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Electricity (Amendment) Act 2024

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No.

19 Electricity (Amendment) 1

(Published 31st May, 2024)

Act

No. 19 of 2024

I assent

DR. LAZARUS MCCARTHY CHAKWERA


PRESIDENT
19th May, 2024

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
SECTION
1. Short title
2. Amendment of s. 4 to Cap. 73:01
3. Amendment of s. 19 of the principal Act
4. Amendment of s. 25 of the principal Act
5. Amendment of s. 26 of the principal Act
6. Substitution of s. 45 of the principal Act
7. Repeal of s. 46 of the principal Act

An Act to amend the Electricity Act


ENACTED by the Parliament of Malaŵi as follows—
1. This Act may be cited as the Electricity (Amendment) Act, Short title
2024.
2. The Electricity Act (hereinafter referred to as the “principal Amendment
of s. 4 to Cap.
Act”) is amended, in section 4, by deleting subsection (4) and 73:01
substituting therefor, a new subsection as follows—
“(4) A licensee shall not hold more than five percent
shares in another company which holds a licence under
this Act, except where the licensee is a state-owned
enterprise.”.
3. Section 19 of the principal Act is amended by__ Amendment
of s. 19 of the
(a) deleting subsection (1); principal Act
(b) deleting in subsection (2) the words “owned and”;
(c) renumbering subsections (2) and (3) as subsection (1)
and (2).
2 Electricity (Amendment) No. 19

Amendment 4. Section 25 of the principal Act is amended, by deleting the


of s. 25 of the words “transmission licensee” and substituting therefor, the words
principal Act
“system and market operator”.
Amendment 5. Section 26 of the principal Act is amended, by deleting the
of s. 26 of the words “transmission licensee”, wherever they appear, and
principal Act
substituting therefor, the words “system and market operator”.
Substitution 6. Section 45 of the principal Act is amended, by deleting
of s. 45 of the section 45 and substituting therefor, a new section 45 as follows__
principal Act
“Offences 45.__(1) A person who carries on in any manner an
activity for the supply of electricity in contravention of
this Act, or fails to carry out any order or decision of the
Authority or a licensee made or given under this Act or
otherwise contravenes the provisions of this Act,
commits an offence and is, upon conviction, liable to a
fine of K100,000,000 and to imprisonment for twenty
years.
(2) Without prejudice to the right of a licensee to
recover for any illegal consumption of electricity,
including costs associated with such recovery, a person
who—
(a) connects electricity to premises without
written authorization of the licensee; or
(b) disturbs or tampers with any electricity meter
or other measuring instrument or apparatus,
commits an offence and is, upon conviction, liable to
a fine of K100,000,000 and to imprisonment for
twenty years.
(3) A person who denies access to premises for
inspections by authorized personnel of a licensee or the
Authority, commits an offence and is, upon conviction,
liable to a fine of K50,000,000 and to imprisonment for
ten years.
(4) A person who__
(a) is found in possession of equipment stolen
from a licensee; or
(b) damages, destroys or vandalizes any electricity
installation equipment or apparatus,
commits an offence and is, upon conviction, liable
to imprisonment for thirty years
No. 19 Electricity (Amendment) 3

(5) Without prejudice to the right of a licensee to


recover for illegal consumption of electricity, including
costs associated with such recovery, a person, being an
employee or former employee of a licensee, who__
(a) connects or assists a person to connect,
electricity without authorization of the licensee; or
(b) disturbs or tampers or assists a person to
disturb or to tamper, with an electricity meter or any
other measuring instrument or apparatus,
commits an offence and is, upon conviction, liable to
a fine of K150,000,000 and to imprisonment for
twenty-five years.”.
7. Section 46 of the principal Act is repealed. Repeal of
s. 46 of the
principal Act

Passed in Parliament this fifth day of April, two thousand and


twenty-four.

FIONA KALEMBA
Clerk of Parliament

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