Mauritius
Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation Act
Act 22 of 1982
- Commenced on 9 October 1982
- [This is the version of this document at 30 June 2017.]
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation Act.2. Interpretation
In this Act—"Board" means the Board established under section 6;"broadcast" means any radio communication, whether by sound or vision, for reception by the public;"Capital Fund" means the Capital Fund specified under section 22;"Chairperson" means the Chairperson of the Board;"committee" means any committee of the Board set up under section 11;"Corporation" means the Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation established under section 3;"Council" means the General Advisory Council referred to in section 12;"Deputy Director-General" means the person appointed as such under section 14;"Director-General" means the person appointed as such under section 13;"employee" means any employee of the Corporation and includes the Director-General and the Deputy Director-General;"external broadcasting services" means broadcasting services for reception in countries other than Mauritius;"installations" includes aerials, masts, overhead wires, underground cables, apparatus for radio communication and electric generators;"interest", in relation to a member, includes any directorship, office, post, shareholding or any financial stake held by the member or his spouse;"local authority" has the same meaning as in the Local Government Act;"member" means a member of the Board and includes the Chairperson;"Minister" means the Minister to whom responsibility for the subject of information is assigned;"radio communication" means any telecommunication by means of Hertzian waves;"Revenue Fund" means the Revenue Fund specified under section 23;"right of reply" means a right of reply by means of a broadcast of the Corporation;"telecommunication" means the emission, transmission or reception of any sign, signal, writing, image, sound or any electromagnetic system;"television" means the transmission and reception by radio communication of sound and image;"transmitting station" means a station for the transmission by radio communication of any matter;"wired distribution services" means the dissemination of broadcasting services by means of wires—(a)otherwise than within a single self-contained building; and(b)extending to or connecting at least 2 buildings.[S. 2 amended by Act 65 of 1985.]3. Establishment of Corporation
4. Objects of Corporation
The objects of the Corporation shall be to—5. Powers of Corporation
For the purposes referred to in section 4, the Corporation may—6. Establishment of Board
7. Powers of Board
The Board shall have all the powers of the Corporation and may, with the consent of the Minister, borrow such sums of money or raise such loans as it may require for the purposes of this Act.8. Declaration of interest
9. Meetings of Board
10. Attendance of Director-General
The Director-General shall attend every meeting of the Board and may take part in its deliberations but he shall not have the right to vote on any question before the Board.11. Committees
12. General Advisory Council
13. Director-General
14. Deputy Director-General
There shall be a Deputy Director-General of the Corporation who shall—15. Appointment of employees
16. Conditions of service of employees
The Board may make provision to govern the conditions of service of the employees of the Corporation and, in particular, to deal with—17. Delegation of powers
Subject to such instructions or rules of a general nature as it may give or make, the Board may delegate to the Director-General such of its powers under this Act as may be necessary to assist in the effective management of the day-to-day business and activities of the Corporation, other than the power—18. ***
19. Right of reply
20. Management of assets and funds
The Board shall manage and utilise all the assets and funds vested in it in such manner and for such purposes as, in the opinion of the Board, will best promote the objects of the Corporation.21. Accounts of Board
All the money received by the Board shall be paid into—22. Capital Fund
There shall be paid into the Capital Fund such money as is received by the Board for the purposes of capital expenditure for the development and improvement of the Corporation and its plant, including its transmitting stations and installations.23. Revenue Fund
24. Estimate
25. Licence fees
Every person shall, in relation to television broadcasts by the Corporation, pay to the Corporation or to such other person as may be prescribed a licence fee in accordance with the Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation (Collection of Licence Fees) Act.[S. 25 amended by Act 56 of 1984.]26. External broadcasting services
27. Emergency powers
28. Powers of Minister
29. Execution of documents
30. Restriction on use of names
Notwithstanding any other enactment, no person shall use in relation to his business—31. Exemptions
Notwithstanding any other enactment—32. Donations
Article 910 of the Code Civil Mauricien shall not apply to the Corporation33. Restriction on execution
Notwithstanding any other enactment, no execution by levy or attachment of property or any other process shall be issued against the Corporation in any suit against it.34. Regulations
35. Offences
Any person who contravenes this Act or any regulations made under it shall commit an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding 2,000 rupees and to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years.36. ***
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38. Transitional provisions
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History of this document
30 June 2017 this version
Consolidation
09 October 1982
Commenced