Emergency (Control of Radiocommunication) Orders, 1967

These Orders may be cited as the Emergency Short title.

(Control of Radiocommunication) Orders, 1967.

In these Orders unless the context otherwise Interpretation.

requires —

“Hertzian waves” means electromagnetic waves between 10 Kc/s and 3,000,000

Mc/s;

“License” means a license issued by the Con-troller of Telecommunications;

“Local vessel” means any ship registered in a port of the State, or any vessel licensed to be used in the tidal waters of the

State, or any unlicensed vessel habitually kept in the State or the territorial waters thereof;

“radiocommunication” means any telecom-munication by means of Hertzian waves;

“radiocommunication apparatus” means any apparatus or any component part there-of capable of being used or being adapted for the transmission of Hertzian waves;

“radiocommunication station” means a sep-arate transmitter or a combination of transmitter and receiver including the accessory equipment required for carry-ing on a definite radiocommunication service;

“vehicle” means any vehicle whether mech-anically propelled or not.

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No persons shall —

import, establish or possess any radio-communication station or instal or work any radiocommunication apparatus in any place in the State or on board any local vessel or local aircraft or in any vehicle; or offer for sale or sell any radio-communication station or apparatus ex-cept under and in accordance with a license issued under these Orders.

Any person who imports, establishes or is in possession of any radiocommunica-tion station or instals or works any radiocommunications apparatus, or of-fers for sale, or sells any radiocommuni-cations station or apparatus without a license shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to a fine not exceeding three thousand dollars or to imprison-ment for a term not exceeding three years or to both such fine and imprison-ment.

Any person found with or displaying any radiocommunication station or radiocommunication apparatus shall be deemed for the purpose of these

Orders to be in possession of such station or apparatus.

If a Police Officer of or above the rank of Inspector has reasonable grounds for believing that a radiocommunication station or apparatus has been imported, or established, or installed, or worked, 01