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Energy Supply (Temporary Provisions) Act 2002 · As enacted · Part II · Exercise of Power Under Other Laws

27. Power to issue special directions

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Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.

(1)

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the

Ceylon Electricity Board Act, the Electricity Act, the

Ceylon Petroleum Corporation Act, and the Petroleum

Products (Regulation and Control of Supplies) Act, the

Committee shall have the power, with the concurrence of the

Minister, to issue special directions as may be necessary for the purpose of exercising the powers conferred on the

Committee under sections, 23, 24, 25 or 26 as the case may be, to—

(a)

the Ceylon Electricity Board, established by section 2 of the Ceylon Electricity

Board Act and to any officer or servant of such

Board

;

(b)

the holder of any license issued under section 2 of the Ceylon Electricity Act ;

(c)

tothe Competent Authority appointed under section 2 of the Petroleum Products (Regulation and Control of Supplies) Act, and the Petroleum Controller or any Deputy Petroleum Controller or any Assistant

Petroleum Controller appointed under that section ;

and

(d)

to the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation established by section 2 of the Ccylon Petroleum Corporation

Act, and to any officer and servant of such

Corporation.

(2)

It shall be the duty of every person, to whom any direction has been issued under subsection (1), to comply with such direction.

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Read on from s 28

27. Power to issue special directions

Terms defined in s 31