State Act

THE UTTAR PRADESH ELECTRIC WIRE AND TRANSFORMERS PREVENTION AND PUNISHMENT OF THEFT) ACT, 1976

This Act was repealed on a date we do not have by the Uttarakhand Repealing Act, 2023 (Uttarakhand Act 27 of 2023), s.2 and Schedule item 212; it may still apply to matters that began before then.

8. The Licensing Authority or any other officer authorized by the State Government in this behalf may, with such assistance, if any, as he thinks fit- (a) require the owner, occupier or any person in charge of any place, premises, vehicle, or vessel in which he has reason to believe that any contravention of the provisions of this Act or of the conditions of any licence issued thereunder has been, is being or is about to be committed, to produce any books, accounts or other documents showing transactions relating to such contravention ; (b) enter, inspect or break open and search any place or premises, vehicle or vessel in which he has reason to believe that any contravention of the provisions of this Act or of the conditions of any licence issued thereunder, has been, is being or is about to be committed ; (c) take or cause to be taken, extracts or copies of, any documents, showing transactions relating to such contravention ; (d) search, seize, and remove stocks of aluminium and copper and the animals, vehicles, vessels, or other conveyance used in carrying the same in contravention of the provisions of this Act, or of the conditions of the licence issued thereunder, and thereafter, take or authorize the taking of all measures necessary for securing the production of such stocks and the animals, vehicles, vessels or other conveyances so seized, in a court and for their safe custody pending such production.