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person required to hold a radio licence or other authority under this Part to produce his
licence or authority.
(2) If authorized by a warrant issued by a magistrate and accompanied by a police officer,
the Director General may at all reasonable times enter premises which are owned or
occupied by a person whom he has reasonable cause to believe is—
(a) operating a radio station in contravention of this Act; or
(b) causing harmful interference with radio communications.
(3) The Authority may authorize in writing any other person to carry out on its behalf the
functions set out in subsections (1) or (2) of this section:
Provided that the conditions stipulated in subsections (1) and (2) are complied with.
(4) A police officer having specific written authority from the Authority may seize a radio
station which he has reasonable cause to believe is being operated in contravention of this
Act.
(5) Nothing in this section shall give any person a right of entry into a private dwelling house
for the purpose of inspecting apparatus or equipment not designed or adapted for emission of
radio frequencies.
42. —(1) The Authority may revoke the radio licence of any person who—
(a) has made a declaration or statement which he knew to be false for the purpose of
obtaining a radio licence or authority under this Act;
Revocation
of radio
licences
(b) has failed to furnish information, or has furnished false information, when requested or
required by the Authority in accordance with the conditions of a radio licence issued to him
or a regulation made under this Part;
(c) has failed to comply with the conditions of a radio licence issued to him after having
been notified of the fact by the Authority and having had not less than twenty-eight days to
comply;
(d) has, after a reasonable period, failed to make use of the radio licence for the intended
purpose; or
(e) has failed to comply with an order made by the Authority under this Part, having had
not less than twenty-eight days to comply.
43. —(1) The President may, on the occurrence of a public emergency and after consulting
with the Authority make an order directing the Authority to—
(a) require the operator of any radio station to transmit a message relating to the
emergency or in the interests of public safety or tranquillity; and
(b) take over a radio station specified in the order and any associated equipment and
premises necessary for the proper working and maintenance of the radio station and to make
the same available to an officer or authority of the Government.
(2) Any property taken over pursuant to subsection (1) shall be returned to its owner when
the President declares that the public emergency is at an end.
Emergency
powers in
connexion with
radio stations