No. 4378
Government Gazette 16 November 2009
Act No. 8, 2009
79
COMMUNICATIONS ACT, 2009
General offences
117.
(1)
(a)
knowingly causes harmful interference to the radio transmission of a
licensed service;
(b)
contravenes the provisions of section 101(1);
(c)
by means of a telecommunications device knowingly –
Any person who –
(i)
makes, creates, or solicits; or
(ii)
initiates the transmission of,
any comment, request, suggestion, proposal, image, or other
communication which is obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy, or indecent,
with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass another person;
(d)
by means of a telecommunications device knowingly –
(i)
makes, creates, or solicits; or
(ii)
initiates the transmission of,
any comment, request, suggestion, proposal, image, or other
communication which is obscene or indecent, knowing that the
recipient of the communication is under 18 years of age, regardless of
whether the maker of such communication placed the call or initiated
the communication;
(e)
makes a telephone call or utilises a telecommunications device, whether
or not conversation or communication ensues, without disclosing his or
her identity and with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass any
person at the called number or who receives the communications;
(f)
makes or causes the telephone of another repeatedly or continuously to
ring, with intent to harass any person at the called number;
(g)
makes repeated telephone calls or repeatedly initiates communication
with a telecommunications device, during which conversation or
communication ensues, solely to harass any person at the called
number or who receives the communication;
(h)
knowingly permits any telecommunications facility under his or her
control to be used for any activity prohibited by paragraphs (c), (d), (e),
(f) or(g) with the intent that it be used for such activity;
(i)
obtains a telecommunications service with the intent of avoiding
payment of applicable charges for such service;
(j)
refuses to supply information or documents to the Authority without
just excuse or obstructs investigation of an alleged offence by the
Authority;