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Broadcasting Act (Cap. 350) Amendment To The Code For The Investigation And Determination Of Complaints, 2005 (L.N. 83 Of 2005 )

BROADCASTING ACT (CAP. 350)
Amendment to the Code for the Investigation and
Determination of Complaints, 2005
IN exercise of the powers conferred by subarticle (2) of article
21A of the Broadcasting Act, the Broadcasting Authority has made the following amendment to the Code for the Investigation and Determination of Complaints>–

Title.

L.N. 161 of 2000

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Substitutes article

7 of the Code.

1. The title of this amendment is the Amendment to the Code for the Investigation and Determination of Complaints, 2005 and it shall be read and construed as one with the Code for the Investigation and Determination of Complaints, hereinafter referred to as “the Code”.
2. For article 7 of the Code there shall be substituted the following>–
“7. (1) If the complainant is not satified with the broadcaster’s reply or remedy given, he may request the Authority to hear and decide upon his complaint.
(2) The complainant may file his complaint with the
Authority>
(a) within a period of fifteen days from the receipt of the broadcaster’s reply or from the granting of a remedy thereto< or
(b) within eighteen days from the date of his complaint to the broadcaster if the latter does not reply or does not provide an adequate remedy to the complaint.
(3) If the complainant does not request the Authority to appoint his complaint in terms of sub-article (1) hereof, the Authority shall declare the complaint abandoned and it shall not take further cognizance of that complaint.”.

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