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    "id": 15285,
    "slug": "bihar-electricity-regulatory-commission-state-advisory-committee-regulations-2005",
    "title": "Bihar Electricity Regulatory Commission State Advisory Committee Regulations, 2005",
    "short_title": "Bihar Electricity Regulatory Commission State Advisory Committee Regulations, 2005",
    "act_number": "Published vide Notification No. BERC/03/2005, date",
    "act_year": 2005,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Bihar",
    "law_status": "unknown",
    "enactment_date": null,
    "description": "Bihar Electricity Regulatory Commission State Advisory Committee Regulations, 2005",
    "preamble": "",
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        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. Short Title Extent and Commencement.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 0
        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "2. Definitions.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) \"Act\" means the Electricity Act, 2003 (36 of 2003);\n(b) \"Agenda\" means the list of business proposed to be transacted at a meeting of the State Advisory Committee;\n(c) \"Commission\" means the Bihar Electricity Regulatory Commission;\n(d) \"Chairman\" means the Chairman of the Bihar Electricity Regulatory Commission;\n(e) \"Committee\" means State Advisory Committee;\n(f) \"Committee Member\" means a member of State Advisory Committee other than a member of the Commission;\n(g) \"Member\" means a Member of the Bihar Electricity Regulatory Commission;\n(h) \"Officer\" means an Officer of the Commission;\n(i) \"Regulations\" means the Bihar Electricity Regulatory Commission-State Advisory Committee Regulations, 2005;\n(j) \"Secretary\" means Secretary of the Bihar Electricity Regulatory Commission.\nChapter II\nConstitution and Objects of the Committee",
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            "is_definition": true,
            "sort_order": 1
        },
        {
            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. Constitution of the State Advisory Committee.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) Consumers of electricity;\n(b) Commerce;\n(c) Industry;\n(d) Transport;\n(e) Agriculture;\n(f) Labour;\n(g) Non-governmental organisations in the Electricity Sector;\n(h) Academic and Research bodies in the Electricity Sector;\n(i) Licensees and Generating Companies;\n(j) State Transmission Utility.\n(a) Chairman of the Commission;\n(b) Members of the Commission;\n(c) Secretary to the State Government dealing with Food & Civil Supply.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 2
        },
        {
            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. Objects of the State Advisory Committee.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(i) major questions of policy relating to the electricity supply industry in the State;\n(ii) matters relating to quality, continuity, and extent of service provided by the licensees;\n(iii) compliance by licensees with the conditions and requirements of their license;\n(iv) protection of consumer interest;\n(v) electricity supply and overall standards of performance by utilities;\n(vi) on any matters, which the Commission may put before it.\nChapter III\nMeetings of the Committee",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 3
        },
        {
            "number": "5",
            "title": "5. Frequency and Venue of Meetings.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 4
        },
        {
            "number": "6",
            "title": "6. Notice of Meetings.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 5
        },
        {
            "number": "7",
            "title": "7. Matters which may be discussed in Meetings.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 6
        },
        {
            "number": "8",
            "title": "8. Quorum for Meetings.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 7
        },
        {
            "number": "9",
            "title": "9. Presiding Officer.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 8
        },
        {
            "number": "10",
            "title": "10. Participation at Meetings.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 9
        },
        {
            "number": "11",
            "title": "11. Minutes of Meetings.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "12.\nChapter IV\nFees and Allowance of Committee Members and Resignation/Cessation of Membership",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 10
        },
        {
            "number": "13",
            "title": "13. Fees and travelling allowances for Committee Members.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 11
        },
        {
            "number": "14",
            "title": "14. Cessation of Membership.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Chapter V\nRemoval of Member",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 12
        },
        {
            "number": "15",
            "title": "15. Removal of Member.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) has been adjudged as insolvent; or\n(b) has been convicted of an offence involving moral turpitude; or\n(c) has become physically or mentally incapable of acting as a member; or\n(d) has conducted himself in a manner or has so abused his/her position as to render his continuance as a member prejudiced to public interest or as to the objects and purpose of the Act.\nChapter VI\nMiscellaneous",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 13
        },
        {
            "number": "16",
            "title": "16. Miscellaneous.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 14
        }
    ],
    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "bh534",
        "Act Number": "Published vide Notification No. BERC/03/2005, dated 27th October, 2005, published in Bihar Gazette (Extra-ordinary) No. 587, dated 2.11.2005",
        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "2005",
        "Short Title": "Bihar Electricity Regulatory Commission State Advisory Committee Regulations, 2005",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Bihar"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:19"
}