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the existing clause (la), shall be renumbered as clause (laa), and after
clause (l), the following new clause shall be inserted, namely:-
"(la) "misinformation"
means verifiable false content or information that
is unintentionally disseminated or shared;";
(iv)
after clause (he), the following new clause shall be inserted,
namely:-
"(hd) "electronic media employee" shall mean and include a
person
working as an employee with the licensee of the Authority;";
(v)
(vi)
in clause (r), for the word "corporation", the expression ".corporation or
public body" shall be substituted;
after clause (u), the following new clause shall be inserted,
namely:-
"(ua) "severe violation" means a violation of this Ordinance or violation
of Article 19 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of
Pakistan;";
(vii)
in clause (v), the word "and", occurring at the end, shall be omitted; and
(viii) after clause (v), amended
inserted, namely:-
as aforesaid, the following new clause shall be
"(va) "timely payment of dues" means the payment of dues when made to
the electronic media employee within two months; and".
3A.. Amendment of section 4, Ordinance XIII of 2002.- In the
said
Ordinance, in section 4, after sub-section (3), the following new sub-section shall be
added,
namely:"(a) The Authority by registering rating companies shall ensure that a fair,
transparent, and independent forums shall issue rating to the licensees."
4.
Amendments
Ordinance, in section
of section 6, Ordinance XIII of 2002.- In the
said
6,-
(a) after sub-section (2), the following
inserted,
new sub-section (2A) shall
be
namely:-
"(2A) The division to which business of this Ordinance stands
allocated shall recommend a panel of five candidates fulFtlling the
conditions of sub-section (2) and send it to a parliamentary committee