Punjab Electricity (Duty) Act, 1958 (Act No. 10 of 1958). Country/Territory India Document type Legislation Date 1958 Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleAn Act to levy a duty on the sale or consumption of electricity. Subject Energy Keyword Energy conservation/energy production Tax/levy Protection of environment Financing Geographical area Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Indian Ocean, South Asian Seas, Southern Asia Entry into force notes This Act enters into force on the date of notification issued by the State Government in the official Gazette. Abstract This Act provides to levy a duty on the sale or consumption of electricity. It shall be levied and paid to the State Government on the energy supplied by the Board to a consumer or a licensee a duty, to be called the "electricity duty" computed at the following rates, namely: i) where the energy is supplied to a domestic consumer, not exceeding twenty-eight paise per unit; ii) where the energy is supplied to a commercial consumer, not exceeding twenty-eight paise per unit; and iii) where the energy is supplied to any other category of consumers, not exceeding fifty percent on the price of energy so supplied in a month, as the State Government may, from time to time by notification. Full text English Website indiacode.nic.in