Cap. 173
Ed. 1978
Telecommunications
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telecommunication in respect of which the offence has been committed or any part
of such radio-communication station or telecommunication be forfeited.
Assisting the working
of an unauthorised
telecommunication
19. Any person who, knowing or having reason to believe that a radiocommunication station or telecommunication has been established or is maintained
or worked in contravention of this Act, transmits or receives any message by such
radio-communication station, or telecommunication or performs any service
incidental thereto, or delivers any. message for transmission by such radiocommunication station or telecommunication, or accepts delivery of any message
sent thereby, shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding fifty dollars.
20.—(1)
Trespass
and
wilful obstruction
Any person who—
of a telecommunication
servant
:
(a) without permission of the telecommunication officer in charge enters
the signal room of a telecommunication office of the Government or
of a person licensed under this Act; or
(b) enters a fenced enclosure around such a telecommunication office in
contravention of any rule or notice not to do so; or
(c) refuses to quit such room or enclosure on being requested to do so by
any officer or servant employed therein; or
(d) wilfully obstructs any such officer or servant in the performance of his
duty,
shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars.
(2) Any person who does any of the acts mentioned in subsection (1) with the
intention of unlawfully learning the contents of any message, or of committing any
offence punishable under this Act, shall be liable on conviction (in addition to the
fine to which he may be liable under subsection (1)) to imprisonment for a term not
exceeding
one year.
Tampering with plant of telecommunication
21.
Any person who, intending—
(a) to prevent or obstruct the transmission or delivery of any message; or
(b) to intercept or to acquaint himself with the contents of any message; or
(c) to commit mischief,
damages,
removes,
tampers
with
or
touches
any
battery, machinery,
telecommunication line, post or other thing whatsoever, being part of or used in or
about any telecommunication or in the working thereof, shall be liable on
conviction
to imprisonment
exceeding two hundred
for a term not exceeding
three years or to a fine not
dollars or to both such imprisonment
and fine.
Detaining or altering a message or revealing its contents
22. Any telecommunication officer, or any person not being a telcommunication officer but having official duties connected with any office which i is used as a
telecommunication office who—
(a) wilfully secretes, makes away with or alters any message which he has
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received for transmission or delivery; or
(b) wilfully, and otherwise than in obedience to an order of the Minister or
of an officer especially authorised by the Minister to make the order,
omits to transmit, or intercepts, or detains, any message or any part