WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY ORDINANCE, 1903

WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY ORDINANCE, 1903

No. 7 of 1903.

To authorise and regidate the estabishment and use of instal-
lations for the purpose of wireless Telegraphy.

[11th Feb., 1903.]

1. The Wireless Telegraphy Ordinance, 1903.

2. The Governor may, whenever he shall deern it expedient to
do so, licence the establishment and use within the Colony., of
installations for the purpose of wireless telegraphy.

3. No person shall establish or use within the Colony any
inst allation for the purpose of nireless telegraphy unless authorised
to do so by a licence under this Ordinance.

4. A licence under this Ordinai-ice may be issued subject to such
conditions and stipulations as the Governor may find desirable tn
the public interest.

5. If any person establishes or uses witbin the Colony any
installation for the purpose of wireless telegraphy without. a
licence under this Ordinance lie shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
and shall be liable to imprisonment for anY term not exceeding one
year, wid to a. fine riot exceeding 1,000 dollars, and be shall further
be liable to forfeit tiny apparatus for wireless telegraphy installed
or worked without a licence; but no proccedings shall be taken
against any person under this seclion excet,l by order of the.
G
fovernor.

6. The Governor may make regulations as to the use of wireless

telegraph apparatus on nterchant ships whether Brititsh or foreign
while in the waters of'the Colony, and may by such regulations
inipose penalties for the breach thereof not exceeding 100 dollars
for each offence, and may provide for the forfeiture on any such
breach of any apparatus for wireless telegraphy installed or worked
on such ships.

Short title. Power to Governor to licence installations. Prohibition of unlicensed installations. Conditions of licence. Penalty. Regulations.

Short title. Power to Governor to licence installations. Prohibition of unlicensed installations. Conditions of licence. Penalty. Regulations.

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