| 1.
| | This Act may be cited as the Ceylon Electricity Board Act, No. 17 of 1969, and shall come into opera- ion on such date as may be appointed by the Minister by Order published in the Gazette. |
| 2.
| | Establishment of the Ceylon Electricity Board. |
| 3.
| | Members of the Board. |
| 4.
| | Board may act despite vacancy. |
| 5.
| | General Manager of the Board, his powers and duties and their delegation |
| 6.
| | Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Board. |
| 7.
| | Seal of the Board. |
| 8.
| | Powers of the Minister in relation to the Board. |
| 9.
| | Officers and servants of Board deemed to be public servants Cha.19. |
| 10.
| | Board deemed to be a scheduled institution within the meaning of Bribery Act Cap.26. |
| 11.
| | Duties of the Board, |
| 12.
| | Powers of the Board. |
| 13.
| | Consulting engineers. |
| 14.
| | Power of the Board to super vise and control generating stations installed for joint schemes. |
| 15.
| | Disputes arising from exercise of powers of Board under section 14. |
| 16.
| | Board to undertake exclusively transmission of high voltage electrical energy in bulk. |
| 17.
| | Chapter 205 and Act No. 59 of 1957, to be amended. |
| 18.
| | Transfer to the Board of the Government Electrical Undertakings. |
| 19.
| | Licences under the Electricity Act to be granted in consultation with Board.Cap.205. |
| 20.
| | Voluntary transfer scheme. |
| 21.
| | Compulsory transfer scheme. Cap.205. |
| 22.
| | Direction for preparation of compulsory transfer scheme. |
| 23.
| | Contents of transfer scheme. |
| 24.
| | Powers of Board for the purposes of the preparation of a transfer scheme. |
| 25.
| | Presentation of schemes to Minister for approval. |
| 26.
| | Orders to give effect to transfer schemes. |
| 27.
| | Effect of a transfer Order.Cap.205. |
| 28.
| | Reference of certain disputes to arbitration. |
| 29.
| | Procedure for taking possession of property for and on behalf of Board. |
| 30.
| | Prevention of, or obstruction to, taking possession of property for and on behalf of Board. |
| 31.
| | Appointments to the staff of the Board. |
| 32.
| | Retirement of public officers of the Department and their employment by the Board. |
| 33.
| | Employment of personnel in case of transfer of electrical undertakings of a local authority to the Board. Cap. 205. |
| 34.
| | Appointment of public officers and officers and servants of local authorities, other than those referred to in sections 32 and 33, to the staff of the Board. |
| 35.
| | Service to the Board to be regarded as service to the Government for the purposes of contracts to serve the Government. |
| 36.
| | Employment by Board of persons already in receipt of pensions. |
| 37.
| | Interpretation. |
| 38.
| | General duty of the Board in financial matters. |
| 39.
| | Transfer of certain moneys to the Board and investment of equity capital by Government in the Board and the payment of certain money to the Government by the Board. |
| 40.
| | Grant to the Board from the Consolidated Fund. |
| 41.
| | Borrowing powers of Board. |
| 42.
| | Board may borrow from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, &c |
| 43.
| | Ceylon Electricity Stock. |
| 44.
| | Government guarantee. |
| 45.
| | Minister of Finance to inform Parliament about guarantee. |
| 46.
| | Investment of the funds of the Board. |
| 47.
| | Reserves. |
| 48.
| | Application of the revenue of the Board. |
| 49.
| | Accounts of the Board and audit of such accounts. |
| 50.
| | Powers of Auditor-General and his assistants. |
| 51.
| | Report of the Board and copies of Auditor- General's report and statement of accounts and statistics to be, sent to the Minister and laid before the Senate and the House of Representatives, and copies of such reports and statistics to be made available for purchase by the public. |
| 52.
| | Board to fix tariffs and charges, |
| 53.
| | No undue preference to be shown in fixing tariffs and making agreements under section 52. |
| 54.
| | Board to determine tariff in cases of doubt. |
| 55.
| | Recovery of electricity supply charge from a local authority. |
| 56.
| | Regulations and penalty for their contravention. |
| 57.
| | Acquisition of immovable property under the Land Acquisition Act for the Board. Cap. 460. |
| 58.
| | Power of companies, &c to enter into contracts with the Board, |
| 59.
| | Protection for action taken under this Act or on the direction of the Board, |
| 60.
| | No writ to issue against person or property of a member of the Board. |
| 61.
| | Special grant of lease of Crown property to Board. Cap. 454. |
| 62.
| | Arbitration. |
| 63.
| | Penalty for causing failure of electricity supply of the Board |
| 64.
| | Amendment of other written laws, &c. |
| 65.
| | This Act to prevail over other written laws. |
| 66.
| | Interpretation. Cap. 264. |