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Any natural person or organization that has had their telecommunications license suspended
or revoked by reason of failure to pay any periodic or renewal fee is liable to a daily fine of
between 100,000 and 3,000,000 Rwanda Francs for each day on which that person or
organization continues to provide an operational network and/or telecommunications service
after notice of suspension has been served on it.
Any legally recognized natural person or organization that fails to notify a change of
ownership in accordance with paragraph (3) of Article 13 of this law is liable to a fine of
between 500,000 and 15,000,000 Rwanda Francs.
Any natural person or organization which contravenes an enforcement notice issued under
paragraph (2) of Article 14 of this law which enforcement notice has been confirmed, if that
person or organization has given explanations to the Regulatory Board within the time
specified in paragraph 4 of Article 14 is only at the discretion of the Regulatory Board:
1° pay a fine of between 300.000 and 5,000,000 Rwanda Francs for each day in which that
person or organization does not comply with the enforcement notice and/or;
2° have additional conditions imposed on the license or;
3° suffer the suspension of the telecommunications license for the period specified in a notice
of suspension issued by the Regulatory Board;
4° suffer the revocation of the telecommunications license.
Article 58
Any public telecommunications operator who contravenes the provisions of Article 19 is
liable to:
1° a fine of between 100.000 and 5,000,000 Rwanda Francs in respect of each natural person
or organization that is charged for entry to and/or remaining on the waiting list, or whose
position on the waiting list is unfairly improved and;
2° repayment of the amount of the charge(s) to the natural person(s) or organization(s) that
had been required to pay the charge.
Article 59
In the event Article 23 of this law is contravened, the Regulatory Board issues an enforcement
notice to a public telecommunications operator, specifying the sanctions to be applied. The
operator failing to comply with the action required in the enforcement notice, incurs a fine of
between 1,000,000 and 5,000,000 Rwanda Francs for each day on which the operator fails to
take the required action.
Article 60
Failure by any public telecommunications operator to comply with the provisions of
paragraph (4) of Article 28 of this law results in a fine of 100,000 Rwanda Francs for each
day on which the information is not provided to the Regulatory Board.