MYANMAR: Law Amending the Electricity Law 1984 (Law No. 3/90 of 1990)

Meta Data
Draft: 
No
Revision of previous policy?: 
Yes
Draft Year: 
1990
Effective Start Year: 
1990
Effective End Year: 
2014
Scope: 
National
Document Type: 
Law
Economic Sector: 
Power
Energy Types: 
Power
Issued by: 
The State Law and Order Restoration Council
Source: 
Burma Lawyers Council
File: 
Law No. 3/90 of 1990 Amending the Electricity Law of 1984
Overall Summary: 
This Law amends the Electricity Law of 1984.
Governance
Energy management principles: 
2. Section 30 of the Electricity Law shall be substituted by the following section:- (30). Whoever commits any act mentioned below, shall, in addition to being prosecuted under this Law or under any other law for the time being in force pay as compensation to the State - owned organization concerned the market value of the destroyed electrical materials and equipment or for the loss arising out of the act the amount as prescribed under the procedures- (a) destruction of State-owned electrical materials and equipment: (b) transferring without a permit of the State-owned organization concerned of the electrical materials and equipment owned by the State to any other person; (c) consumption of electrical energy by theft; (d) consumption of electrical energy by way of relaying and sub transmitting without a permit of the State-owned organization concerned; (e) using for commercial purpose electrical energy connected from domestic or domestic power meters; (f) consumption of electrical energy beyond the energy load limit of the industrial power meter.