104 No. 3
Electronic and Postal Communications
2010
obtain consent of the land or property owner for the entry onto such
land or acquisition of such property or property interest.
(2) Where a network facilities licensee or network services
licensee seeks to enter upon private land, or to effect the acquisition
of private property or an interest in private property, a network
facilities licensee or network services licensee shall provide notice
of the proposed entry or acquisition to the owner of the land or
property, and other land or the property owners who may
reasonably be expected to be affected by the proposed entry or
acquisition, and seek their written comments.
(3) Where the land or property owner and the network
facilities licensee or network services licensee, as the case may be,
cannot agree, the network facilities licensee or network services
licensee may apply to the relevant authority having jurisdiction over
such private land or property in order to request that the authority
order the proposed entry or undertake the proposed acquisition
under applicable land laws.
(4) Where any significant damage to land or property is
caused, by reason of the exercise of the powers conferred by this
section, the owner or occupier of the land shall be entitled to
receive compensation for it from the network facilities licensee or
network services licensee.
Power of
search and
seizure
163.-(1) A police officer or an employee authorized by the
Authority may, if he has reasonable grounds to believe that an
electronic communication system or service has been established,
installed, maintained, operated or provided in contravention of this
Act or any regulations made there under or in breach of any licence
issued by the Authority that the electronic communication
equipment used is of a type that is not approved by the Authority in
the case of any (a) communication equipment or any electronic
communication system or service, other than any
radio communication system or service, ether and