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Section 152. (1)Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure

1973, the Appropriate Government or any officer authorized by it in this behalf
may accept from any consumer or person who committed or who is reasonably
suspected of having committed an offence of theft of electricity punishable under
this Act, a sum of money by way of compounding of the offence as specified in the
Table below:




















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TABLE

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Nature of Service Rate at which the sum of money for
Compounding to be collected per
Kilowatt(KW)/Horse Power(HP) or part
thereof for Low Tension (LT) supply and
per Kilo Volt Ampere(KVA) of contracted
demand for High Tension (HT)
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(1) (2)
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