This Act may be cited as the Telecommunications Act, Short tile.
Act 20
Telecommunications Act
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An Act relating to telecommunications. [West Malaysia-Ist July, 1950; East Malaysia—10th December, 1964.] PART I PRELIMINARY 1. This Act may be cited as the Telecommunications Act, Short tile. 2. " ti this Acten ienernauthoriaed".-. - AA79 nterpreta ti0n. +AA628 "Land Authority" in connection with any matter affecting land in the States of Sabah and Sarawak means the State Minister charged with the responsibility for matters affect- ing land and in any other State means the Ruler or Governor of that State; "Magistrate" means, except in section 39 (2), a Magistrate d/AA378 of the First Class in East Malaysia; "message" means any communication sent and received or made by telecommunication or given to a telecommuni- cation officer to be sent by telecommunication or to be delivered; "post" means a post, pole, standard, stay, strut or other above-ground contrivance for carrying, suppormng a telecommunication line; premi <A4797 "prescribed" means prescribed under this Act; "President" means a President of a Sessions Court. in dARa7S West Malaysia; "telecommunication" meafs any system for the trans- Su6. 17628 mission, emission or reception of signs, signals, wrting, images and sounds or intelligence of any nature by wire, radio, visual or other electromagnetic systems; "telecommunication authórity" means the Director-subs.by A9797 General of Telecommunications, Malaysia, and includes any
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Part I — Preliminary
" ti this Acten ienernauthoriaed".-. - AA79 nterpreta ti0n. +AA628 "Land Authority" in connection with any matter affecting land in the States of Sabah and Sarawak means the State Minister charged with the responsibility for matters affecting land and in any other State means the Ruler or Governor of that State; "Magistrate" means, except in section 39 (2), a Magistrate d/AA378 of the First Class in East Malaysia; "message" means any communication sent and received or made by telecommunication or given to a telecommunication officer to be sent by telecommunication or to be delivered; "post" means a post, pole, standard, stay, strut or other above-ground contrivance for carrying, suppormng a telecommunication line; premi <A4797 "prescribed" means prescribed under this Act; "President" means a President of a Sessions Court. in dARa7S West Malaysia; "telecommunication" meafs any system for the trans- Su6. 17628 mission, emission or reception of signs, signals, wrting, images and sounds or intelligence of any nature by wire, radio, visual or other electromagnetic systems; "telecommunication authórity" means the Director-subs.by A9797 General of Telecommunications, Malaysia, and includes any
AAG28 AA791 Subs-by [Pt. I-II, S. 2-3] telecommunication officer empowered by him to perform all or any of the functions conferred on the telecommunica- X "telecommunication line" " merns aowre or dires used tor) the purpose of a telecommunicațion with any casing, coating, tube or pipe enclosing the same, and any appliances and any apparatus connected therewith for the purpose of fixing or insulating the same; "telecommunication officer" means any person employed, either permanently or temporarily, in connection with a telecommunication established, maintained or worked by the Government or by a penson licensed under this Act;
Part II — Privileges and powers of the government
(1) Where any person (hereinafter referred to as the Procedure petitiner) requests the Minister to grant him a licence fionpolicaunder section 3 (3), and the granting of such a licence would licence authorise the doing of work involving interference with any wotorising eravate inti noe ence share sul bect io subsecion t ne eie
(10) has been complied with.
(2) The petitioner shall prepare a plan of the area or areas over, along or under which thè telecommunication line is to be laid and maintained and shall show on the plan the whole of the premises whether built or not which will Rept open or pheic inspection ford ther sado planre all kes cation referred to in subsection (3).
(3) When the plan referred to in subsection (2) has been prepared and is ready for inspection the petitioner shall publish a notification in the Gazette giving notice of the ame and oi the place where the plan 1s kept open fo ublic inspection. The petitioner shall also during the sai period of three weeks arrange for the notitication to be iepeated once in the Gazette and twice weekly in at least 1Malay one/Enghsh language newspaper and one Malay-or Chinese i language newspaper. The notification shall be in such form as may be prescribed. Linglish
(4) The petitioner shall serve a notice on every owner of property affected by the plan stating that the plan has been prepared and requiring the owner to signify his assent or dissent thereto within one month from the date of the service of the notice.
(5) Any person affected by the plan may within the said period of three weeks or within one month from the date of the service of the notice referred to in subsection (4), whichever date is the later, deliver to the petitioner a written objection to any proposal contained in the plan.
