Section 34 CAP. 35.05
Tuvalu Telecommunications Corporation Act
(f)
intentionally discloses the content of a message intercepted in
accordance with paragraph (e) above;
(g)
for whatever purpose, damages, removes, tampers with, touches or
interferes with any telecommunication apparatus or telecommunication
line being part of or used in or about any telecommunication system;
(h)
wilfully obstructs a telecommunication operator and other employees of
the Corporation in the performance of their duties;
(i)
alters any message received by that person for transmission or delivery;
(j)
impedes or delays the correct transmission or the delivery of any
message through drunkenness, carelessness or other misconduct;
(k)
fraudulently retains or detains a message which ought to have been
delivered to some other person or neglects or refuses to deliver up any
such message;
(l)
with intent to deceive forges or alters a message;
(m)
assists the working of an unlicensed radio communication station or
telecommunication system;
(n)
contravenes the provision of subsection (1) of section 6 of this Act,
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to imprisonment for two years or to a
fine of $1,000.
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Compensation
Where a person is convicted of an offence under the preceding section the court
may, in addition to any penalty which may be imposed, order that person to pay full
compensation for any damage that the person had done, and that order may be
enforced as if it were a judgment in a civil action or suit.
PART VI - MISCELLANEOUS
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Repeal of Cap 100
(1)
The Telecommunications Act is repealed.
(2)
Regulations made under the Telecommunications Act now repealed shall
continue to be in force as if they were made under this Act, until substituted
by new Regulations made by the Minister under section 38 of this Act.
Public emergency
If at any time a period of public emergency is declared by the Head of State under
subsection (1) of section 35 of the Constitution and it appears to the Minister that the
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