(a) cuts or removes or takes way or transfers any electric line, material
or meter from a tower, pole, any other installation or place of installation or
any other place, or site where it may be rightfully or lawfully stored, deposited,
kept, stocked, situated or located including during transportation, without the
consent of the licensee or the owner, as the case may be, whether or not the act
is done for profit or gain; or
(b) stores, possesses or otherwise keeps in his premises, custody or
control, any electric line, material or meter without the consent of the owner,
whether or not the act is committed for profit or gain; or
(c) loads, carries, or moves from one place to another any electric line,
material or meter without the consent of its owner, whether or not the act is
done for profit or gain,
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Punishment for
receiving stolen
property
done for profit or gain,
is said to have committed an offence of theft of electric lines and materials, and
shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three
years or with fine or with both.
(2) If a person, having been convicted of an offence punishable
under sub-section (1) is again guilty of an offence punishable under that sub-
section, he shall be punishable for the second or subsequent offence for a term of
imprisonment which shall not be less than six months but which may extend to five
years and shall also be liable to fine which shall not be less than ten thousand
rupees.
Section 136 • The Electricity Act 2003
Section 136. (1) Whoever, dishonestly --
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Section 136
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