Chhattisgarh Electricity Duty (Amendment) Act, 2013

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    "title": "Chhattisgarh Electricity Duty (Amendment) Act, 2013",
    "short_title": "Chhattisgarh Electricity Duty (Amendment) Act, 2013",
    "act_number": "(Act. No. 21 of 2013)",
    "act_year": 2013,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Chhattisgarh",
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    "description": "Chhattisgarh Electricity Duty (Amendment) Act, 2013",
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            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. Short title, extent and commencement.",
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            "number": "2",
            "title": "2. Amendment of Section 2.",
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            "content": "\"(d-ii) \"Schedule\" means, Schedule appended to this Act;\"",
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            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. Amendment of Section 3.",
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            "content": "\"(1) Subject to the exceptions specified in Section 3-A,-\n(a) every, Distribution Licensee or Franchisee shall pay, every month to the State Government, in the prescribed time and manner, duty calculated at the rates specified in Part-A of the Schedule on the units of electricity sold or supplied to the consumer during the preceding months.\n(b) Every consumer consuming electricity obtained through Open Access from outside the State, shall pay every month to the State Government, in the prescribed time and manner, duty calculated at the rates specified in Part-B of the Schedule on the units of electricity consumed during the preceding months.\n(c) every Captive Generating Plant, Generating Company and Producer shall pay every month to the State Government, in the prescribed time and manner, duty calculated at the rates specified in Part-C of the Schedule on the units of electricity consumed or used as the case may be, by it or auxiliary consumption of the plant or supplied directly to its employees or units of electricity sold or supplied to the consumers during the preceding months.\n1. \"Captive Generating Plant\" shall have the same meaning as in sub-section (8) of Section 2 of the Electricity Act, 2003 (No. 36 of 2003).\n2. \"Distribution Licensee\" shall have the same meaning as in sub-section (17) of Section 2 of the Electricity Act, 2003 (No. 36 of 2003).\n3. \"Franchisee\" shall have the same meaning as in subsection (27) of Section 2 of the Electricity Act, 2003 (No. 36 of 2003).\n4. \"Generating Company\" shall have the same meaning as in sub-section (28) of Section 2 of the Electricity Act, 2003 (No. 36 of 2003).\n5. \"Open Access\" shall have the same meaning as in subsection (47) of Section 2 of the Electricity Act, 2003 (No. 36 of 2003).\"",
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            "number": "3-A",
            "title": "4. Amendment of Section 3-A.",
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            "content": "\"(viii) Consumed or used by any generating company, in which the State Government holds at least twenty six percent equity or sold or supplied by it to a Distribution Licensee owned by the Government.",
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            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. For the purpose of this Section, equity holding by a Government Company in its Subsidiary Company shall be deemed to be equity holding of the State Government.",
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            "content": "2. \"Government Company\" shall have the same meaning as in Sub-Section (31) of Section 2 of the Electricity Act, 2003 (No. 36 of 2003).\"",
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        {
            "number": "3-C",
            "title": "5. Addition of New Section 3-C.",
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            "content": "\"3-C. Power to amend the Schedule. - 1) The State Government may by notification in the Official Gazette amend the Schedule.\n\"3-C. Power to amend the Schedule.\n(2) Every notification issued under sub-section (1) which has the effect of increasing the duty payable by any consumer, shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before the State Legislature while it is in session for a total period of thirty days, which may be comprised in one session or two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session or immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, the House agrees in making any modification or the House agrees that the notification should not be made, shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be, so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done thereunder.\"",
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            "number": "6",
            "title": "6. Addition of Schedule.",
