Section 197: Council to have powers and obligations of licensee under Act 9 of 1910

Subject to the provision of this Act the Council shall in respect of the New Delhi areas under its jurisdiction have all the powers and obligations of a licensee under the Electricity Act, 1910, and this Chapter shall be deemed to be the licence of the Council for the purposes of that Act:

Provided that nothing in sections 3 to 12 of, or in clauses I to IX of the Schedule to, that Act relating to the duties and obligations of a licensee shall apply to the Council.

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