law: Electricity Act, 2003
  54. Control of
  
  transmission and use of electricity.-
  1.     
  
    Save
  
  as otherwise exempted under this Act, no person other than the Central
  
  Transmission Utility or a State Transmission Utility, or a licensee shall
  
  transmit or use electricity at a rate exceeding two hundred and fifty watts and
  
  one hundred volts--
  a.      in any street, or
  b.     in any place,--
                       
  
   i.        
  
    in
  
  which one hundred or more persons are ordinarily likely to be assembled; or
                      
  
   ii.        
  
    which
  
  is a factory within the meaning of the Factories Act, 1948 (63 of 1948) or a
  
  mine within the meaning of the Mines Act, 1952 (35 of 1952); or
                     
  
   iii.        
  
    to
  
  which the State Government, by general or special order, declares the
  
  provisions of this sub-section to apply, without giving, before the
  
  commencement of transmission or use of electricity, not less than seven days'
  
  notice in writing of his intention to the Electrical Inspector and to the
  
  District Magistrate or the Commissioner of Police, as the case may be,
  
  containing particulars of the electrical installation and plant, if any, the
  
  nature and the purpose of supply and complying with such of the provisions of
  
  Part XVII of this Act, as may be applicable:
  Provided
  
  that  
  
  nothing in this section shall apply to electricity used for the public carriage
  
  of passengers, animals or goods, on, or for the lighting or ventilation of the
  
  rolling stock of any railway or tramway subject to the provisions of the
  
  Railways Act, 1989 (24 of 1989).
  1.     
  
  
  2.     
  
    Where
  
  any difference or dispute arises as to whether a place is or is not one in
  
  which one hundred or more persons are ordinarily likely to be assembled, the
  
  matter shall be referred to the State Government, and the decision of the State
  
  Government thereon shall be final.
  3.     
  
    The
  
  provisions of this section shall be binding on the Government.