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(d)
while performing duties in a licensed telecommunication network,
the act of intentionally causing any change in, or distortion of, or
unlawful interference to, the contents of a message sent through
that network;
(e)
failure or refusal to supply to the Commission an information or
document which the Commission is entitled to obtain under this
Act or regulations and for the supply of which the Commission has
given 10 days’ notice.
(2)
Where a person is found guilty of an offence under sub-section (1), he
shall be liable to be sentenced to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 (five) years
or to a fine not exceeding 5 (five) lac taka or to both; and if such offence is a continuous
one, he shall be liable to an additional fine not exceeding 25 (twenty five) thousand taka
for each day of the continuous period after the first day.
(3)
Where a person contravenes a provision of this Act or the regulations
made thereunder for which no penalty is prescribed in this Act or the regulations he
shall, on being found guilty of that violation, be liable to be sentenced to the following
penalties :(a)
for the first-time violation, imprisonment for a term not exceeding
2 (two) years or to a fine not exceeding 2 (two) lac taka or to both;
(b)
for each subsequent violation to a fine not exceeding 3 (three) lac
taka or an imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 (three) years or
to both.
(4)
The imposition of a penalty under sub-section (2) shall not affect any
other right or remedy of a person aggrieved by the concerned offence.
74.
Penalty for abetment of offence etc.- If a person aids the Commission of any
offence under this Act, or if he instigates or conspires to commit such offence and the
offence is committed as a result of that instigation or conspiracy, he shall be liable to be
sentenced to the same penalty prescribed for the commission of that offence.
75.
Provision in regulations relating to offence, penalty, compensation.- The
Commission may make regulations on the following:-
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