Electricity (Supply) (Amendment) Act, 1942
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Prosecutions for stealing electricity. |
6.—(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 77 of the Courts of Justice Act, 1924 (No. 10 of 1924), an offence under section 10 of the Larceny Act, 1916 , may (in lieu of prosecution by indictment) be prosecuted and tried summarily in the District Court, subject to the restriction that the punishment inflicted on conviction by that Court shall not exceed a fine of fifty pounds or imprisonment for six months. | |
(2) Where an offence under section 10 of the Larceny Act, 1916 , is prosecuted summarily by virtue of this section, it may be so prosecuted at the suit of the Board or of any other person. |