Which of following statements of law, according to provisions of Electricity Act, 2003, is correct:
Section 151 of the Electricity Act, 2003 supports "No court shall take cognizance of an offence punishable under the said Act except upon a complaint in writing made by…
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Which of following statements of law, according to provisions of Electricity Act, 2003, is correct:
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Section 151 of the Electricity Act, 2003 supports "No court shall take cognizance of an offence punishable under the said Act except upon a complaint in writing made by appropriate government or appropriate commission."; Section 152 supports "Notwithstanding anything contained in Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, the appropriate government or any officer authorized by it may accept a sum of money by way of compounding the offence in the said Act"; and Section 150 supports "Whoever abets an offence punishable under the said Act, shall notwithstanding anything contained in the IPC, be punished with the imprisonment provided therein for such offence." Hence "All of the given options are true".