"private broadcasting service" means a broadcasting service operated for profit and
controlled by a person who is not a public or community broadcasting licensee;
"public broadcasting service" means a broadcasting service provided by any statutory
body which is funded either wholly or partly through State revenues;
"radio" means the conveyance of one or more channels of audio information by means of
an electromagnetic wave most usually propagated in space, having a frequency below 3000
GHZ;
"register" means the register of licensees established under section 15(7);
"television" means the conveyance of visual information, together with one or more
channels of associated audio or suitably encoded textual information, or both.
PART II
National Broadcasting Board (ss 3-11)*(2)
3.
Establishment of the Board
There is hereby established a National Broadcasting Board (in this Act referred to as "the
Board") which shall perform such functions as may be conferred on it by this Act or any other
enactment.
4.
Composition of the Board
The Board shall consist of 11 members who shall be appointed in accordance with the
provisions of section 5.
5.
Appointment of members of the Board
The Minister shall appoint the following persons as members of the Board, namely
6.
(a)
an officer from the Office of the President;
(b)
an officer from the Ministry of Commerce and Industry who is responsible for
administering copy right legislation in that Ministry;
(c)
an officer from the Department of Cultural and Social Welfare in the Ministry of Labour
and Home Affairs;
(d)
a representative of the Authority; and
(e)
seven persons, one of whom shall be designated as Chairman of the Board, appointed
from a list of 10 candidates nominated by the Nominating Committee in accordance
with the provisions of section 8.
Tenure of office
(1) Subject to the following provisions of this section, each member of the Board shall hold
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