law: Electricity Act, 2003
  161. Notice of
  
  accidents and inquiries.-
  1.     
  
    If
  
  any accident occurs in connection with the generation, transmission,
  
  distribution, supply or use of electricity in or in connection with, any part
  
  of the electric lines or electrical plant of any person and the accident
  
  results or is likely to have resulted in loss of human or animal life or in any
  
  injury to a human being or an animal, such person shall give notice of the
  
  occurrence and of any such loss or injury actually caused by the accident, in
  
  such form and within such time as may be prescribed, to the Electrical
  
  Inspector or such other person as aforesaid and to such other authorities as
  
  the Appropriate Government may by general or special order, direct.
  2.     
  
    The
  
  Appropriate Government may, if it thinks fit, require any Electrical Inspector,
  
  or any other person appointed by it in this behalf, to inquire and report--
  a.      as to the cause of
  
  any accident affecting the safety of the public, which may have been occasioned
  
  by or in connection with, the generation, transmission, distribution, supply or
  
  use of electricity, or
  b.     as to the manner in,
  
  and extent to, which the provisions of this Act or rules and regulations made
  
  thereunder or of any licence, so far as those provisions affect the safety of
  
  any person, have been complied with.
  1.     
  
  
  2.     
  
  
  3.     
  
    Every
  
  Electrical Inspector or other person holding an inquiry under sub-section (2)
  
  shall have all the powers of a civil court under the Code of Civil Procedure,
  
  1908 (5 Of 1908) for the purpose of enforcing the attendance of witnesses and
  
  compelling the production of documents and material objects, and every person
  
  required by an Electrical Inspector be legally bound to do so within the
  
  meaning of section 176 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860).