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The Indian rules of electricity 1956: -
No electrical installation work, including additions, alterations, repairs and adjustments of existing installations, shall be carried out unless lamps, fans, fuses, switches, low voltage household appliances and accessories are replaced, as they shall in no way alter their capacity or character. 2 [consumer, supplier, owner or occupier], except by an electrical contractor authorized in this name by the State Government and under the direct supervision of a person holding a certificate of suitability and of a person holding a issued or recognized permit By the Government of the State: provided that, in the case of works executed by or on behalf of the Central Government and in the case of installations in mines, oilfields and railways, the Central Government and in other cases the State Government may, In the conditions it may impose, such works described in them in a general manner or in the case of any specified class of 3 [consumers, suppliers, owners or occupants] of both of this subregion that requires That said work be carried out by an electrical contract with license of the Government of the State In this name. 4 [(2) No electrical installation work carried out in contravention of sub-rule (1) shall be energized or connected to the works of any supplier.] ..
"Conduit" means a rigid or flexible metal pipe or a non-metallic fire-resistant and mechanical pipe in which a cable or cables may be withdrawn in order to provide mechanical protection