6 No. 28743 Act No. 36, 2005 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 18 APRIL 2006 ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS ACT, 2005 CHAPTER 9 BROADCASTING SERVICES 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. Application Public broadcasting service licences 5 Community broadcasting service licences Commercial broadcasting service licences Prohibition on granting of broadcasting service licence to party-political entities Record of programmes broadcast by broadcasting service licensees 10 Code of conduct for broadcasting service licensees Control over advertisements Prohibition on broadcasting of party election broadcasts and political advertisements except in certain circumstances Broadcasting of party election broadcasts on public broadcasting services 15 Political advertising on broadcasting services Equitable treatment of political parties by broadcasting service licensees during election period Restriction on subscription broadcasting services Preservation of South African programming 20 Broadcasting signal distribution objectives Self provisioning by broadcasting service licensees Limitations on foreign control of commercial broadcasting services Limitations on control of commercial broadcasting services Limitations on cross-media control of commercial broadcasting services CHAPTER 10 25 COMPETITION MATTERS 67. Competition matters CHAPTER 11 NUMBERING 68. Numbering plans and number portability 30 CHAPTER 12 CONSUMER ISSUES 69. 70. 71. Code of conduct, end-user and subscriber service charter People with disabilities Consumer Advisory Panel 35 CHAPTER 13 GENERAL 72. 73. 74. 75. 76. 77. 78. 79. Establishment of Electronic Communications and ICT Museum, information communication technology for government and other related services 40 E-rate Offences and penalities Directory services Establishment of public emergency communications centres Duties of 112 Emergency Centres and licensees 45 National Public emergency number Standards, capabilities and operating procedures of 112 Emergency Centres