Procedure and powers of Appellate Tribunal. — THE ENERGY CONSERVATION ACT, 2001

31A. Procedure and powers of Appellate Tribunal. to 43. [Omitted.] Right of appellant to take assistance of legal practitioner or accredited auditor and of Government to appoint presenting officers. Appeal to Supreme Court. CHAPTER VIII PENALTIES AND ADJUDICATION CHAPTER X MISCELLANEOUS Power of Central Government to issue directions to Bureau. Power of Central Government to supersede Bureau. Default by companies. Exemption from tax on income. Protection of action taken in good faith. Delegation. Power to obtain information. Power to exempt. Chairperson, Members, officers and employees of the Appellate Tribunal, Members of State Commission, Director -General, Secretary, members, officers and employees of the Bureau to be public servants. Power of Central Government to issue directions. Power of Central Government to make rules. Power of State Government to make rules. Power of Bureau to make regulations. Rules and regulations to be laid before Parliament and State Legislature. Application of other laws not barred. Provisions of Act not to apply in certain cases. Power to remove difficulty. THE SCHEDULE. THE ENERGY CONSERVATION ACT, 2001 ACT NO. 52 OF 2001 [29th September, 2001 . ] An Act to provide for efficient use of energy and its conservation and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto . BE it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-second Year of the Republic of India as follows:— CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY

Section 31A