(e) the editorial office changes its place of location and form.
[Section amended by section 10 of Act 20 of 2007]
68 Exemption from registration
The following mass media services and activities are exempted from registering in terms of this Act—
(a) a mass media service founded by or under an Act of Parliament;
(b) a mass media service consisting of the activities of a person holding a licence issued in terms of the
Broadcasting Services Act [Chapter 12:06], to the extent that such activities are permitted by such licence; or
(c) a representative office of a foreign mass media service permitted to operate in Zimbabwe in terms of
section ninety;
(d) the production of publications by any enterprise, association, institution or other person that are disseminated exclusively to members or employees of that enterprise, association, institution or other person:
Provided that the Commission may require the enterprise, association, institution or other person
producing any such publication to register as a mass media service in terms of this Part if—
(i) the publication is sold in a public place to members of the public or is otherwise not disseminated exclusively to members or employees of the enterprise, association, institution or other
person concerned; or
(ii) the number of publications produced significantly exceeds the number of members or employees
to whom the publication is intended to be disseminated, or exceeds a prescribed number.
[Section substituted by section 11 of Act 5 of 2003]
69 Refusal of registration of mass media service
(1) The Commission shall not refuse to register a mass media service unless —
(a) it fails to comply with section 65; or
(b) has acted in breach of section 66(1); or
(c) the information indicated in an application for registration is, in any material respect, false or contains
any material misrepresentation; or
(d) the mass media service seeks to be registered in the name of an existing registered mass media service;
or
(e) the mass media service has failed to pay the prescribed registration fee.
and the Commission shall forward to the applicant a written notification of the refusal of registration, stating the
grounds upon which such refusal is based.
[Subsection substituted by section 11 of Act 20 of 2007]
(2) An appeal shall lie to the Administrative Court against any decision made or action taken by the Commission in terms of this section.
[Subsection substituted by section 12 of Act 5 of 2003]
(3) …..
[Subsection repealed by section 12 of Act 5 of 2003]
70 Registration fee
The registration fee shall be as prescribed by the Minister:
Provided that the Minister may prescribe a higher fee for established mass media services specialising in
commercial mass media services and advertising and a lower fee for a mass media service specialising in producing materials intended for children, adolescents and disabled persons and used for educational, philanthropic and
social purposes.
71 Suspension, cancellation and enforcement of registration certificates
(1) Subject to this section, the Commission may, whether on its own initiative or upon receipt of a complaint
made by any interested person against the mass media service, suspend or cancel the registration certificate of a
mass media service if, after due inquiry, it finds that—
(a) the registration certificate was issued through fraud or there was a fraudulent misrepresentation by the
mass media owner concerned; or
(b) the registration certificate was issued through a material misrepresentation and the Commission has obtained a court order confirming the suspension or cancellation of the registration certificate of a mass
mode service; or
(c) a mass media service concerned does not publish any mass media products within twenty-four months
from the date of registration; or
(d) the mass media service concerned has been convicted of repeated contravention of sections 76, 77,
78(2) or 89 of this Act.
[Subsection substituted by section 12 of Act 20 of 2007]