Republic of Namibia
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Annotated Statutes
Namibian Broadcasting Act 9 of 1991
(a)
the fees that shall be payable in respect of television licences or in respect of the
transmission of programmes by way of cables or wires as contemplated in section
4(1)(c) or in any other manner;
(b)
the conditions subject to which television licences may be issued;
(c)
(i)
the exemption from the obligation to be in possession of a television licence
of, or the granting of such exemption to, a person referred to in section 16, or
a member of a household of which another member is in possession of a
television licence, or is a person to whom a television licence, or is a person
to whom a television set has been hired out or in any other manner been
made available in accordance with a television licence issued under section
16(3)(c);
(ii)
the affinity or other basis by virtue of which persons shall be regarded as
members of the household for purposes of such regulations;
(iii)
the place or places where, the circumstances under which, or the other
conditions and requirements subject to which, such exemption shall be of
force and effect;
(d)
the exemption of or the granting of exemption to any person who, in terms of any
television licence or permission granted thereunder or in terms of any exemption
granted to him or her under any regulation contemplated in paragraph (c), is
entitled to use a television set at a particular place for the reception of anything
broadcast in a broadcasting service, from any prohibition on such use of that
television set at any other place, if that television set belongs to a category defined
in any such regulation;
(e)
any matter arising from the provisions of sections 7 and 13;
(f)
any other matter which in terms of the provisions of this Act is to be prescribed by
regulation.
(2)
(b) for -
Different fees or different conditions may be prescribed under subsection (1)(a) or
(a)
different television licences or television licences issued for different periods in a
licensing year; or
(b)
different television licences issued to (i)
persons belonging to different categories; or
(ii)
different owners or managers of businesses or institutions who make
available different quantities of television sets; or
(iii)
owners or managers of businesses or institutions of different categories; or
(iv)
persons who use, or make available for use by other persons different
quantities or categories of television sets.
Offences and presumptions
28.
(1)
Any person who -