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When any electrical equipment belonging to a licensee has been placed in or upon premises not owned or occupied by the licensee, for the purpose of supplying or measuring energy, such equipment shall not be subject to distress nor be liable to be taken in execution under any process of a court or in any bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against any person. Rfiistration 19. (1) Before the completion of a new installation, of installations. other than installation belonging to a supply authority, the owner thereof shall forward, in duplicate. to the Director, an application for registration in the prescribed form. The Director shall cause inspection and tests to be made within the prescribed period and, if the installation satisfies the requirements of this Act, shall issue or cause to be issued a Certificate of Registration in the prescribed form: Provided that at any time from the date of the commencement of this Act until such date as the Minister may by notification in the Gazette appoint it shall be lawful for the Director at his discretion without causing any inspection or tests to be made to issue in respect of any such installation a provisional Certificate of Registration to be valid for such period and to be subject to such conditions as may be endorsed thereon and any reference in this Act to a Certificate of Registration shall unless the context otherwise requires be deemed to include a reference to a provisional Certificate. Any such provisional Certificate shall be deemed to have had effect from such date as the Director may endorse thereon at the time of issuing the same. Any such provisional Certificate may be revoked or cancelled by the Director at any time at his discretion. • (2) No person shall possess or operate an installation, unless the installation is registered on a valid Certificate of Registration. (3) Certificates of Registration shali be surrendered ›y the owner or licensee to the Director for cancella ion it the installation is no longer reauired to be used Thereafter, if the owner or licensee wishes to operate the installation again, the said installation shall be treated in all respects as if it were a new installation. ugug to a s not owned 3 of supplyihall not be n execution nkruptey or installation, • a supply n duplicate, ation in the : inspection period and, ot this Act, ate of Regiof the comhe Minister t it shall be lout causing e in respect ertificate of and to be 'sed thereon ertificate of rise requires provisional ite shall be late as the = of issuing ite may be •time at his installation, 1 Certificate surrendered or cancellato be used. i to operate in shall be stallation. [Pt. IV-V, S. 19-21] BLECTRICAL INSPECTORATE (4) A Certificate of Registration may be cancelled it iccordance with regulations made under section 30 (5) Certificates of Registration shall not be transferred without the permission of the Director General.