(6) The Minister may, within fourteen days after the receipt of a request from the petitioner or after any person with a copy of the plan, the notification and the objection.
[Pt. II, S. 45]
(7) The tribunal shall meet to consider any objection not earlier than one week nor later than three weeks after its appointment.
(9) The tribunal shall submit its findings to the Minister in the form of a report within fourteen days after completing the hearing of the objections. One copy each of the plan, the notification and a schedule of the objections in a summary form, which shall record the opinion of the tribunal as to each objection, shall accompany the report.
(10) After considering the report of the tribunal the Minister may approve or reject the plan or he may approve Special powers in emergency. that the plan was duly prepared and approved or rejected, as the case may be.
(11) Subject to this section the tribunal shall havo power to regulate its own procedure.
(12) Where no objection is lodged within the time specified in subsection (5) or where an objection has been lodged in respect of certain immovable property and not in respect of other immovable property, the Minister may, upon the expiration of the time so specified and subject to the approval of the Land Authority, forthwith grant a licence to the petitioner under section 3 (3) so far as the immovable property in respect of which no objection has been lodged within the specified time is concerned.
(1) On the occurrence of any public emergency or in the interest of public safety, the Prime Minister or any officer specially authorised by him in that behalt may—
(a) take temporary possession of any telecommunication established, maintained or worked by any person licensed under this Act;
[Pt. II, S. 5-7]
(b) withdraw either totally or partially the use of any telecommunication facility or telecommunication plant from any person or class of persons or from
(c) order that any message or class of messages to or from any person or class of persons or relating to any specified subject shall not be transmitted
(2) If any doubt arises as to the existence of a public emergency or whether any act done under subsection (l) was in the interest of public satety, a certiticate sıgned by the Prime Minister and delivered to the person in charge of the telecommunication shall be conclusive proof on the point.
Where it appears to the Minister that such a course is Pequerto expedient in the public interest he may by warrant under production his hand require any person who owns or controls any of messages. telecommunication to produce to him or to a person named in the warrant the originals and transcripts and records relating to either all messages, or messages of any specified class or description, or messages sent from or addressed to any specified person or place or sent to or received from any place out of Malaysia by means of any such telecommunication and all other papers relating to any such messages as aforesaid.
(1) The Minister may make regulations for the conduct Paker to of all or any telecommunications established, maintained or regulations. worked by the Government or by persons licensed under this Act! ar fir the eartroct auy selecoumencaten opperses (Act.A.I15)72)
(2) (a) The said regulations may provide for all or any of the following matters:
(i) the rates at which, and the other conditions and restrictions subject to which, messages shall be transmitted, and apparatus, equipment and plant may be hired; (i1) the precautions to be taken for preventing the improper interception or disclosure of messages;
(iii) the period for which and the conditions subject to which messages and other documents belonging
[Pt. II, S. 7-9] Ict.A.115/72 AA79T to or being in the custody of telecommunicatior officers shall be preserved; (Vii). Yir) the fees to be charged for searching for messages or other documents in the custody of any telecommunication officer;
(xii) (xi) (y) prescribing all matters which under this Part may be prescribed.
(b) The regulations may prescribe fines for any offence against the provisions thereof which shall not exceed the following limits:
(i) where the offender is a person licensed under this AA628 lay or part of a day after the first day durin which the breach continues
(ii) where the offender is a servant of a person licensed as aforesaid or any other person, one-fourth of the amount specified in sub-paragraph (i).
(3) Regulations made under this section shall be laid before the Dewan Ra'ayat at its first meeting atter their publication in the Gazette.
(4) If a resolution of the Dewan Ra'ayat is passed, at ne meeting next aiter the meeting at which the regulation ire laid in accordance with sub-section (3), to the effect tha A1G2S→ Ofiieation 8. The Minister may at any time revoke any licence granted under section 3 on the breach of any of the conditions therein contained or in default of payment of any consideration payable thereunder. tA.115/72)
(a) of any telecommunication officer failing in his duty with respect to the receipt, transmission or delivery of any message; or
(b) of any failure of telecommunication plant.
(2) No telecommunication officer shall be responsible for any such loss or damage unless he causes the same negligently, maliciously or fraudulently.
