LAWS OF BRUNEI
2000 Ed.
Broadcasting
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(a) a broadcasting licensee is contravening, or has contravened,
any of the conditions of his licence, any Code of Practice, any of the
provisions of this Act or there gulations or any direction issued by the
Minister to, or applicable to, the licensee;
(b) a broadcasting licensee has gone into compulsory or
voluntary liquidation other than for the purpose of amalgamation or
reconstruction;
(c) a broadcasting licensee has made an assignment to, or
composition with, his creditors; or
(d) the public interest or the interest of public security so
reqUIres,
he may, with the approval of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan, by
notice in writing and without any compensation, do either or both of the
following(i) cancel the licence or suspend it for such period as he
thinks fit and, in the case of a class licensee, cancel or
suspend the application of the class licence in respect
of the licensee for such period as he thinks fit;
(ii) require the payment of a penalty of such amount as he
thinks fit.
(2) Any person aggrieved by a decision of the Minister under this
section may, within 14 days of the receipt of the notice referred to in
subsection (1), appeal to His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan in
Council, whose decision shall be finaL
Compliance with Codes of Practice etc.,
16.
(1) Every broadcasting licensee shall comply with the Codes of
Practice.
(2) No broadcasting licensee shall allow to be transmitted a
broadcasting service other than in accordance with any broadcast standards
specified in any regulations or Code of Practice or any condition which may
be incorporated in his broadcasting licence.
BLR.D. 1/2000
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