Section 52
Unauthorised use of electricity
(1)
Any person who -
(a)
dishonestly or fraudulently abstracts, uses or consumes, or dishonestly or fraudulently diverts or causes to be diverted, any electricity supplied by an electricity licensee;
(b)
without the written consent of the electricity licensee, supplies for consideration any other person with any electricity supplied to him for any purpose by the electricity licensee; or
(c)
alters or tampers with any meter supplied by an electricity licensee, is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $50,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or both and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $250
for every day or part thereof during which the offence continues after conviction.
Electricity
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(2)
Where any person is prosecuted for an offence under subsection (l)(b) -
(a)
the possession by him of any device for altering the index of any meter or for preventing any meter from duly registering the quantity of electricity supplied by an electricity licensee;
(b)
the existence of any hole on the meter cover of any meter supplied by an electricity licensee; or
(c)
the existence of any damage to the seal which is fastened to the outer cover of any meter to ensure that the cover is not removed, opened, dislodged or otherwise tampered with, when the meter is in the custody or under the control of the person, shall be prinzu.facie evidence that the person has altered or tampered with the meter.