WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY ACT

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LAWS OF THE FEDERATION OF NIGERIA (LFN)

WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY ACT

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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

PART I – Preliminary

1. Short title.
2. Meaning of wireless telegraphy.
3. General interpretation.

PART II – Regulation of wireless telegraphy

4. Licence required for use of wireless telegraphy apparatus.
5. Licence required for dealing in wireless telegraphy apparatus.
6. Grant of licences.
7. Fees and charges for licences.
8. Experimental licences.
9. Regulations as to wireless telegraphy.
10. Misleading messages and interception and disclosure of messages.
11. Territorial extent of preceding provisions.
12. Powers of Commission as to wireless personnel.

PART III – Provisions as to interference

13. Regulations as to radiation of electro-magnetic energy, etc.
14. Enforcement of regulations as to the use of apparatus.
15. Enforcement of regulations as to sales, etc., by manufacturers and others.
16. Deliberate interference.

PART IV – General

17. Penalties.
18. Offences by bodies corporate.
19. Forfeiture.
20. Offences continued after conviction.
21. Civil proceedings.
22. Entry and search of premises, etc.
23. Provisions applicable on an occasion of emergency.
24. Onus of proof.
25. Saving as regards distress signals and electrical apparatus.
26. Protection of Government and public officers.
27. Service of notices by post.
28. Miscellaneous regulations.
29. Government sound and television broadcasting services.
30. Validity of previous licenses.

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WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY ACT

An Act to make provision for the regulation of wireless telegraphy.

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 [Commencement] [1st July, 1966]

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