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Section 34

Removal or alteration of supply line, etc.

of Perbadanan Pembekalan Letrik Sarawak Act 1983

ActIn forceProvision 34 of 54
Section 34
(1)

Where a supply line has been laid, or posts or equipment erected, on any land under section 32 or 33 and the owner or occupier of the land desires to use the land in such a manner as to render it necessary or convenient that the line, posts or equipment should be removed to another part of the land, or to a higher or lower level, or

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altered in form, he may require the Corporation to remove or alter the line, posts or equipment accordingly.

(2)

If the Corporation omits to comply with the requisition such person may apply in writing to the Director of Lands and Surveys who may, after inquiring into all the facts of the case, reject such application or make an order, either absolutely or subject to conditions, for the removal or alteration of the line, posts or equipment and such order shall provide for the payment of the cost of executing the removal or alteration by the Corporation or by the person making the application, as the Director of Lands and Surveys may consider equitable in the circumstances of the case.

(3)

Whenever a supply line has been laid, or posts or equipment erected, on State land, and such land is subsequently alienated to any person, the owner or occupier of such land may, unless the terms of alienation expressly provide otherwise, require the removal to another part of the land, or to a higher or lower level, or the alteration of such line, posts or equipment, and subsections (1) and (2) shall apply to any such requisition:

Provided that the cost of executing such removal or alteration shall be defrayed by the person making the requisition.