Western Australian Current Acts

ELECTRICITY ACT 1945 - SECT 47

47 .         Illegal interference with works etc.

        (1)         Any person who —

            (a)         wilfully and unlawfully removes, destroys, or damages any electric works connected with or relating to the supply of electricity by a supply authority in pursuance of this Act; or

            (b)         wilfully and unlawfully extinguishes any public lamps or lights maintained by a supply authority in pursuance of this Act; or

            (c)         wastes or wilfully and wrongfully uses electricity supplied by a supply authority under this Act,

                shall be guilty of an offence.

        Penalty: $1 000.

        (2)         Upon the conviction of a person for an offence under subsection (1), the court, in addition to imposing a fine under such subsection, may order the offender to pay to the supply authority the amount of any damage caused by him or a sum equal to the value of any electricity wasted or wrongfully used by him, and the amount so ordered shall be recoverable in the same manner as a fine imposed under subsection (1) is recoverable.

        [Section 47 amended: No. 113 of 1965 s. 8; No. 63 of 1996 s. 4.]