Part IIA — [Pt. III, S.10-12]
The telecommunication authority, its officers, servants Powerto repdiaints mainat or ryetimingr athy purone orieani ing, propeiy. or post, enter on the property under, over, along, across, in /'equipment or upon which the line/or post has been placed Provisions applicable to property vested in or under the control or management of local authorities
Any permission given by a local authority under section Power for 10 (4) may be given subject to such reasonable conditions local as that authority thinks fit to impose as to the payment of toimpisy any expenses to which the authority will necessarily be put condítions in consequence of the exercise of the powers conferred by
[Pt. III, S. 12-15] that section, or as to the time or mode of execution of any work or as to any other thing connected with or relative to any work undertaken by the telecommunication authority under those powers. Poacr for hequipment 44797 position of pipes and position, as the case may be.
(1) The telecommunication authority may, for the purpose of exercising the powers conferred upon it by this Act in respect of any property vested in or under the control r management of a local authority, alter the position there ınder of any pipe, not being a main pipe for the supply o gas or water, or of any drain, not being a main drain.
(2) When the telecommunication authority desires to alter the position of any such pipe or drain, it shall give reasonable notice of its intention to do so, specifying the ime at which it will begin to do so to the local authority and when the pipe or drain is not under the control of th local authority to the person under whose control the pipe or drain is.
(3) A local authority or person receiving notice under Dispute between authorities.
(1) If any dispute arises between the telecommunication otherwise in respect of the exercise of the powers conferred by this Act, it shall be determined by such officer as the behalf.
[Pt. III, S. 15-16]
(2) All appeal from the determination of the officer so appointed shall lie to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, whose order shall be final. Provisions applicable to other property
(1) If the exercise of the powers mentioned in section Cases of 10 in respect of property referred to in subsection (5) resistance or thereof is resisted or obstructed, a President-or a Magistrate, dlAfbis may, in his discretion, order that the telecommunication authority shall be permitted to exercise them.
(2) If after the making of an order under subsection (1), any person resists the exercise of those powers, or having control over the property does not give all facilities for their F.M.S being exercised, he shall be deemed to have committed an offence under section 188 of the Penal Code. Swk. Cap. 57.
(3) It any dispute arises concerning the sufficiency of the compensation to be paid under section 10 (5), it shall, on application for that purpose by either of the disputing himies to a President or a Magistrate, be determined by dA Atas
(4) If any dispute arises as to the persons entitled to receive compensation or as to the proportions in which the persons interested are entitled to share in it, the telecommunication authority may pay, in the case of West Malaysia into the Sessions Court and, in the case of East Malaysiainto the court-of a Magistrate of the First Class for the eistriet such amount as it deems sufficient, or where all the disputing parties have, in writing, admitted the amount enaerea to be suflicient, or the amount has been determine nder subsection (3). that amount: and the President + Magistrate, atter giving notice to the parties and hearing such of them as desire to be heard, shall determine the persons entitled to receive the compensation or, as the case may be, the proportions in which the persons interested are entitled to share in it. d/A1628 MA(23
(5) Every determination of a dispute by a President.ord/AA628 Magistrate under subsection (3) or (4) shall be final: Provided that nothing in this subsection shall affect the right of any person to sue for and recover the whole or any part of any compensation paid by the telecommunication authority from the person who has received the same.
(1) When under the foregoing provisions of this Act a telecommunication line/ or post has been placed by the Lime or post. telecommunication authority under, over, along, across, II pequipment . or upon any property, not being property vested in or under the control or management of a local authority, and any person entitled to do so desires to deal with that property in such a manner as to render it necessary or convenient that the telecommunication linelor post should be removed to another part thereof or to a higher or lower level o altered in form, he may require the telecommunicatior authority to remove or alter the line or post accordingly. e de comemenesateon hs been p nder secton 10 () e shall. when making the requisition, tender to the telecom munication authority the amount requisite to defray the expense of the removal or alteration, or half of the amount paid as compensation, whichever is the smaller sum.
(3) If the telecommunication authority omits to comply with the requisition, the person making it may apply to the d/AA628 President or Magistrate within whose jurisdiction the property is situate to order the removal or alteration. dAA628
(4) The President or Magistrate may, in his discretion, reject the application or make an order, absolute or subject to conditions, for the removal of the telecommunication Xpequipment line or post fo any other part of the property or to a higher or lower level or for the alteration of its form, and the order so made shall be final. Removal of trees dangerous to 0r obstructing telecom
(1) Where in the opinion of the telecommunication authority, there is at any time danger or suspected dange hat any tree (which term in this section includes under growth) standing, or lying near a telecommunication line may interrupt or interfere with telecommunications or cause communica- damage to any telecommunication line, the telecommunication authority may cause the tree to be felled or dealt with in such other manner as will, in its opinion, avert the danger.