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            "content": "\"Schedule\n[ See Section 3]\nRates of Duty\nPart-A\n[ See Section 3(1) (a)]\nS. No.\nConsumer Category\nConsumed Electricity (in Unit)\nRate of Duty in   percentage or energy charges\n\t\t\t\t\tnotified in the tariff order\n(1)\n(2)\n(3)\n(4)\n1.\nDomestic Consumer\nOn all consumed units\n8 percent\n2.\nNon-Domestic Consumer\nOn all consumed units\n12 per cent\n3.\nMines (other than captive mines of cement\n\t\t\t\t\tindustries)\nOn all consumed units\n40 percent\n4.\nCement industries (including its captive\n\t\t\t\t\tmines).\nOn all consumed units\n15 percent\n5.\nLT Industries upto 25 HP\nOn all consumed units\n3 percent\n6.\nLT Industries above 25 HP but upto 75 HP.\nOn all consumed units\n4 percent\n7.\nLT Industries above 75 HP but upto 100 HP.\nOn all consumed units\n5 percent\n8.\nLT Industries above 100 HP but upto 150 HP.\nOn all consumed units\n6 percent\n9.\nOther LT Industries above 150 HP which are not\n\t\t\t\t\tincluded above and Stone Crushers upto 150 HP\nOn all consumed units\n10 percent\n10.\nMini Steel Plant, Rolling Mills and Sponge Iron\n\t\t\t\t\tPlant upto 15,000 HP\nOn all consumed units\n6 percent\n11.\nPower Looms, Flour Mills, Oil expeller,\n\t\t\t\t\tthresher and similar other machinery used for agricultural\n\t\t\t\t\tprocessing.\nOn all consumed units\n3 percent\n12.\nTextile mills, weaving mills and spinning\n\t\t\t\t\tmills.\nOn all consumed units\n10 percent\n13.\nH.T. Industries not included in Serial No. 10\n\t\t\t\t\tand Non-Industrial including shopping mall. Stone Crusher having\n\t\t\t\t\tload above 150 HP and situated outside & adjacent to the\n\t\t\t\t\tmines.\nOn all consumed units\n20 percent\n14.\nThe consumer who generate energy for their own\n\t\t\t\t\tconsumption for the purposes included under any of the above\n\t\t\t\t\tcategories.\nOn own consumption units.\nRate of duty shall be as if the electrical\n\t\t\t\t\tenergy is supplied by the Distribution Licensee of the State.\n15.\nElectrical energy sold or supplied for\n\t\t\t\t\tconsumption for any purpose is used either wholly or party,\n\t\t\t\t\twithout the consent of distributor of electrical energy or\n\t\t\t\t\tproducer of electricity, as the case may be.\nOn all sold or supplied or consumed units, as\n\t\t\t\t\tthe case may be.\nAt the highest rate of the schedule.\nPart-B\n[ See Section 3(1) (b)]\nS. No.\nConsumer Category\nConsumed Electricity (in Unit)\nRate of Duty in percentage or energy charges\n\t\t\t\t\tnotified in the tariff order\n(1)\n(2)\n(3)\n(4)\n16.\nFor Consumption of Electricity obtained through open access from\n\t\t\t\t\toutside the State.\nOn all the units obtained through Open Access.\nThe rate of duty shall be calculated as if the electricity is\n\t\t\t\t\tsupplied by the Distribution Licensee.\nPart-C\n[ See Section 3(1) (c)]\n[ See Section 3(1) (c)]\nS. No.\nConsumer Category\nConsumed Electricity (in Unit)\nRate of Duty\n(1)\n(2)\n(3)\n(4)\n17.\nElectricity sold or supplied by Generating Company,\n\t\t\t\tCaptive Generating Plant and Producer to the State owned\n\t\t\t\tdistribution and trading licensee.\nOn all sold or supplied Units\n5 paise per unit\n18.\nElectricity sold or supplied by Generating Company,\n\t\t\t\tCaptive Generating Plant and Producer to any other consumer in\n\t\t\t\tthe State.\nOn all sold or supplied units\nThe rate of duty shall be same as if the electricity is supplied\n\t\t\t\tby the distribution licensee to that consumer.\n19.\nFor the electricity consumed by Generating Company,\n\t\t\t\tCaptive Generating Plant and Producer for their auxiliary\n\t\t\t\tconsumption and for their own consumption.\nOn self consumed units including auxiliary consumptions.\n15 percent of the tariff which would have been applicable if the\n\t\t\t\telectricity is supplied by the distribution licensee\"\nNote. - 1. \"Billing Month or Month\" means a period of about thirty days between the two consecutive meter readings for the purpose of billing in the case of monthly billing.\nNote.\n2. \"Mines\" means mines as defined under clause (j) of Section 2 of the Mines Act, 1952 (No. 36 of 1952) and also includes the premises or machinery situated in and adjacent to a mine and used for crushing, processing, treating or transporting the mineral.\n3. \"Tariff\" means the rate or energy determined by the Chhattisgarh State Electricity Regulatory Commission under Section 86 of the Electricity Act, 2003 (No. 36 of 2003).",
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            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. The Electricity Duty shall be calculated on the basis of actual percentage of tariff in a month. As for a fraction of 50 paisa is \"O concerned, 50 paisa and above shall be rounded off to the next higher Q Oc) rupee and less than 50 paisa shall be ignored.",
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    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "Last Updated 16th October, 2019 [cg215]",
        "Act Number": "(Act. No. 21 of 2013)",
        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "2013",
        "Short Title": "Chhattisgarh Electricity Duty (Amendment) Act, 2013",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Chhattisgarh"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:19"
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