10 Telecommunications Cap. 173 Ed. 1978 Notice of acts likely to cause damage to a telecommunication line to be given and powers in connexion therewith 16.—(1) Any person desiring to deal in the legal exercise of a right with any property in such a manner as is likely to cause damage to a telecommunication line or post which has been duly placed in accordance with the provisions of this Act, or to interrupt or interfere with telecommunications, shall give not less than one month’s notice in writing of the intended exercise of such right to. the telecommunication authority. (2) If any such person without having complied with the provisions of subsection (1) deals with any property in such a manner as is likely to cause damage to any telecommunication line or post, or to interrupt or interfere with telecommunications, a resident magistrate within whose area such property is situate may, on the application of the telecommunication authority, order such person’ to abstain from dealing with such property in such manner for a period not exceeding one month from the date of his order, and forthwith to take such action with regard to such property as. may be, in the opinion of the said magistrate, necessary to remedy or prevent such damage, interruption or interference during such period. (3) A person dealing with any property in the manner referred to in subsection (1) with the bona fide intention of averting imminent danger of personal injury to himself or other human beings shall be deemed to have complied with the provisions of the said subsection if he gives such notice of the intended exercise of the right as is in the circumstances possible or where no such previous notice can be given without incurring the imminent danger referred to above, if he forthwith gives notice of the actual exercise of such right to the telecommunication authority. 17, Power of Minister to confer powers under this Part on licensees The Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, confer upon any licensee under section 4 in respect of the extent of his licence and subject to any conditions and restrictions which the Minister may think fit to impose and to the provisions of this Part, all or any of the powers which the telecommunication authority possesses under this part with regard to a telecommunication established or maintained by the Government or to be so established or maintained: : Provided that the notice prescribed in section 16 shall always be given to the telecommunication authority. PART 18.—(1) Any person IV-—-OFFENCES Unlicensed telecommunications who imports . into Fiji. without a licence from the ee telecommunication authority any radio communication equipment constructed or adapted for emission or establishes, maintains or works a radio-communication station, other than a broadcast receiving station, or a telecommunication within Fiji except under and in accordance with a licence issued under this Act shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars and in the case of a continuing offence to a further fine not exceeding one hundred dollars for each week or part of a week during which the offence continues. (Amended by 27 of 1962, s. 3) (2) Where any person is convicted of an offence under this section, the court by which he was convicted may direct that the radio-communication station or

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