(2) Where a tree, which has been felled or otherwise dealt with under subsection (1), was in existence before the telecommunication line was placed, erected or installed, the telecommunication authority, may pay to any person interested in the tree such sum as may be agreed by way of compensation; and in default of agreement shall report the 56/65. matter to the officer charged under the National Land Code, of under any written law corresponding thereto which is in force in any State, with the collection of land revenue
[Pt. III, S.18-20] from the land on which the tree is situate, who after giving an opportunity of being heard to all persons interested, shall award, and if necessary shall apportion, such compensation as he thinks reasonable: and such award shall be final.
(3) In the event of the owner or occupier of any land felling or clearing any tree or vegetation adjacent to any telecommunication line, such owner or occupier shall give to the telecommunication authority notice in writing of his intention so to do and shall take all reasonable precautions as the telecommunication authority may require for the
(4) If any such owner or occupier fails to give notice as hereinbefore provided, or having given notice fails to take ny such precautions as the telecommunication authorit nav have required, he shall be liable to pay to the telecom munication authority all costs and expenses incurred in repairing the line and re-establishing communication; and for the purposes of this subsection the certificate of the telecommunication authority as to the costs and expenses incurred shall be conclusive.
(5) If the amount due for costs and expenses be not paid within seven days aiter demand the telecommunication authorıty may report the same to a President or a Magistrate and the amount may be recovered in the same way as if it were a fine imposed by the President or Magistrate.
(6) If any trees or vegetation are felled or cleared upon land adjacent to any telecommunication line it shall be presumed until the contrary is proved that the trees or vegetation were felled or cleared by the owner or occupier of the land or by his servants or agents acting as such. d(AA628 d/1A62g ferred by and after observance of all the requirements of this Act. 0. Ihis Part shall apply to a person licensed under section
(3) to place, lay, carry or maintain any posts, cables or of Part iit wires on, along, throughh, under or across any land, as lieperson "the telecommunication authority" under wherever appearing in this Part were references to the person so licensed.
[Pt. IV, S. 21-24]
Part IV — Unlicensed
Any person who, knowing or having reason to believe unlicensed that a telecommunication has been established or is mainmelnications. tained or worked in contravention of this Act, transmits or receives any message by that telecommunication, or performs any service incidental thereto, or delivers any message for transmission by the said telecommunication, or accepts delivery of any message sent thereby, shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding twenty-five dollars. Intrusion or 23. Any person who— trespass or obstruction.
(a) enters any part of a telecommunication office of the Government or any part of an office of a person licensed under this Act without the permission of the telecommunication officer in charge;
(hb) enters a fenced enclosure, building or room of any such telecommunication oflice in contraventio1 of any rule or notice not to do so
(c) refuses to quit any such enclosure, building or room on being requested to do so by any telecommunication officer or servant employed therein; or
(d) wilfully obstructs or impedes any suc! officer or servant in the performance of his duty, shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction, be Iten thousand Unlawful liable to a fine not exceeding/two hundred dollars.
Any person who does any of the acts mentioned in section 23, with the intention of unlawfully learning the contshable uader thissagt, shall icoadition othe dner co t, shall, in addition to the nne t which he is liable under section 23, be liable to imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year.
[Pt. IV, S. 25-27] 25klAny person who, intending- Intentional A 373/ damage to
(a) to prevent or obstruct the transmission or delivery telecomof any message; munication.
(b) to intercept or to acquaint himself with the contents of any message; OF d/AA797
(c) to commit mischief, ; or damages, removes, tampers with or touches any telecomdestreys (A.A 373/77) to three years pot o both. d/AA628 0. Any telecommunication officer a teecotenuuication oticer but naving osticial dutie ofenoes b co nnected with any office which is used as a telecommunica- ofiersion tion office, who-
(a) wilfully secretes, makes away with or alters any message or record of any message;
(b) wilfully and otherwise than in obedience to an order of the Minister or of an otticer specially authorised by him to make the order, omits to transmit or intercepts or detains any message or any part thereof, or otherwise than in pursuance of his official duty or in obedience to the direction of a competent court, discloses the contents or any part of the contents of any message or record of any message to any person not entitled to receive the same; or
(a) divul entited to becomeacueised witathesa
(2) Fur tha pr shaiibe guilty of'an offence and shall, on conviction, be AA37377. hable to a fine not exceedinguthree hundred dollars or to kten thousand imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years or to both.
