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" 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;