42.—Section 35 of the Principal Act is hereby amended in subsection (1) by the insertion after “granted under this Act” of “or a licence granted under section 14 of the Electricity Regulation Act, 1999,” and the subsection as so amended is set out in the Table to this section.

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(1) From and after the expiration of six months from the passing of this Act or such further period as may be fixed by the Board for any particular area, no person (other than the Board) shall sell electricity or supply electricity for sale unless he is an authorised undertaker or is a person authorised by a permit granted under this Act or a licence granted under section 14 of the Electricity Regulation Act, 1999, to supply electricity.