(d) the licensee has ceased to provide the servic e or system specified in the licence; or (e) the licensee has failed to comply with any term or condition of the licence; or (f) in the case of a licensee which is a body corporate, the licensee has been provisionally or finally wound up or placed under judicial management; or (g) in the case of a licensee who is an individual, the estate of the licensee has been provisionally or finally sequestrated; or (h) the licensee has acted in a manner prejudici al to the defence, public safety, public order, public morality or public health of Zimbabwe; or (i) the licensee has repeatedly breached one or more provisions of the code of conduct applicable to that licens ee in terms of section twenty-four, or any standards determined in terms of section twenty-five. (2) Before taking any action in terms of s ubsection (1), the Authority shall notify the licensee in writing of its intention to susp end or cancel the licence concerne d and the reasons for doing so, and shall call upon the licensee to show cause to the Authority, within seven days of receiving the notice, why the licence should not be suspended or cancelled, as the case may be. [amended by Act 6/2003 with effect from the 19th September, 2003.] (3) After receiving any representations from the licensee in terms of subsection (2) the Authority shall, if it is of the opinion that the evidence referred to in subse ction (1) justifies such a course, institute a publ ic inquiry for the purpose of determining whether or not the licence in question should be suspended or cancelled. [amended by Act 6/2003 with effect from the 19th September, 2003.] (4) For the purposes of a pu blic inquiry held in terms of subsection (3) the members of the Authority shall have all of the powers, rights, privileges and duties conferred or imposed upon a commissioner by the Commissi ons of Inquiry Act [Chapter 10:07], other than the power to orde r a person to be detained in custody, and sections 9 to 13 and 15 to 18 of that Act shall apply, muta tis mutandis, in relation to any hearing conducted by the Authority and to any pers on summoned to give or giving evidence for the purpose of the hearing. (5) If, at the conclusion of a public inqui ry held in terms of subsection (3), the Authority is satisf ied for any reason specified in subs ection (1) that the licence concerned should be suspended or cancelled, the Authority shall, by notice in writing to the licensee, suspend or can cel the licence or ta ke such other action as it considers appropriate, and publish a notic e in the Gazette of such suspension or cancellation or other action. [substituted by Act 6/2003 with effect from the 19th September, 2003.] (6)No licence shall be of any force or effect during any period of its suspension. 17 Licensee to inform Authority of changes (1) A licensee shall without delay, but in any case no later than fourteen days after he becomes aware of the alteration, inform the Authority of any material alteration in the information or particulars furnished by him when he applied for his licence. (2) A licensee shall without delay inform the Authority of any transfer to or by any single person of more than ten per centum of the shares in the licensee. 18 Transfer of licences prohibited No licensee shall assign, cede, pledge, transfer or sell his licence to any other person, or surrender his programming duties to another entity outside his establishment. Any such assignment, cession, pledge, transfer, sale or surrender shall be void. PART IV LIMITATION OF CONTROL 19 Limitation of cross-ownership between broadcasters, signal carrier licensees, newspapers, telecommunications licensees and advertising agents (1) No broadcasting licensee— (a) shall own, control or hold any securities in another broadcasting

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