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ORTSSA ACT 11 OF 1989
THE ORISSA EI,ECTRLC SUPPLY-LINE M4TERlAL (uIYC~AWRU~POS~ESSION) ACT, ~ 8 7
TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Short titlle, extent and commencement

2. Definitions
3. Penalty for unlawful possession of electric supply-line maledd
4. Nan-production of the material before Court

5. Search of pIace suspected to contain electric supply-line m a t d d

6. Seizure of electric suppIy-line material
7. Con6scation of seized articles

8. Appeal

9. V'esting of properly

10. Con6scatioa to bu no bar to imposition of other penally

f I. Offence cognizable
I 2. Presumption as to orders
13. Protection of adion taken under the Act
14. Act to override other laws

15. Power to make rules

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ORISSA ACT 11 OF 1989

'ITHE ORISSA ELECTRIC SUPPLY-LINE MATERIAL (UAWFUL
POSSESSEON) ACT, 1981
[Received 16 F assent OJ trze President on the 13th June, 1989 JTrrl published in
an exiraordinary isme of B e Orksa Gazette dared the 281hJune. 1989.1
AH ACT TO PHOVlDE FOP PRRVBNnON OF W f l AND UNLAWmLPO-ION OF
raucrnlc SIIPPLY-LINB MATBRIA M AND MA= CONNECIED -.
Ba it enacted by the legislature of the State of Orissa in the Thirty-ninth Year
I of the Republic or India as f~llows :-
Shorl dtlo,
aod
cxtcnt 1. (11 This Act may be called the Orissa Electric Supply-Line Matex~al(Unlawfu
commence- Possessionl Act, 1988.
mat.
(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Orissa.
. (3) R shall came into force at once.
Dcfinitlone 2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,--
(a) ' Authorised Ofictr' means an Oflicer of the Orissa State Electricity Board
not below the rankof a Superintending Engineer (Electrical) who has been
authorista by the Government by notification issued in this behalf to exer-
clse the powers of confiscation under this Act for a particular area ;
4 [ * 1 . *
I
(c) "Electric Supply-Line Material" means,-

ti) ACC (All Aluminium Conductor) ;

(iil ACSR (Steel Cored, Aluminium Conductor) ;
(iii) High Voltage Cable. 11 K.V. and above ;
(iv) Insulator, 11 K . V. and above ;
(V) Lighting Arrester, 11 K. V. and above ;
(vi) Support for Electric Supply-Line and part thereof ; or
(vii) Transformer belonging to Government or Board ;
but shall not includ-
(1) PYC Cable (Service connection);
(2) PVC Cable (Domestic wiring) ;
B [ * S * * I
(dl "Government" means the Stale Government of O~issa;
'[(d-1)" GRIDLCO " means the Grid Corporation of Orissa Limited as 0- AC~
reffered to in section 13 of the Orissa Electricity Reform Act, 19951.2 of 1995

(e) "Prescribeci" means prescrilxd by rules made under this Act ; and
u)Words and expresjons used but not defined in this Act and defined in the
Indian Electricity Act, 1910 shall have the same meaning as assigned to 9 1910
them under that Act.

1. For Stattrntni oTObjects and Reesons see Orissa Q a ~ l t eElraordinary, dated the 17th March
1987. No. 402) and lhe Selecr Committee report see Orlssa Gazelle Extraor dhary, dated
the 26h September, 1988 (No.1381).
2. Omitted by Orissa Act 6 of 1997 s. 2 Iil
3. Omitted by Ibld s. 2 (14
4. h e r l e d by ibld s. 2 (iii)
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THE ORTSSA ELECTRIC stip;p~~;jLTf.jCk MATERIAL
- .-! i (UNLANFU L -POSSESSION) ACT; 1987 I -

[orissa kgt 11 bdf'-19891: ,-

.,, {Secs. 3 , 6 ) 1 .
Penally for
udawrul 3. Whoever is'found ,to have been in possessidrl of any electric supply-line rnateriales
possession of reasonably,suspected qf having ,been ,stolen o; ~~qlawfully obtaincd or retained shall,
eleclr!c unless he pro3es. that, he was 'in,lawful -. p'dssesfioh
. . . - oF.such rngerials, shall be puni-
s up~ly-1h e shable,- . . . ,. . . , . . . . . . . .,
,, . . ,
matcrial.
.. (a) for the fist oKence, with imprisonment of cither description for a term
which may extend to three years and witn fine and- in the abhence of
speciaI and adequate Ieasons to be recorded in the judgement OF the
I Court, such imprisclnment sllall not be less than two years and such Rne
shall not bc less than o nc thousand rupees ; . . I . ,.
:I 1.

