Republic of Namibia
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Annotated Statutes
Namibian Broadcasting Act 9 of 1991
(c)
anything done in respect of the South West African Broadcasting Corporation
under any provision repealed by subsection (1) which may be done in respect of
the Corporation under a corresponding provision of this Act, shall be deemed to
have been done under such corresponding provision as if (i)
in the case of any member appointed under the said Broadcasting Act, 1976,
the Minister has appointed such member in terms of section 6 of this Act;
and
(ii)
in the case of any regulation made under the said Broadcasting Act, 1976,
the Minister has made such regulation in terms of section 27 of this Act.
(3) Notwithstanding the repeal of the Broadcasting Act, 1976 (Act 73 of 1976), by
subsection (1) of this section (a)
the broadcasting licence issued under section 7 of the Radio Act, 1952 (Act 3 of
1952), read with section 12(2) of the said Broadcasting Act, 1976, to the South
West African Broadcasting Corporation, shall be deemed to have been issued to the
Corporation for an indefinite period, and shall not be suspended or withdrawn,
except with the approval of the Minister;
(b)
any annual fees, if any, determined under the said section 12(2) in respect of the
South West African Broadcasting Corporation, shall be deemed to have been
determined in respect of the Corporation, and may from time to time be altered as
if the said Broadcasting Act, 1976, had not been repealed;
(c)
any conditions imposed under section 7(2)(b) of the said Radio Act, 1952, in
respect of the South West African Broadcasting Corporation and notified as
contemplated in the said section 12(2), shall be deemed to have been imposed
upon, and to have been notified in the Gazette in respect of the Corporation.
(4) For the purposes of subsection (3) any reference in the broadcasting licence
referred to in paragraph (a) of that subsection (a)
to South West Africa, shall be construed as a reference to Namibia;
(b)
to section 11 of the Broadcasting Act, 1976 (Act 73 of 1976), shall be construed as
a reference to section 3 of this Act;
(c)
to section 12(2)(c) of the said Broadcasting Act, 1976, shall be construed as a
reference to this section;
(d)
to the South African Broadcasting Corporation, shall be construed as a reference to
the Corporation;
(e)
to the Republic of South Africa, shall be deemed to have been deleted;
(f)
to the Administrator-General, shall be construed as a reference to the Minister.
(5) Anything done prior to the commencement of this Act under any provision of the
Broadcasting Act, 1976 (Act 73 of 1976), repealed by subsection (1), in the name of the
“Namibian Broadcasting Corporation” in stead of in the name of the South West African
Broadcasting Corporation shall not be invalid or invalidated by reason only of the fact that it