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Section 56

of Lembaga Letrik Sabah Act 1983

ActRepealedProvision 56 of 90

Section 56

(1)

The Board shall forthwith after commencing to supply energy cause a map to be made of the area of supply to a scale not less than one in fifty thousand or other scale approved by the Director of Lands and Surveys, and shall cause to be marked thereon the position of all transmission lines in such form and showing such detail as the Minister may direct, and shall cause plans to be prepared of the area of each local authority in which distribution lines have been laid to a scale of not less than one in two thousand five hundred or other scale approved by the Director of Lands and Surveys showing the position of all overhead and underground electric lines and shall cause to be marked thereon the depth of all underground lines below the surface, and shall from time to time cause all extensions to be marked thereon as soon as may be practicable after the lines have been laid.

(2)

Every map or plan so made or corrected or a copy thereof marked with the date when it was so made or last corrected shall be kept by the Board at his principal office, and shall at all reasonable times be open to the inspection of the Director of Public Works of Sabah, General Manager Railways, Director General of Telecommunications Malaysia and any officer duly authorized by any local authority. The Director of Lands and Surveys and the local authority shall at a reasonable charge supply to the Board copies of the necessary maps, if available, or failing such maps then they shall supply all information which may be available to enable such maps to be prepared.

(3)

The Board shall, if required by the Director of Public Works of Sabah, General Manager Railways, or the Director General of Telecommunications, Malaysia, supply a copy of any such map or plan and shall, if required by a local authority, supply them with a copy of the plans showing the distribution lines within their boundaries.