Electricity Act, 2003
151. Cognizance of
offences.-
No court shall take
congnizance of an offence punishable under this Act except upon a complaint in
writing made by Appropriate Government or Appropriate Commission or any of
their officer authorised by them or a Chief Electrical Inspector or an
Electrical Inspector or licensee or the generating company, as the case may be,
for this purpose.
Provided
that
the court may also take cognizance of an offence punishable under this Act upon
a report of a police officer filed under section 173 of the Code of Criminal
Procedure, 1973:
Provided
further that
a special court constituted under section 153 shall be competent to take
cognizance of an offence without the accused being committed to it for trial.