Republic of Namibia
11
Annotated Statutes
Posts and Telecommunications Companies Establishment Act 17 of 1992
7.
The revenue and assets of the postal company and thereafter the State, shall serve
as security for the repayment of deposits in the Savings Bank and for the payment of interest
due thereon.
Financial statements of successor companies
8.
The Minister shall lay copies of the annual financial statements of each successor
company upon the Table in the National Assembly within fourteen days after their approval by
the board of directors of such company if the National Assembly is then in ordinary session or,
if the National Assembly is not then in session, within fourteen days after the commencement of
its first ensuing ordinary session.
Repeal of laws and savings
9.
(1) Subject to the provisions of subsection (2), the laws mentioned in the
Schedule are hereby repealed or amended to the extent set out in the third column of that
Schedule.
(2) Notwithstanding the repeal of the Post Office Act, 1958, sections 7, 78 and 106
thereof shall, subject to the provisions of subsection (3), continue to be of force until the date on
which section 2 of the Posts and Telecommunications Act, 1992 comes into operation.
(3) In the application of the sections mentioned in subsection (2) the reference to
Postmaster-General (a)
in section 7, shall be construed as a reference to the postal company;
(b)
in subsections (1) and (1A) (except in relation to paragraph (b) thereof) of section
78, shall be construed as a reference to the telecommunications company;
(c)
in subsection (1A) (in so far as it relates to paragraph (b) ) and subsections (1B)
and (2) of section 78 and in section 106, shall be construed as a reference to the
Namibian Communications Commission established by section 2 of the Namibian
Communications Commission Act, 1992 (Act 4 of 1992).
[The Namibian Communications Commission Act 4 of 1992 has been replaced by the
Communications Act 8 of 2009, and the Namibian Communications Commission has been replaced
by the Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia (CRAN).]
Short title and commencement
10. (1) This Act shall be called the Posts and Telecommunications Companies
Establishment Act, 1992 and, except for the provisions of Chapter I, shall come into operation
on a date to be determined by the Minister by notice in the Gazette.
(2)
Different dates may be fixed under subsection (1) in respect of different sections.
SCHEDULE
LAWS REPEALED OR AMENDED
[Schedule amended by Act 20 of 1998 to delete the item relating to Act 91 of 1964,
and by Act 8 of 2009 to delete the item relating to Act 3 of 1952.]