Republic of Namibia
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Annotated Statutes
Namibian Broadcasting Act 9 of 1991
previously obtained in every particular case and subject to such conditions as may
be determined by him or her, in co-operation with any other person, programmes,
information or news for reception in any country outside Namibia;
(c)
to acquire or erect within or, with the approval in writing of the Minister previously
obtained in every particular case, outside Namibia broadcasting stations and any
installations and facilities in connection therewith and acquire any equipment
therefor or rights in connection therewith;
(d)
subject to the provisions of section 16, to issue licences in respect of the
possession, use or making available of television sets;
(e)
with the approval in writing of the Minister, to enter into agreements with (i)
any government, body or person in relation to the supplying of programmes,
information or news to the Corporation by such government, body or person
for presentation by the Corporation by way of re-transmission or otherwise;
(ii)
the government of a country referred to in paragraph (b) or any organisation
in such country in relation to the broadcasting and reception of programmes,
information or news so referred to;
(f)
to canvass advertisements and broadcast at such tariffs as may be determined by
the Corporation such advertisements by means of radio or television, or to publish
or distribute in any other manner such advertisements;
(g)
to establish orchestras, bands and choirs, engage artists and performers and
organise or subsidise public concerts, lectures, performances and entertainments;
(h)
to acquire copyrights, performer’s rights and other rights;
(i)
to compile, print, produce, publish or distribute any literary matter relating to
broadcasting;
(j)
to make, compile, print, manufacture, buy, hire or acquire by any other means
sound, visual or audio-visual recordings, fixations and material of whatever nature
or description, and to sell, lease, deal in or in any other manner dispose of such
recordings, fixations and materials, whether or not it was broadcast by the
Corporation;
(k)
subject to the provisions of section 19, to raise monies by way of loans;
(1)
to acquire, sell, mortgage or in any other manner alienate any movable property,
whether corporeal or incorporeal or, with the approval in writing of the Minister,
any immovable property, including any right in or over property;
(m)
subject to the provisions of section 21, to expropriate any movable property,
whether corporeal or incorporeal or, immovable property, including any right in or
over property, or to take the right to use temporarily any property;
(n)
to erect buildings;
(o)
subject to the provisions of subsection (2) and with the approval of the Minister
given after consultation with the Postmaster-General, to form and incorporate or
establish, and to manage and control a company for the purposes of a broadcasting