48 No. 3
Powers of
the President
in
emergency
or in the
national or
public
interest
Electronic and Postal Communications
2010
59.(1) The President may, on occurrence of any event
which gives rise to an emergency, or in the interest of national or
public security, authorize the Authority to (a) suspend the public postal licence of postal licensee
and take temporary possession of any post office
under the control of any such licensee;
(b) withdraw either totally or partially the use of any
postal service from any person or class of persons or
from the public at large; or
(c)
order that any postal article or class of postal articles
or any letter or class of letters to or from any person
or class of persons or relating to any specific subject
shall not be conveyed, intercepted, detained or
delivered to any officer mentioned in the order to be
opened, examined or dealt with in such a manner as
the President may direct, or that postal article or
postal articles or letter or letters or the contents
thereof shall be disclosed to an officer mentioned in
the order.
(2) The President may also authorize any other public
officer employed by the government to carry out the powers
conferred under sub-section (1).
(3) The licensee shall give all necessary assistance
whenever required to do so by an officer carrying out any of the
powers conferred under this section.
PART IV
COMPETITION PRACTICES AND CONDUCT
(a) Anti-Competitive Practices and Conduct
Anticompetitive
practice and
conduct
60.(1) A dominant licensee shall not take advantage of its
power in a market for the supply of electronic and postal services
with a view to -