{b) for the second or, subsequeni offence with imprisonment of either descrip- '-1

tion for a term,which may extend t o five years and also with tine and in
the absenw of special and adequate rysons to be mentioned in 9 7 judg*
ment of the Court, such irnprikonment shall not be 'lkss than three years
and such fine shall not be Iess than two thousand rupees. ' . 1 , ,,; '

Non-produc+
4. In, any trial folhan offence . ,under 3 of this-,Act,-
tion the _ - . , .. sec~ion
,, , . , . ,
L I I ' 1

- - - -:(a) tst buiden of pro& the lawrul possession of the

be-
,
f ore-court. .... .., . . , ;
. . .. .
, .
,
.,.,electric supply-lihd
.,
.
that'
"&aterial
,
,
. ,.
. accuscd
shall
T i p
w
.
- .-be
a
,

.
s
;on
iri:
' him; .
(b) it shall not be ne&srary i* produce-ihe rejzld matiriais in the Court for
the purpo- dentification. The production of the seizure list duly
countersigned by thc Authorised Oficer of the area or the Investigating

i Starsh of
Oficer, as the casc may be, shall be~,co~clusive
cation.
5. (1) If any place including an enclosure, tank, well, reservoir or any premises
proof of such, identifi-

place sus-
pectcd to is suspzcted to be used for the aeposit OF stolen c ectric supply-line material, any
conrain oKccr ofthe l[GRIDICO J, not below the r a n k , d a Subdivisional Oficer (ElcctricaI) with
the written permission of the Authorised Officcr may enter such p l a d for lhe purpose
supply~l'ns of starch and may take the assistance of such sub-ordinates, asslstants or other
material.
employees of thel[GRTDICO] as may,bc considered reasonable and necessary for conduc-
ting the search and to make arrangements for y a r d i n g the place until arrangement
is made fox. the seizure and remoral of the electr~c supp1y:ltne mater~alto some
place of saiety, . . ... ,

(2) AU persons in possession or o&upation of the place, preiirrer, tank, reser-

voir or well, on disciosure of the identity of the oEmr conducting the search shall
allow i i m free ingress thereto and afford $1 reasonable facililiq~ Tor a search therein*
.I

(3) Bciore making a search undcl this section, the officer about- t o make it shall
call upon one or more respectable pelsons of the locality 'in which the place is
situate or of any other Iocality if no such inhabitant of the sald locality is avaihble
or is willing to attend an witness the search and the search shall be made in the
p r c s e n ~ of such witness. . I

(4) Any person obstructing,the search conducted by an officer of the l[GRIDICO]

.. sb&J tie- punishable with
, , imprisonment, which may extend. to six months and fine.
!&ureof: . , '

ekctris aupp- 6. (1) When 'it ir reasonably suspccled that an offen& uider this Act has been
IY-line mate- rn-ittcd in respect of ,electric supply-line material, such spuply-Iine materia1 together
riala. with all tools, ropes, chains and any vehicles, vcssels or other modes of conveyance
used--for transport. of such supply-lfne material, may be scized by any officerof the
~[GRIDIcO], ilot below the rank of a Subdivisional .08icer (Electrigl).
(2) Every officer seizing any electric supply-line . A a t e J a ~or tools, chains, vehicles
1 ir ,modes qf conveyance under>sub-section (1) shall, within seventy-two houn
other
i fibm tbe time of seizure, prod,ucethe propeity seized before the ,Authoriscd.,m&rof
I the area. All ofl~ers'of the l[GRTDICOl including tho A'uthorised 0fficer.whcn they
I
seize any eleelric supply-line material shall lodge. informatlob wltlj the Police -along
. with a copy of the seizure list duly countc&lgned by the Authorjsed Officer w~thout
producing the seized material, I . , . ,, .:
.

