{"act":{"id":"bihar-electricity-duty-act-2018","short_title":"Bihar Electricity Duty Act, 2018","long_title":"to provide for levying a duty on consumption of electrical energy in the State of Bihar and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.","act_number":"4","act_year":2018,"enact_date":null,"enforcement_date":null,"ministry":null,"department":null,"jurisdiction":"Bihar","unit":"section","section_count":24,"in_force":true,"spent":false,"spent_note":null,"duplicate_of":null,"text_source":"ocr","scan_url":"https://indiacode.ecourtsindia.com/scan/826b909c-456e-426d-8593-9ce2ce373f75.pdf","url":"https://indiacode.ecourtsindia.com/bihar-electricity-duty-act-2018/"},"unit":"section","section":{"number":"9","heading":"Powers of Inspecting Authority","text":"(1) Subject to the provisions of any rules made by the State Government in this behalf, an Inspecting authority may— (i) require production for inspection of such books and records as may be necessary for ascertaining or verifying the amount of electricity duty leviable under this Act; (ii) enter and search any premises where energy is, or is believed to be supplied for the purpose of— (a) verifying the statements made in the books of accounts kept, and returns submitted under section-7; (b) checking, reading and testing of meters; (c) verifying the particulars required in connection with the levy of electricity duty; (iii) exercise such other powers and perform such other duties as may be necessary for carrying out the purposes of this Act and the rules made thereunder. (2) All searches made under sub-section (1) shall be made in accordance with the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.","html":"<p>(1) Subject to the provisions of any rules made by the State Government in this behalf, an Inspecting authority may— (i) require production for inspection of such books and records as may be necessary for ascertaining or verifying the amount of electricity duty leviable under this Act; (ii) enter and search any premises where energy is, or is believed to be supplied for the purpose of— (a) verifying the statements made in the books of accounts kept, and returns submitted under section-7; (b) checking, reading and testing of meters; (c) verifying the particulars required in connection with the levy of electricity duty; (iii) exercise such other powers and perform such other duties as may be necessary for carrying out the purposes of this Act and the rules made thereunder. (2) All searches made under sub-section (1) shall be made in accordance with the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.</p>","words":151,"text_source":"ocr"},"classification":[],"instruments":[],"judgments":[],"corresponds_to":[],"url":"https://indiacode.ecourtsindia.com/bihar-electricity-duty-act-2018/section/9/","note":null,"source_note":"Read from the Government's own scanned gazette with Azure Document Intelligence, then split into sections by their numbering. India Code publishes no text for this Act. The scan itself is mirrored into our own storage and served at /scan/826b909c-456e-426d-8593-9ce2ce373f75.pdf, so the reading here can be checked against the page it came from without depending on India Code's own copy staying where it is (it was at https://indiacode.gov.in/server/api/core/bitstreams/9b1b8e6e-de5d-426a-8ed8-28be3adf14fc/content).","judgments_note":"Judgment holdings are the ratio decidendi as extracted from the order by eCourts India, reproduced unaltered. Reported judgments only.","licence":"Published with commentary and other original matter under s.52(1)(q)(ii), Copyright Act 1957."}