$&7 1R RI ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS SECTION 1 Short title and commencement 2 Amendment of section 12 of Cap 72:02 3 Amendment of section 17 of the Act 4 Amendment of section 27 of the Act 5 Insertion of new section 17A in the Act 6 Repeal of sections 13, 18, 20, 28, 30 and 31 of the Act 7 Repeal of Botswana Telecommunications Corporation Regulations $Q$FWWRDPHQGWKH%RWVZDQD7HOHFRPPXQLFDWLRQV&RUSRUDWLRQ$FW 'DWHRI$VVHQW6.08.96. 'DWHRI&RPPHQFHPHQW27.08.96. ENACTED by the Parliament of Botswana.  This Act may be cited as the Botswana Telecommunications Corporation (Amendment) Act, 1996 and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may, by Notice in the Gazette, appoint. Short title and commencement  Section 12 of the Botswana Telecommunications Corporation Act (referred to in this Act as "the Act") is emended by substituting, for subsection (1) thereof, the following new subsection— Amendement of section 12 of the Act "( 1 ) The functions of the Corporation shall be to operate telecommunications networks and to provide telecommunications services in Botswana under licence from or contract with the Government, together with such other activities as may appear to the Corporation to be conducive or incidental to the attainment of all or any of its objectives under this Act or any other law."  Section 17 of the Act is amended by substituting, for subsection ( 1 ) thereof, the following new subsection— Amendment of section 17 of the Act "(1) It shall be the duty of the Corporation to conduct its affairs on sound commercial lines."  Section 27 of the Act is amended by substituting, therefor, the 27 following new section— Amendment of section 27 of the Act