Section 37

open and break up the soil and pavement of the several streets and bridges within the area of supply of the

Corporation;

open and break up any sewers, drains or tunnels within or under such street and bridges and lay down and place, within the same limits, supply lines and other works and, from time to time, repair, alter or remove the same;

for the purposes aforesaid, remove and use all earth and materials in and under such streets and bridges; and

in such streets, erect any poles, pillars, lamps and other works and do all other acts which the Corporation shall from time to time deem necessary for supplying electricity to the inhabitants of the area of supply of the Corporation, doing as little damage as may be in the execution of the power hereby granted, and making compensation for any damage which may be done in the execution of such powers, and subject to such rules as may be made under this Act.

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Where the Corporation proposes to erect or has erected in any street, any poles, pillars, lamps or other works, or proposes to lay or has laid a supply line along any street, the Director General of

Electrical Inspectorate or, as regards any street within a municipal or local authority area, the municipal or local authority, as the case may be, may, notwithstanding any other provision in this Act, by notice in writing require the Corporation to alter the proposed position or the position of such poles, pillars, lamps, other works or supply line, subject to conditions which, failing agreement between the parties, may be determined by the Minister.

Conditions as to superintendence of breaking up of streets