(2) No person other than—
(a) a citizen of Zimbabwe or person who is regarded as permanently resident in Zimbabwe by virtue of the
Immigration Act [Chapter 4:02]; or
(b) a body corporate in which a controlling interest is not held, directly or indirectly, whether through any
individual, company or association or otherwise, by one or more individuals who are citizens of Zimbabwe or are regarded as permanently resident in Zimbabwe by virtue of the Immigration Act [Chapter 4:02];
may hold or acquire any shares in a mass media service.
(3) Nothing contained in this section shall prevent any person who is an existing mass media owner as at 31st
January, 2002, from continuing to be a mass media owner after that date to the extent of his ownership on that
date.
(4) Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (2) the Minister may at his or her absolute discretion grant exemptions from those provisions and permit the Commission to register a mass media service approved by the Minister
in which the controlling interest or any portion thereof is held by persons who are not citizens of Zimbabwe.
[Subsection substituted by section 7 of Act 20 of 200 7]
66 Registration of mass media services
(1) Subject to section sixty-eight, a mass media owner shall carry on the activities of a mass media service
only after registering and receiving a certificate of registration in terms of this Act.
[Subsection amended by section 10 of Act 5 of 2003]
(2) An application for the registration of a mass media service whose products are intended for dissemination
in Zimbabwe shall be submitted by its owner to the Commission in the form and manner prescribed and accompanied by the prescribed fee.
(3) The Commission shall, upon receiving an application for registration, send a notification of receipt of the
application to the owner or person authorised by him indicating the date when the application was received, and
the Commission shall consider such application within a month of receiving it.
(4) A mass media service shall be registered when it is issued with a certificate of registration by the Commission.
(5) A certificate issued in terms of subsection (4) shall be valid for a period of five years and may be renewed
thereafter.
[Subsection amended by section 8 of Act 20 of 2007]
(6) The registered owner shall start circulating his mass media's products six months from the date of the issue of the registration certificate, failing which the registration certificate shall be deemed to be cancelled.
(7) The owner of a registered mass media service may, in the form and manner and subject to payment of the
fee prescribed, apply to the Commission for the renewal of the registration of the mass media service upon the
same terms and conditions that applied when the mass media service was originally registered:
Provided that if there are any material changes in the particulars furnished in connection with the original application for registration, the owner concerned shall make a new application for registration of the mass media
service in terms of subsection (2).
[Subsection inserted by section 10 of Act 5 of 2003]
66A Renewal of registration of mass media service
(1) The owner of a registered mass media service may, before the expiry of the certificate of registration issued in respect of the service in terms of section 66, apply to the Commission for the renewal of the registration of
the service.
(2) Section 65 shall apply, with any necessary changes, to an application for the renewal of registration in
terms of subsection (1).
(3) The Commission shall not refuse an application for renewal unless the applicant
(a) has been convicted of contravening section 64;
(b) has failed to comply with section 67;
(c) has acted in breach of section 86(2).
[Section inserted by section 8 of Act 20 of 2007]
67 Notification of changes
The responsible person of a registered mass media service shall notify the Commission of any changes
if—
(a) the owner is replaced;
(b) the co-owners change;
(c) the name, language, form and frequency of the periodical dissemination of mass media products is altered;
(d) the area where the mass media products are circulated is changed;