1. Short title, extent and commencement.
(1)
This Act may be called the National Thermal Power Corporation Limited, the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation Limited and the North-Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Power Transmission Systems) Act, 1993.
(2)
It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir.
(3)
The provisions of sections 8 to 11 and sections 13 to 16 shall be deemed to have come into force on the 8th day of January, 1993 and the remaining provisions of this Act shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st day of April, 1992 and any reference to the commencement of this Act in any provision of this Act shall be construed as a reference to the commencement of that provision.
2. Definitions.
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-
(a)
"appointed day" means the 1st day of April, 1992;
(b)
"associated personnel" means the employees of each of the three companies associated with its power transmission system;
(c)
"Corporation" means the Power Grid Corporation of India Limited, being a company within the meaning of the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956) and having its registered office at Hemkunt Chambers, 89, Nehru Place, New Delhi-110019;
(d)
"notification" means a notification published in the Official Gazette;
(e)
"power transmission system", in relation to each company specified in the First Schedule, means the main transmission lines [including extra high voltage alternative current (EHVAC) lines and high voltage direct current (HVDC) lines] and sub-stations owned by each such company;
(f)
"prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(g)
"three companies" means the companies specified in the First Schedule;
(h)
words and expressions used herein and not defined but defined in the Electricity (Supply) Act, 1948 (54 of 1948) or, as the case may be, the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956) shall have the meanings, respectively, as signed to them in those Acts.