I. Subtituted by the Orissa Act 6 or 1997 s. 4. -

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THE ORISSA ELECTRIC S u17PLx-LINE MAT ERlAL

(UNLAWPUL POSSESSION) ACT, 1987
-, IOrissn Acl 11 of 198'lj
(sccs. 7-9)
(3) Every Poliu: Vficur seizi llg clecl ric supply-line matcrial i 11 cr; tineutio~, {vi L 11
no oTcnce suspecled tu llayc b c c ~ l cojnjilil rcd ~j lidcr (Ilis Acl shall n r ~ r \ v i t h s t a ~ l d i ~ ~
a ~ i y t l l i n gconlained i a Lllc Ccde or C r i m i l ~ : ~Prtimd!~re.
l 1973 rrl~wrlrr)a copy nf l l ~ c "( 97d
scizure l i s l lo the Autlioriscd Olllccr w i t l ~ i l l scvn~lly-lwtr I ~ n u r $r r o n ~1I1c time ul
seizure nnd shqll ~ n i ~ kovcr c lo Ihc said Aull:orisi:rl Olficcl L l ~ e seizct! propcrty
includirlg the tools, c l i a i ~ ~rupcs,, vcllicles, vessels and o l l r ~ r C I I I I V C ~ ~ I I ~ scizcd, Tor
purposes if initialing conL~c-ationprocecdillg ~ n t l r I,l ~l i s A c l .
(4) Tbc seizure list prcparctl tlic ~nnLcl-iaIs (lit. tn~ols,cllnins, vclriclcs alld
other n~udesof conveyallcc seimd in coursc o f se;ucll, sllnll bc sigllcrl by [lie oficc,
ruakiug rlle seizure a d tlie wiloess prcselli. A repart o r seizurc alollgwilli a-copy
, of tlic seizurc l i s t so made sllall bc sclll IQ ihc IICRT~:SI Magishate Iiauing jurisdldion
to try ally offence undcr this Act.
Con(iscatlon; 7. (1) Wherc an Authu~~ised Giliccr scizc!. any clcclric supply-line 1nnter.is1 or
$$p when any such clectric supply-linc material ir pm~luccd hrlvrc lli111 or is nlndc
over to I ~ i mby l l l c Policc, IIC sfli\ll, if Ilc i c s;~iisfied that ao offence tllldcr this
Act hns been coalmi~tcd in rcspccl tbcrcol; a r d r ~tlic confismtio~l oC tlie clcclric
supply -line material togethcr wirli nll tunls, ropes, cllni ns, vcllic!es, vessels n I I ~
other conveyance uscd in curn~~litl i i ~ gsuch olCencc millli 11 t lie prcsc~ibed (ilnc:
Providcrl t l ~ ano ~ ordcr confiscating any eleclr ic supply~lirlc muter1n.1 or nr!y
liscti ill committing t lic ofrc~ice
tools, ropes, c l ~ n i l u , vchicles, or ather co ~ivcyn~iccs
sllall bc madc, u~ilessIIle perso11 lrortt w h o ~ nthe property !t scizccl is givcn-
(a] a notice i n writing inror~rlinglii111 vf t 11egrnuncls on whicli it is proposed
to confisc-tlc sue11 propcrty, tools, ropes, chairls and vehicles, vessels
and other wnvcynnce;
(A) au rlpporlunity of nlnkilzg rcprc?enlntio~iin writing w i t l i i r ~such rcasoltnble
t i ~ n cas mcrc specifled in t l ~ cnvlice against the groutld of coniiscario~l;
and
(4 a rens~nnbleo p p o r t u ~ ~ i royl b c i ~ ~Iiawd
g i n tlie mallcr.
(21 Wilhou t prcjrrdicc 10 the provisi,ons ol sub-section (I) 110 order conliscali~lg
any veliicle. vcssel or othcr collveyalicc s l ~ a l lbe mnae, if (11e owner ot such vcbicle,
vc~scl,or o l l ~ e rcollvcyaurr: p l - o v u tu tllc snlisratrtiol~or the Autl~orisedOmccr tllat
i1 was used ill carrying I h c elcciric supply-line matcrial wilhoul l l ~ knonlcdgc c or
l r his agct~t,i r ally, alltl the persoil in charge
colltlivatice of tile alvllcr I i i l ~ ~ s eand
ibe vel~icIe, vcsslc or 01 llcr co nvcyallce liad i u ken all rei~onablc and Iicccssary
piernut ions against such use.

