ARTICLE 23 CONFIDENTIALITY The General Director and staff members of the Authority shall not be permitted to divulge any confidential information which may come directly or indirectly to their knowledge during the course of their work. This obligation shall continue even after such Persons leave the service of the Authority. CHAPTER 7 LICENSING AND EQUIPMENT APPROVALS ARTICLE 24 REQUIREMENT TO OBTAIN A TELECOMMUNICATIONS LICENCE (a) No Person shall operate a Public Telecommunications Network, any Telecommunications Network using a Telecommunications Frequency or provide a Telecommunications service in the Kingdom except after obtaining a Licence for that purpose in accordance with the provisions of this Law. (b) No Person shall, without permission (to be granted in accordance with the conditions of the relevant Licence), connect to a Telecommunications Network licensed under this Law any other Telecommunications Network or any Telecommunications Equipment that is not authorised under Article 38 of this Law. (c) No Person shall operate or promote a call-back service from or to the Kingdom. ARTICLE 25 GRANT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS LICENCES (a) A Licence for the operation of a Telecommunications Network or for the provision of Telecommunications services may be granted for a finite period of time by the Authority by way of either an Individual Licence or a Class Licence in accordance with the provisions of Articles 29 and 32 of this Law. (b) The granting of a Licence in accordance with the provisions of this Law shall not prejudice any other conditions, licenses, permits or obligations provided for in any other law. ARTICLE 26 REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO INDIVIDUAL AND CLASS LICENCES (a) In order for a Licence to be granted, the following is required: -23Translation dated 12 April 2009 This is an unofficial translation of the Law. It is provided for information purposes only. Reliance may only be placed upon the official Arabic version of the Law published in the Official Gazette of the Kingdom of Bahrain. Any comments on this translation will be gratefully received by the Authority. Please email any comments to: contact@tra.org.bh