LAWS OF BRUNEI 18 CAP. 180 Broadcasting 2000Ed. Free-to-air broadcasting services. 17. (1) A free-to-air licensee shall provide broadcasting services in such languages as may be specified in his licence. (2) A free-to-air broadcasting service shall be broadcast for not less than such number of hours during each day as may be specified in the licence. Submission of broadcasting material to Minister. 18. (1) A broadcasting licensee shall supply to the Minister on demand any material, including the script thereof, which is intended for broadcasting. (2) A broadcasting licensee who is required to supply material under subsection(1) shall (a) supply the material in such form as the Minister may determine; or (b) make available on demand, without charge, such equipment as the Minister may determine. (3) The Minister may, if he is satisfied that any programme intended to be broadcast by a broadcasting licensee may be against the public interest or national harmony or will offend against good taste or decency, in writing require the broadcasting licensee to pre-record the programme and submit it to him for approval before it is broadcast. Directions of Minister. 19. (1) The Minister may issue directions in writing to a broadcasting licensee requiring the licensee to take such action with regard to the contents of programmes or advertisements or to broadcast standards as he considers necessary in order to comply with the provisions of this Act, any Code of Practice and any condition attached to the broadcasting licence. (2) Directions issued under subsection (1) may include a direction prohibiting a broadcasting licensee from broadcasting the whole or any part of a programme or of any class of material. (3) Any broadcasting licensee and any other person responsible for the broadcasting of any programme prohibited by a direction issued under

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