Energy Conservation Act, 2001

Bare Act · 2001

An Act to provide for efficient use of energy and its conservation and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

Act number: 52 of 2001
Enacted: 29 September 2001
Contents: 69 sections · 11 chapters

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Contents

Chapter I — Preliminary

Chapter II — Bureau Of Energy Efficiency

Chapter III

Section 12 – Transfer of assets, liabilities and employees of Energy Management Centre (preview)

Chapter IV — Powers And Functions Of Bureau

Section 13 – Powers and functions of Bureau (preview)
Section 13A – Prohibition of use of deceptive name, etc (preview)

Chapter V — Power Of Central Government To Facilitate And Enforce Efficient Use Of Energy And Its Conservation

Chapter VI — Power Of State Government To Facilitate And Enforce Efficient Use Of Energy And Its Conservation

Chapter VII — Finance, Accounts And Audit Of Bureau

Section 19 – Grants and loans by Central Government (preview)
Section 20 – Establishment of Fund by Central Government (preview)
Section 21 – Borrowing powers of Bureau (preview)
Section 22 – Budget (preview)
Section 23 – Annual report (preview)
Section 24 – Annual report to be laid before Parliament (preview)
Section 25 – Accounts and audit (preview)

Chapter VIII — Penalties And Adjudication

Section 26 – Penalty (preview)
Section 27 – Power to adjudicate (preview)
Section 27A – Power of State Commission to make regulations (preview)
Section 28 – Factors to be taken into account by adjudicating officer (preview)
Section 29 – Civil court not to have jurisdiction (preview)

Chapter IX — Appellate Tribunal For Energy Conservation

Section 30 – Appellate Tribunal (preview)
Section 31 – Appeal to Appellate Tribunal (preview)
Section 31A – Procedure and powers of Appellate Tribunal (preview)
Section 32 – [Omitted.] (preview)
Section 44 – Right of appellant to take assistance of legal practitioner or accredited auditor and of Government to appoint presenting officers (preview)
Section 45 – Appeal to Supreme Court (preview)

Sections

Chapter X — Miscellaneous

Section 46 – Power of Central Government to issue directions to Bureau (preview)
Section 47 – Power of Central Government to supersede Bureau (preview)
Section 48 – Default by companies (preview)
Section 49 – Exemption from tax on income (preview)
Section 50 – Protection of action taken in good faith (preview)
Section 51 – Delegation (preview)
Section 52 – Power to obtain information (preview)
Section 53 – Power to exempt (preview)
Section 54 – Chairperson, Members, officers and employees of the Appellate Tribunal, Members of State Commission, Director-General, Secretary, members, officers and employees of the Bureau to be public servants (preview)
Section 55 – Power of Central Government to issue directions (preview)
Section 56 – Power of Central Government to make rules (preview)
Section 57 – Power of State Government to make rules (preview)
Section 58 – Power of Bureau to make regulations (preview)
Section 59 – Rules and regulations to be laid before Parliament and State Legislature (preview)
Section 60 – Application of other laws not barred (preview)
Section 61 – Provisions of Act not to apply in certain cases (preview)
Section 62 – Power to remove difficulty (preview)