Broadcasting Act · 2000 Revised Edition · Part X
Section 42
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
No person shall, in the course of any trade or business, import, manufacture, sell, offer for sale, or let for hire any unauthorised decoder.
Any person who contravenes subsection (1) is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3
years, a fine not exceeding $40,000 or both; and any unauthorised decoder shall be forfeited to the Government.
Proof that a person has, in the course of any trade or business, imported, manufactured, sold, offered for sale, or let for hire any unautho-rised decoder shall be evidence that such person knew that the decoder was an unauthorised decoder.
Forthe purposes ofthis section-
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"decoder" means any apparatus or component part thereof designed or adapted to enable (whether on its own or with any other apparatus) an encrypted audio or visual programme to be decoded;
encrypted
"encrypted" means treated electronically or otherwise for the purpose of preventing intelligible reception;
"unauthorised decoder" means a decoder which will enable encrypted audio or visual programmes to be viewed in decoded form without payment of the subscription payable in respect of the right to view those programmes.
Offence of hindering person discharging duty.
Terms defined in s 2
encrypted
Defined · s 2"encrypted" means treated electronically or otherwise for the purpose of preventing intelligible reception;
programme
Defined · s 2"programme", in relation to a broadcasting service, means - (a) any matter the primary purpose of which is to entertain, educate or inform all or part of the public; or (b) any advertising or sponsorship matter, whether or not of a commercial kind, but does not include any matter that is wholly related to or connected with - (i) any communication between two or more persons of a private or domestic nature; (ii) any internal communication of a business, Government department or other organisation for the purpose of the operation of that business, department or organisation; and (iii) communications in such other circumstances as may be prescribed;