Appeal H. (I) A l l y persson aggricvcd by ari urdcr u l c l ~ ~ ~ l i s c a t i mndc

on u ~ ~ ( l escctivrl
r
7 nlay witlii~kOIIC mo'nth rr'rc~rntnc rlatc o r c o m m u u i c n t i o ~ l~u liim or sucl~ ordcr,
appeill to the '[Dircctur Transmisssiun ant1 D i s l r i b u t i v n or the GItIUICO] and llw
nppellale authority aficr giving L:I apoc,r(u n i l y lo Ihc appellant Io he hcanl. niay
lass such order as lie inay t l i i ~ ~[it,
k c o ~ ~ f i r m i l ~n~otlifg'iirg
g, or at111uIli11gtltc order
appaled against.
l h n l ;~ncl r i o l w i l l i . ~ l e ~ l d i the
(2) T l ~ eappellate urdcr s l ~ a lI)c n g result of iIie crirl,irlaI
case, if any. t h e confix~lticlli iis cunfir~nctl by thc oppellalc ~ u f l i ~ SIICIH y be
~ i ~ 1101
qucslio~~erli n any Civil or Crirninal Conr~of law.

Vesilng of
9. (1 1 Wllcrc a n order td co~lfismlioour nny malccials, tools and conveyance
pmm*y'
llns ~ I I I P final. s~rchn~alcrialso r a p o r t i o ~liicreur,
~ inclutling (Ilc tools, vchicles, vesscls
and o ~ l i c r cunvcynnas, as llic case may bc, slrnll vesl in tile B o n d T r a all
eacr~mbra nces a ~ i d tlie ~[CiRTDIC~] :I l lcr fixing a rcaso~lttbleva luaticru or tile pr.rlpcrIy,
may dispose of tlie srznlc i u such lnnllrler as i t deems proper.
(2) Whcrc i o a prosecution u ~ d c rs e c t i o ~3~of this hcl, Lkc pcrsoll co llccrncd is
~ t he scized yroporly, Ilc will be
aqiilcd on a 6udi11g that Iic was illlarvful ~ u s s e s s i o lor
entitled to bc rchiridcd tbc vnlue or price Cixcd under sub-section ( I ) u r tlic ~ C I U R ~
djsposol pricc, whicticvcr is higlwr, rrorn Lbc l[GRTDICTj].
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'I'fiE ORlSSA B ~ B C ' , ~ R $W$;~?LY

IC -LLNE MATBIITAL
(UNLAWFUL I'OSSHSSION) ACI.', IPS7

CU"fibmL(UII 10. A11 ~ ~ d corr t o ~ ~ ~ i s w ; . llliacle

l i o ~ ~u~cleri e c t i o ~7~ s l ~ ~ jtrll
l l act a5 a ~ ~ lo a r .._
l v ba nu b ~ r
,a ilnyuslliun llie impobiiioo oT any other peaally Lo w l ~ i.&.~ I I ~olfci~de~' c is IiabIc ullder l l ~ i sAcl.
uT olllcr I ' . . .
~~e~~aliy.
0ITe ua: under this Acl sl~nll t c ctlgui~~blc
I t . All olTc~~ic a d ~rtru-b~ilable.
cugtilznblc. , I

s ~ 12. WIlerc
i all uttlcr purporlv to I I H V been
~ uladc sigrlcd by ihenutlhbrily ~ I I
ns lu ur[[ers. dgcrcise any- power wnrcrrcd by or ullder this Aci, the Coltst s f ~ a l l ~ ~ C S U I I E
willlir~ Lhc incanidg rd lhe Indian
t l ~ e lsukh artier wns SO 11la~Icby I l t ~ autl~vrily
l
, .
Bvide~~ccAct, 1872. ,. 100r 1872
, -,I .

