No. 12
Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority
2003
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(6) The Minister may by writing under his hand give the Committee
directions of a general or specific nature and the Committee shall comply
with every such direction.
Powers
of the
Minister
28.-(I) The Minister under this Part, shall exercise his powers in
respect to matters of national security, public safety and crisis or
emergency.
(2) It shall be the duty of the Minister when appointing members of
the Content Committee to appoint members who are not employees of
the Authority or broadcasting organizations.
29.-(I) An Ordinary meeting of the Committee shall be four times
Meetings
and Pro- yearly convened by the Chairman and the notice will issue specifying
cedures of the date, place and time of the meeting which shall be sent to each memthe Cornber at his usual place of business or residence not less than ten days
mittee
before the date of the meeting and where the Chairman is unable to act
or is absent, the Vice Chairman elected by the members amongst themselves shall preside at the meeting.
(2) The Committee shall conduct its extraordinary meeting as often
as necessary for the Committee to transact its business.
(3) The members of the Committee shall be paid such allowances
and fees as may be determined by the Minister, on the advice of the
Authority.
(4) No act or proceeding of the Committee shall be invalid by reason
of any defect or irregularity in the appointment of any member or by
reason that any person who purported bona fide to act as a member at
the time of the act or proceedings was in fact disqualified or not entitled
to act as a member.
(5) Where any member absents himself from three consecutive meetings
of the Committee without sufficient cause, the committee shall advise
the appointing authority of the fact and the appointing authority may
terminate the appointment of the member and appoint another member
in his place.