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"letter" means any communication in written form which—
(a) is directed to a specific person or address;
(b) relates to the personal, private or business affairs of, or the business affairs of the
employer of, either correspondent; and
(c) neither is to be nor has been transmitted by means of telecommunications,
and includes any such other article transmissible by post which contains any such
communication;
"licence network" means a telecommunication network, the establishment or operation of
which is authorized by a licence issued under this Act;
"licensee" means the holder of a licence issued or deemed to have been issued under this Act
or a person registered under a general licence issued under this Act;
"line" means any wire, cable, equipment, tower, mast, antenna, tunnel, hole, pit, pole or other
structure or thing used or intended to be used in connection with a telecommunication
network;
"mail" means letters and other articles in course of transmission by post;
"Malawi Posts" means the body corporate by that name established under section 74,
Act No. 29
of 1994
"Malawi Posts and Telecommunications Corporation" means the body corporate by that
name established under the Malawi Posts and Telecommunications Act, 1994, repealed by
this Act;
"Malawi Telecom" means a company by that name incorporated or to be incorporated under
the Companies Act pursuant to section 70;
"MBC" means the Malawi Broadcasting Corporation established under section 86;
"message" means any communication sent or received or made by means of
telecommunication;
"National Communications Policy" means any statement made by the Minister under section
105;
"post" means any system for the collection, despatch, conveyance, handling and delivery of
letters, postcards, printed papers, commercial papers, samples, parcels or other similar
articles;
"postal article" means any article in course of transmission by post;
"post office" means any building, house, room, receptacle, vessel, vehicle or place where
postal articles are received, sorted, made up or despatched;
"private broadcasting service" means a broadcasting service operated for profit and
controlled by a person who is not a holder of a public broadcasting licence;
"Public Appointments Committee" means the Public Appointments Committee of the
National Assembly established under section 56 (7) of the Constitution;
"public broadcasting service" means—