Telecommunications Ordinance
Part 6
6-40
Section 36C
Cap. 106
(b) $500,000 for the second occasion on which a penalty is
so imposed; and
(c) $1,000,000 for any subsequent occasion on which a
penalty is so imposed. (Amended 36 of 2000 s. 23)
(3A) Without prejudice to subsections (3) and (3B), the Authority
may, by notice to a licensee who has committed a breach of a
licence condition or provision in this Ordinance or regulation
made thereunder, or a breach of a direction, require the
licensee—
(a) to disclose to the public, to a particular person or to a
class of persons, in such manner as is specified in the
notice, such information, or information of such a kind,
as is so specified, being information that relates to the
breach and is in the possession of the licensee or to
which the licensee has access;
(b) to publish, at its own expense, in newspapers corrective
advertisements in such manner, at such times and on
such terms as are specified in the notice and for this
purpose, the Authority may specify among other things
the newspapers in which the advertisements shall be
published, the languages that shall be used, the days on
which the advertisements shall be published, the content
of the advertisements and the size and prominence of
the advertisements in the newspapers. (Added 36 of
2000 s. 23)
(3B) Where the Authority considers that if it were to impose a
financial penalty under subsection (3) it would not be adequate
for a breach referred to in subsection (1)— (Amended 17 of
2011 s. 28)
(a) the Authority may—
(i) within 3 years of the commission of the breach; or
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14.12.2015
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