of the Act new provisions shall be added as specified in section 2. In section 20, sub-section 2 shall be deleted, and sub-section 1 shall be substituted by adding provisions on the authorization for licensees to examine, inspect and test electric supply lines, ascertain the amount of energy supplied, and remove any electric supply-lines. Minor amendments have been made to sections 21 and 24 of the Act. Section 39 shall be substituted with a new section dealing with the theft of energy, and a new section 39A shall be added dealing with the dishonest abstraction, consumption or use of energy. The remaining sections of this Ordinance contain minor amendments to sections 44 and 47 of the Act, and to the Schedule.