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(d) the provisions for the restoration of a domain name
registration and penalties for late payments;
(e) the terms of the domain name registration agreement
which registries and the registrar shall adopt and use in
registering domain names, including issues in respect of
privacy, consumer protection and alternative dispute
resolution;
(f) the processes and procedures to avoid unfair and
anticompetitive practices, including bias to, or preferential
treatment of actual or prospective registrants, registries or the
registrar, protocols or products;
(g) the requirements to ensure that each domain name
contains an administrative and technical contact;
(h) the creation of new sub-domains;
(i) the procedures for ensuring the monitoring of compliance
with this Act, including compliance with regular “.mw”
domain name and any other Malawian names to be used
for domain names space technical audits;
(j) any other matter relating to the “.mw” domain name
space and any other Malawian names to be used for domain
names as may be necessary to achieve the objectives of this
Act;
(k) declaring certain classes of information to be critical
data;
(l) establishing procedures for identification of database
with critical data;
(m) the registration of database with critical data;
(n) prescribing minimun standards regarding management,
access to transfer and control of databases with critical data;
(o) the inspection of databases by the Authority; and
(p) any other matter ralating to management, protection,
recovery and control of databases with critical data.
(2) Notwithstanding section 21 (e) of the General Interpretation
Act, the regulations, made under this Act may create offences in
respect of any contravention to the regulations, and may for any
such contravention impose a fine of up to K5,000,000 and to
imprisonment for up to seven years.