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Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation Act (No. 6 of 1982) - Sect 7

Functions of the Corporation

7.
(1) The functions of the Corporation shall be
(a) to carry on a television broadcasting service within Sri Lanka and to promote and develop that service and maintain high standards in programming in the public interest;
(b) to register persons engaged in the production of television programmes for broadcasting;
(c) to exercise supervision and control over television programmes broadcast by the Corporation;
(d) to exercise supervision and control over foreign and other television crews, producing television programmes for export;
(e) to exercise supervision and control over the use of video cassettes and the production of programme material on such cassettes for export;
(f) to advise the Minister in respect of matters relating to television broadcasting; and
(g) to exercise and perform such powers and duties in relation to television broadcasting as are conferred or imposed on it by or under this Act.
(2) For the exercise of its functions under paragraph (c) of subsection (1), it shall be the duty of the Corporation to satisfy itself that, as far as practicable, the programmes broadcast by the Corporation comply with the following requirements:
(a) that nothing is included in any such programme which offends against good taste or decency or is likely to incite to crime or to lead to disorder or to offend any racial or religious susceptibilities or to be offensive to public feelings;
(b) that the programmes maintain a proper local, regional and international balance and a balance in their subject-matter and a high general standard of quality;
(c) that any news given in the programme (in whatever form) is presented with due accuracy and impartially and with due regard to the public interest.

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