42. [ Penalty for illegal or defective supply or for non-compliance with order
.-Whoever-(a)being a licensee or a person who has obtained the sanction of the State Government under section 28 to engage in the business of supplying energy to the public, save as permitted under section 27 or section 51 or by his license or as the case may be, by the conditions of sanction, supplies energy or lays down or places any electric supply-line or works outside the area of supply; or(b)being a licensee or a person who has obtained the sanction of the State Government as aforesaid, in contravention of the provisions of this Act or of the rules thereunder, or in breach of the conditions of license or of the sanction, as the case may be, and without reasonable excuse, the burden of proving which shall lie on him, discontinues the supply of energy or fails to supply energy; or(c)makes default in complying with any of the provisions of an order or of any notice or requisition issued under section 5 or section 6; or(d)makes default in complying with any directions issued to him under section 22-A; or(e)makes default in complying with any order issued to him under section 22-B or sub-section (2) of section 34, shall be punishable with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, and, in the case of a continuing offence or default, with a daily fine which may extend to one hundred rupees.]