Any telecommunication officer who transmits or allows Fraudulently to be transmitted by telecommunication any message on which the charge prescribed by the Government or by a person licensed under this Act, as the case may be, has not been paid, intending thereby to defraud the Government or that person, shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction, be llable to a tine not exceeding/three hundred"/ten thausend dollars or to imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years or to both.
[Pt. IV, S. 28-33] lelivery of any message is impeded or delayed, and any elecommunication offcer who loiters or delays in thi five thousand 44797 "AT9 ending messages.
Any person who transmits or causes to be transmitted by telecommunication a message which he knows to be false or fabricated shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on ften thaisand AA79T conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding/three hundred dollars or to imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years or to both.
Any person who fraudulently retains or wilfully secretes, makes away with or detains a message or record of a message which ought to have been delivered to some other person, or being required by a telecommunication officer to deliver up any such message or record thereof neglects or refuses to do so, shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on *ten thousand conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding/two hundred dollars or to imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years or to both.
Any person who, on being required under section 6 to produce any original or transcript of a message or any record or paper relating to a message, retuses or neglects to do so, shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding/five hundred dollars tun thousand or to imprisonment for a term which may extend toythree months or to both one yea 1A79 → 31A,31B--- Telecom-
(1) A telecommunication officer shall be deemed a munication officers public servant within the meaning of the Penal Code. eeme ubli servants, F.M.S. mene el for fl plutpopes of cads ae, tord ced to. Sabati 3/59: include a person licensed under this Act. Sap. S7. Attempt to ommi offence. 1AB28
Any person who attempts to commit an offence punishable under this Act shall be liable to the punishment herein Bsovided for the offence.
[Pt. V, S.34-36]
Part V — Radiocommunication
The provisions of this Part shall not apply to officers Exemption. or men of the armed forces of Malaysia or of any visiting force lawfully present in Malaysia using radiocommunication apparatus in the performance of their official duties, or to radiocommunication apparatus so used. Subs. by AATe7
(I) In this Part— Interpretation. "vehicle" means any vehicle whether mechanically propelled or not; "radiocommunication" means any telecommunication by fradio en means of/Hertzian waves; 10 kots and 3,00%0 M) electromagnetic waves/loetween KA7628 "radiocommunication apparatus" means any apparatus or any component part thereof capable of being used or being adapted for the transmission or reception of/Hertzian waves; "local vessel" means any ship registered in a port of Malaysia, or any vessel licensed to be used in the tidal waters of Malaysia, or any unlicensed vessel habitually kept in Malaysia or the territorial waters thereof; "local aircraft" means any aircraft registered in Malaysia.
(2) Subject to regulations made under section 40, nothıng in this fart shall prevent any person from making or using electrical apparatus for actuating machinery or for any purpose other than the transmission or reception of messages or other communications whatsoever.
(1) The Government shall have the exclusive privilege Exclusive of establishing any radiocommunication station and of privilege. installing and working any radiocommunication apparatus for the purpose of-
(a) transmitting messages or other communications whatsoever by radiocommunication in Malaysia and receiving messages or other communications whatsoever so transmitted;
(D) transmitting messages or other communications whatsoever by radiocommunication from Malaysia to any place, ship or aircraft outside Malaysia;
[Pt. V, S. 36-38] Grant of licences.
(c) receiving in Malaysia messages or other communications whatsoever transmitted by radiocommunication from any place, ship or aircraft outside
(2) The Minister may fix the rates at which, and the onditions and restrictions subject to which, messages o ther communications may be transmitted or received b radiocommunication or delivered after receipt to the person o do so, ieMin ter sabiskheent er anyeris io expedient
(2) The Minister may, whenever he deems it expedient to do so, issue to any person who holds a licence under subsection (1) a licence to work any radiocommunication apparatus for all or any of the purposes mentioned in 44846 → section :36.
(3) The Minister may delegate his power of issuing licences to the telecommunication authority, or to sucr officer or officers as he thinks fit and may appoint officers for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this Provided that no delegation of the power of issuing licences shall affect the exercise of that power by the Minister.
