| Section   1   :   Preamble  
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The Act is to create an administrative procedure, using which, citizens can reduce electricity theft.
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| Section   2   : Installation of transmitting meters 2.1
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The State Electricity Regulator will require the electricity distrubuting company to install electricity meters that transmit the readings every 4 hours or every time it moves by 100 units, whichever comes first, realiably and losslessly, to a near by base station. The electricity company will install and maintain one base station in every area to obtain the readings transmitted by the meters.
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Along with every customer premise, the distribution will also install meters at intermediate points, with an average of one intermediate meter for every 10-20 meters. And there will another intermediate meter for above these 10-20 meters and so forth. These meters too will transmit the readings to the near by base stations.
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The base stations will transmit the readings to the central distribution center of the distribution company. If there is any loss above 6% of the generated units, i.e. theft, that appears in from the readings, the distrbution company's officer in-charge must report to the District Police Chief within 24 hours. If the company discovers suspects, it may file a claim to recover the loss due to theft,plus compensation, in the local civil court.
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But the distribution company cannot pass the burder of tranmission loss over 8%, on the honest bill paying users. The company will obtain the funds to cover the loss from its owners, or shall declare bankruptcy.
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| Section   3  : Other Details 3.1
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If the officer does not execute a procedure or ignores an instruction stated in this Resolution/Act, a citizen can file a complaint before the Grand Jurors. In case there are is no Grand Jury, the citizens can appeal to the Mayor to setup a Grand Jury. But under this law, a citizen cannot complaint before Mayor, Corporators, CM, MLAs, PM, or MPs.
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The Jurors will judge this Act, guidelines, intentions as well as the facts related to the case
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