Section 61
of Electricity Supply Enactment 2024
Section 61
Any person who tampers with or adjusts any installation or part thereof or manufactures or imports or sells any equipment so as to cause or to be likely to cause danger to human life or limb or injury to any equipment or other
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property commits an offence and for each such offence shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding one million ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years or to both.
(2)
Any person who by any rash or negligent act or omission causes injury to any person or damage to property in respect of any installation or equipment or part thereof commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or to both.
(3)
Any person who in any manner dishonestly —
(a)
abstracts electricity;
(b)
consumes electricity;
(c)
uses electricity;
(d)
alters the index of any meter or other instrument used on or in connection with any installation or any licensed installation for recording the output or consumption of electricity; or
(e)
prevents any such meter or instrument from duly recording the output or consumption of electricity, commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable —
(i)
in the case of a domestic consumer, to a fine of not less than one thousand ringgit and not exceeding one hundred thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both, and for the second and subsequent offence to a fine of not less than five thousand ringgit and not exceeding five hundred thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to both; and
(ii)
in the case of a non-domestic consumer, to a fine of not less than twenty thousand ringgit and not exceeding one million ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not
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exceeding five years or to both, and for the second and subsequent offence to a fine of not less than one hundred thousand ringgit and not exceeding five million ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years or to both.
(4)
Any licensee who without the express authority from the Commission supplies electricity or lays down any supply line or constructs any electrical work outside the area of supply specified in his licence commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to both, and any such unauthorized supply line or work may, after conviction, be removed by order of the Commission, and if such order is not complied with, the reasonable costs of such removal may be recovered from the licensee.
(5)
Any person who, without due authority, extinguishes or damages any public lamp or damages or defaces any post, bracket or other means of support of a public lamp commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both.
(6)
Any person who without lawful consent of the licensee affixes or causes to be affixed any advertisement, bill or notice or any paper against or upon, or otherwise defaces any building, post or bracket or other equipment or the enclosure thereof used for or in connection with any public installation commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand ringgit.
(7)
Any person who wilfully or negligently —
(a)
causes electricity to be diverted from its proper course to be wasted; or
(b)
breaks, throws down, causes to fall or damage any supply line, post, pole or other equipment, installation or any part thereof, as the case may be, connected with the supply of electricity,
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commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or to both.
(8)
Any person who installs any electrical wiring or extension to existing wiring on any premises without approval in writing from a licensee commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both.
(9)
Any person who damages or removes any meter or other instrument used on or in connection with any licensed installation for recording the output or consumption of electricity commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both.
(10)
For the purposes of subsection (3) —
“domestic consumer” means a consumer in domestic installation supplied or connected with electricity;
“domestic installation” means an installation in a private dwelling which is not used in any hotel or boarding house or for the purpose of carrying out any business, trade, profession or service; and
“non-domestic consumer” means a consumer of electricity other than domestic consumer.
Offence of attempt and abetment