Section 4A. Reimbursement of electricity duty from consumers

4-A. (1) The amount of electricity duty payable under section 3 on the energy supplied to a consumer by a licensee the State Government, the Central Government, or the Board, may be recovered by the licensee or the appointed authority as the case may be from the consumer. (2) For the purpose of recovering the amount of electricity duty form the consumer, the licensee or appointed authority, as the case may be, may, without prejudice to any other mode of recover exercise the powers conferred on the licensee under sub-section (1) of section 24 of the Indian Electricity Act, 1910, as if the duty were a charge or sum due in respect of energy supplied to such consumer.