Electronic and Postal Communications (Electronic Communication Numbering and Addressing) G.N. No. 428 (contd) PART IV GENERAL PROVISIONS Compliance, offences and Penalty 17.-(1) A person shall not use any electronic communication number without a certificate of assignment issued by the Authority. (2) Any electronic communications licensee shall not cause use of any short code either on direct dialing, SMS or Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) without an authorization by the Authority. (3) A person shall not resell or trade any kind of Electronic communication Numbers or addresses. (4) A person who contravenes or fails to comply with the provisions of these regulation commits an offence and shall upon conviction shall be liable to a fine of not less than five million Tanzanian shillings or to imprisonment for a term of not less than twelve months or to both. Compounding of offences 18. Where a person commits an offence under these Regulations, the Director General may, at any time compound the offence by ordering the person to pay a sum of money specified but not exceeding the amount of fine prescribed for the offence. Revocation G.N.No.263 of 2005 19. The Tanzania Communications (Telecommunication Numbering and Electronic Address) Regulations are hereby revoked. Dar es Salaam 29th November, 2011 MAKAME M. MBARAWA, Minister for Communication, Science and Technology 167