Prulcclluu ur - 13. No suit. proseculio~ior oaY Icgal proweJing shall t persol1 ur

lie u g ~ i ~ l sally , 1
9f(i"1' Lakc'' Llle Ovard for auytlliug d o l ~ ciu good faith a; inlendcrl IO be dune it1 pursuance ~f - ; , .
unrtcr 'I!'
Act. t11c provi~iuus i b i s Act. or . .i .r
.I

ACI 10 14. The provisiooi of LIlis Act sIlalf have eflccl ~~otwiUislaodiny a u y l l ~ i l linc011si-
~
uverride (cut t hel-cwilk conlaiued ilk any olI~erlaw fur [he ti~nt:being i l l r o w .
oll~er1 ~ ~ 6 .
! .'
Ihowcr l o 15. Tl~c Slatc G~vcrumcur may
lllnku rulei. Q Z O Y ~ ~ ~ Oof
~ I tJis
S Act.
u~ake rules * for arryillg out ~ l lor ~ 1 1 y

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Por nrllcs Sac Orlssa G U Z I I ~htraurdinary,

, dclcd I l ~ c1st .Novubar, 1989 (No. 1530).
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THE ORI- E L E m C SUPPLY-LINE MATERIAL UNLAWFUL POSSE5!3IOw 1

AMEND- ACT, 1997

TABLE OFiCONTENTS -

I, Short title

3. Amendment ofsection 8 .
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ORlSSA ACT 6 OF 1997

r .'FEIE ORLSSASECTRIC SUPPLY-L~EM A T ~ ~ A TAWFUL
. PossESsron
AMENDMESllT ACT, ,1997
[Rcceiwd the mscnt of the Governlor on the 26rli h f q 1997, Erst pub Ii~hed;ti- a n ext&rdinary
issue of the Orissa Gazette, d a t ~ dtheq29th May 1997 ]

AN Am TO THE OBI?ESA BLECTRIC SUPPLY-LINE MATERIAL.

( UNLAWFUL PossassION ) ACT. 1P88

B E i L enacted by the Lrgirlrtura of the Stale of Orirra in the Pony-

eighth Year of the Republic of India as fol~ows:-
Short title. 1. This Act m a y be callcd the Orissa Electric Supply-Lint Matedl
( Unlawful Possession ) Amendment Act, 1997.

A m ~ h n t, 2. l n =tion 2 of the OT~SSB Bltclrjc Supply-Line Material ( Unlawfu[ O r b r ~d

ofrectlon 2. Poesession ) Act, 1988 ( here~naficrreferred to as !he principal Act ),- 11of 1989.

V) clause [b) shall be omitted; '

(jj) in subclause (vii) of clause (4, the word?, figures,' brackets

and lettcrs "Every such materid as included in section 2 (c)
beat - the mark of Orissa State Electricity Board iri the prescribed
manner," appearing after item (2)shall be omitted; and

( i i i ) after clause (d), the following'clause shell be inserted, namely:-

~ ( d - I=GRIDCO*'
) m a n s thc Grid Corporation of Drissa Limiltd orisrra
,. as referred to in section 13 of the Orissa Eieclriclp Reform 2 or 1996.
Act, 1995';

~mcndmcot 3. Zn sfction 8 of the principal Act, in sub-seclion {I), for ;he words
of a t c l i n 8. "Member, Administration of)the Orissa Slate Electricity Board", the words
director, ~ransmissionand Distribution of the GRIDCO" shall be substituted.
. -

Genera1
4. In thc principal Act, for the expres6ion "Board" or "Ori;:a Slate
am~dmmt. Electricity Bard" wherever it cccurs, thc cxpressioo "GRIDCO" sbal I be
- substituted.

Savings'
5. ~ c t w i hstandiog
f the subsiifulion of the runctionaries made by ibis Act,
any 1sg.l praeecdiig commenced or pending before any Wn~tionsry under the
principal Act prior to the commencement of this Act sbail stand transferred
to, and be deemed t o be pending before, the functionary substitded by this
Act, on the date or such commencement.

*For the Bill ste Orissa Gazette, Extraordinary, dated the 17th Mash 1997 (No.3511