No. 6
Broadcasting Services
1993
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THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA
No. 6 of 1993
I ASSENT,
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President
1993
An Act to make provision for the management and regulation of broadcasting and for other matters related to it
ENACTED by the Parliament of the United Republic of Tanzania.
PART I
I
I
PRELIMINARY
1. This Act may be cited as the Broadcasting Services Act, 1993, and
shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may, by notice a
published in the Gazette, appoint.
Short title
and commercement
2. In this Act, except where the context requires otherwise''broadcaster'' means a person who is licensed under this Act to carry
on a broadcasting service;
''broadcasting apparatus'' means an apparatus for the reception of television broadcasts or for the reception of sound broadcasts, and where
an apparatus is designed or constructed for the reception of both
television and sound broadcast (other than those relating to television
broadcasts) such apparatus shall be deemed to comprise two sets of
apparatus, one for the reception of television broadcasts and one for
the reception of sound broadcasts, as the case may be;
"broadcasting service'' means a radio communication service in which
the transmissions are intended for direct transmissory reception by
members of the general public, and ''broadcast'' used as a verb shall
be construed accordingly;
''broadcasting station'' means all premises whatsoever used for the purpose of carrying on a broadcasting service together with the transmitters, apparatus and equipment, including vehicles, required in connection with them;
''Commission'' means the Tanzania Broadcasting Commission establishsed by section 5;
Interpretation Application