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(a) the finding of the audit report;
(b) the action required to remedy the non-compliance; and
(c) the period within which the critical database administrator
shall take the remedial action.
(2) A critical database administrator that fails to take any
remedial action within the period stipulated under subsection (1)
commits an offence and is liable, upon conviction, to a fine not
exceeding one hundred thousand penalty units or to imprisonment
for a term not exceeding one year, or to both.
PART IX
DOMAIN NAME REGULATION
5 0 . (1) The Authority shall—
(a) administer and manage the .zm domain name space;
(b) comply with international best practice in the administration
of the .zm domain name space;
(c) license and regulate registries and the registers for the
registries; and
(d) publish guidelines o n —
(i) the general administration and management of the
.zm domain name space;
(ii) the requirements and procedures for domain name
registration; and
( i n ) t h e m a i n t e n a n c e o f a n d p u b l i c a c c e s s to a
repository.
(2) T h e A u t h o r i t y shall e n h a n c e public a w a r e n e s s on t h e
economic and commercial benefits of domain name registration.
(3)
The Authority, in relation to domain name regulation—
(a) m a y c o n d u c t such i n v e s t i g a t i o n s as it m a y c o n s i d e r
necessary;
(b) s h a l l c o n d u c t r e s e a r c h i n t o , a n d k e e p a b r e a s t of,
developments in Zambia and elsewhere on the domain
name system;
(c) shall continually survey and evaluate the extent to which
the .zm domain n a m e space meets the needs o f t h e
citizens of Zambia; and
(d) may issue information on the registration of domain names
in Zambia.