(4) All such officers shall be deemed to be public servants F.M.S. within the meaning of the Penal Code. •AA846 SaBän 3/59; 374 --- Swk. Cap. 57. Prohibitions. . 38. (1) No person shall-
(a) establish any radiocommunication station or instal or work any radiocommunication apparatus il any place in Malaysia or on board any local vesse or local aircraft or in any vehicle; or
(b) offer for sale, sell, or have in his possession with a view to sale radiocommunication apparatus or material, except under and in accordance with a licence granted under this Part/: - Provided---
[Pt. V, S.38-391
(2) Every such licence shall be in such form and for such period as the Minister determines and shall contain such terms, conditions and restrictions, on and subject to which the licence is granted, as the Minister considers desirable ' in the public interest
(3) Any person who is in possession of any radiocommunication apparatus intended for transmitting or receiving nessages by radiocommunication shall be deemed until the contrary is proved to have worked the same.
(4) The occupier of any dwelling-house or premises in which is installed any radiocommunication apparatus for receiving any messages by radiocommunication in respect of which a licence is not in force shall be guilty of an offence against this Part.
(5) It shall be a defence to a prosecution for an offence against subsection (4) that the occupier was not aware and could not with reasonable diligence have become aware of the existence in the dwelling-house or premises of the radioconmunication apparatus in question. — 44846 384-.. - 4A797
(1) Any person who establishes a radiocommunication Penalty for station or instals or works any radiocommunication station. apparatus without a licence shall be guilty of an oflence thand shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding one- thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term which AAGif may extend toutwelve months, and in either case shall be one hundred liable to forfeit any radiocommunication apparatus installed or worked without a licence. withree years лATAT radiocommunication therein. In this subsection "Magistrate" means a Magistrate of any class,
(3) A police officer/ may seize any apparatus which is fe ude d or intended to he used di ivhith a licenre for radioo communication therein. 39A-.. <AA797
Power to regulations. DuB. AAS93 (standaras, 4XT97 2/AA797 44846→ LA4797 rand the paymant of fees therefor 4A846 IPt. V, S. 40]
(1) The Minister may make regulations for—
(a) piescriling ahpei cotios foi les and die mapaer are to be made;
(b) prescribing the terms, conditions and restrictions on and subject to which licences are granted and the duties of licensees;
(c) preseibing the fes pafable on the grant of any
(d) regulating the working and use of radiocommunication apparatus;
(e) regulating the licensing of dealers in and the sale or transfer of radiocommunication apparatus;
(f) prohibiting or regulating the working or using of any radiocommunication apparatus in any vehicle or on board any vessel, whether local, British or •foreign, while in the territorial waters of Malaysia;
(g) prohibiting or regulating the working or using of any radiocommunication apparatus on any aircraft, whether local, British or foreign, while in → lga), (çb over Malaysia or the teritorial waters thereof;
(h) examining and issuing certificates of proficiency to operatorś
(i) ensuring the secrecy of radiocommunications;
(j) regulating electrical interference with the working or using of any radiocommunication apparatus and prescribing the requirements to be complied with in the case of any apparatus to prevent or prescribing all matters which by this Part ar required or permitted to be prescribed or which are necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Part.
(2) No regulations made in respect of the matters use of radiocommunication for thd purpose of mly io tor nswering signals of distres
[Pt. V, S. 41-43] tierest of pubic saency of arangullily, the rine Ministe Coaral. is of opinion that the Government should have control over emergency. nunication, then atter publication of notice to that effec n the Gazette and until further notice, the use of radio territorial waters or in any vehicle shall be subject to such
(a) prohibit or regulate such use in all cases or in such cases as may be deemed desirable; or
(b) provide for-
(1) the taking possession of, the control of or the usage for official purposes of all radiocommunication stations and apparatus, and the payment of compensation for any damage caused thereby;
(ii) the stopping, delaying and censoring of all messages received, transmitted or submitted for transmission;
(iii) the carrying out of any other purpose which the Prime Minister thinks necessary: Provided that nothing in the orders, rules or regulations sbapose ol to theor an oe adioconi of ciatioes for the
(1) When an applicant for a licence proves to the Licences for satisfaction of the Minister that the sole object of obtaining pxpposecntal the licence is to enable him to conduct experiments in radiocommunication, a licence for that purpose may be granted in accordance with the regulations made under section 40 and may not be subject to any rent or royalty.
(2) The expression "rent Tor royalty" in subsection (1) dIRAS93 does not include fees charged in respect of the grant or renewal of licences. 42A < AA628
(1) Every omission or neglect to comply with, and every General act done or attempted to be done contrary to this Part or penalty. any regulation made thereunder, or in breach of the conditions and restrictions subject to or upon which any licence
[Pt. V, S. 43] (oлTa of any article seized, be liable to a fine not exceeding/five
(2) In the case of a conviction involving a fine the court 4A 846
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