LAWS OF BRUNEI
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CAP. 180
Broadcasting
2000Ed.
Free-to-air broadcasting services.
17.
(1) A free-to-air licensee shall provide broadcasting services in such
languages as may be specified in his licence.
(2) A free-to-air broadcasting service shall be broadcast for not less
than such number of hours during each day as may be specified in the
licence.
Submission of broadcasting material to Minister.
18.
(1) A broadcasting licensee shall supply to the Minister on demand
any material, including the script thereof, which is intended for broadcasting.
(2) A broadcasting licensee who is required to supply material under
subsection(1) shall (a) supply the material in such form as the Minister may
determine; or
(b) make available on demand, without charge, such equipment
as the Minister may determine.
(3) The Minister may, if he is satisfied that any programme intended
to be broadcast by a broadcasting licensee may be against the public interest
or national harmony or will offend against good taste or decency, in writing
require the broadcasting licensee to pre-record the programme and submit it
to him for approval before it is broadcast.
Directions of Minister.
19.
(1) The Minister may issue directions in writing to a broadcasting
licensee requiring the licensee to take such action with regard to the contents
of programmes or advertisements or to broadcast standards as he considers
necessary in order to comply with the provisions of this Act, any Code of
Practice and any condition attached to the broadcasting licence.
(2) Directions issued under subsection (1) may include a direction
prohibiting a broadcasting licensee from broadcasting the whole or any part
of a programme or of any class of material.
(3) Any broadcasting licensee and any other person responsible for
the broadcasting of any programme prohibited by a direction issued under
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