73. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires" " Director-General" means the person for the time being holding the office of Director-General of Telecommunications ; " message " means any communication sent or received or made by telecommunication or given to a telecommunication officer to be sent by telecommunication or to be delivered and includes any signal or combination of signals used for the broadcasting of music, conversations, speeches, lectures, stage performances, writing, facsimiles. Images, pictures or actuation or control of machinery or apparatus ; " operator" means a person authorised by a licence under section 17 to operate a telecommunication system; " post" means a post, pole, bracket, standard, stay, strut or other contrivance for carrying, suspending, or supporting a telecommunication line; "prescribed" means prescribed by regulations made under this Act; "public switched network" means a set of nodes and links that provide connections between two or more defined points to accommodate telecommunications between them using switched connection at the respective nodes via a combination of the links proper to the connection by means of which an operator may under the authority of a licence given under this Act, provide telecommunication services to the public in Sri Lanka ; "radio beam" means an electro magnetic radiation wherein the energy is focussed using antenna to enhance the signal strength created by the radiation at a required remote location ; " telecommunication " means the making of any transmission, emission or reception of signs, signals, wilting, images, sound or intelligence of any nature by optical means or by wire or radio waves ox any other electromagnetic system ; "telecommunication apparatus" means apparatus constructed or adopted for use ;
| (a) in transmitting or receiving anything falling within the definition of the expression " telecommunication system " which is to be or has been conveyed by means of a telecommunication system; or |
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| (b) in conveying, for the purposes of such a system, anything falling within that definition; |
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" telecommunication line " means a wire or wires or optical fibre used for the purpose of telecommunication, with or without any casing, coating, tube or pipe enclosing the same, and any appliances and apparatus connected therewith for the purpose of fixing, insulating, protecting or earthing the same; "telecommunication network" means a set of nodes and links that provide connections between two or more defined points to accommodate telecommunication between them using dedicated or switched connections established at the nodes via a combination of the links proper to the connections ; "telecommunication office" means an office or building or any place at which any work incidental to or connected with transmission of messages is carried on under the control of or administered by the Authority or an operator ; " telecommunication officer " means any person employed either permanently or temporarily in connection with any telecommunication service provided by an operator; " telecommunication service " means a service consisting in the conveyance by means of a telecommunication system of any message, or a service consisting in the installation, maintenance, adjustment, repair, alteration, moving, removal or replacement, of apparatus which is or is to be connected to a telecommunication system ; " telecommunication system" means a system for the conveyance by the agency of electric, magnetic, electro-magnetic, optic, electro-chemical or electromechanical energy, of"
| (a) speech, music and other sounds ; |
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| (c) information for human comprehension that is intended for presentation in a two dimensional form, consisting of symbols, phrases or sentences in natural or artificial languages, pictures, diagrams and tables ; or |
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| (d) signals serving for the actuation or control of machinery or apparatus; |
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" terminal apparatus" means any telecommunication apparatus used in telecommunication by means of a licensed system and not comprised in that licensed system or any other licensed system for originating or terminating messages transacted |
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