86. Conditions to apply where telecommunication lines and power lines are carried on same supports 87.

Lines crossing or approaching each other 88. Guarding 89. Service-lines from Overhead lines 90. Earthing 91. Safety and protective devices 92. Protection against lightning 93. Unused overhead lines

CHAPTER IX ELECTRIC TRACTION

94. Additional rules for electric traction 95. Voltage of supply to vehicle 96. Insulation of lines 97. Insulation of returns 98. Proximity to metallic pipes, etc. 99. Difference of potential on return 100. Leakage on conduit system 101. Leakage on system other than conduit system 102. Passengers not to have access to electric circuit 103. Current density in rails 104. Isolation of sections

MINISTRY OF IRRIGATION AND POWER NOTIFICATION NEW DELHI, THE 26TH JUNE 1956
THE INDIAN ELECTRICITY RULES, 19561 1. Short title and commencement(1) These rules may be called the Indian Electricity Rules, 1956. (2) They shall come into force at once. 2. Definitions(1) In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires, (a) The Act means the Indian Electricity Act, 1910; (b) Accessible means within physical reach without the use of any appliance or special effort; (c) Ampere means a unit of electric current and is the unvarying electric current which when passed through a solution of nitrate of silver in water, in accordance with the specification set out in Annexure I, deposits silver at the rate of 0.001118 of a gramme per second; the aforesaid unit is equivalent to the current which, in passing through the suspended coil of wire forming part of the instrument marked Government of India Ampere Standard Verified when the suspended coil is in its sighted position, exerts a force which is exactly balanced by the force exerted by gravity in Calcutta on the counter balancing iridioplatinum weight of the said instrument; (d) Annexure means an Annexure to these rules; (e) Apparatus means electrical apparatus and includes all machines, fittings