THE CABLE TELEVISION
NETWORKS (REGULATION) ACT, 1995
No.7 of
1995
(25th March , 1995)
An Act to regulate the
operation of cable television networks in the country and for matters
connected therewith or incidental
thereto .
Be it enacted by
Parliament in the Forty-sixth Year of the Republic of India as
follows:-
CHAPTER
1
PRELIMINARY
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1.
(I) This Act may be called the Cable Television Networks
(Regulation) Act, 1995.
(2) It extends
to the whole of India
(3) It shall be
deemed to have come into force on the 29th day of September,
1994.
2.
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires -
(a)
“authorised officer” means, within his local limits of
jurisdiction;-
(i)
a District Magistrate, or
(ii)
a Sub-divisional Magistrate, or
(iii)
a Commissioner of Police,
and includes any
other officer notified in the Official Gazette, by the Central
Government or the State Government, to be an authorised officer for
such local limits of jurisdiction as may be determined by that
Government;
(aa)“cable
operator” means any person who provides cable service through a
cable television network or otherwise controls or is responsible for
the management and operation of a cable television network;
(b)“cable
service” means the transmission by cables of programmes including
re-transmission by cables of any broadcast television
signals;
(c)“ cable
television network” means any system consisting of a set of closed
transmission paths and associated signal generation, control and
distribution equipment, designed to provide cable service for
reception by multiple subscribers;
(d)“company”
means a company as defined in section 3 of the companies Act, 1956;
(e)“person”
means –
(i)
an individual who is a citizen of India;
(ii)
an association of individuals or body of individuals, whether
incorporated or not, whose members are citizens of India;
(iii)
a company in which not less than fifty-one per cent of the
paid-up share capital is held by the citizens of India;
(f)“prescribed”
means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(g)“programme”
means any television broadcast and includes –
(i) exhibition of films,
features, dramas, advertisements and serials through video cassette
recorders or video cassette players;
(ii) any audio or visual or audio-visual live
performance or presentation,
and the expression “programming service” shall be
construed
accordingly;
(h)“registering
authority” means such authority as the Central Government may, by
notification in the Official Gazette, specify to perform the
functions of the registering authority under this
Act;
(i)“subscriber”
means a person who receives the signals of cable television network
at a place indicated by him to the cable operator, without further
transmitting it to any other person.
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Short title extent
and commencement
Definitions
1 of 1956
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CHAPTER
II
REGULATION OF CABLE TELEVISION NETWORK
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3.
No person shall operate a cable television network unless he
is registered as a cable operator under this Act:
Provided that a person operating a cable television network,
immediately before the commencement of this Act, may continue to do so for
a period of ninety days
from such
commencement; and if he has made an application for
registration as a cable operator under section 4 within the
said
period, till he is registered under that section or the
registering authority refuses to grant registration to him under
that section.
4.
(1) Any person who is operating or is desirous of operating
a
cable television network may apply for
registration as cable operator to the registering authority.
(2)
An application under sub-section (1) shall be made in
such form and be accompanied by such fee as may be prescribed.
(3)
On receipt
of the application, the registering authority shall satisfy
itself that the applicant has furnished all the required information
and on being so satisfied, register the applicant as a cable
operator and grant to him a certificate of such registration:
Provided that the registering authority may, for reasons to
be recorded in writing and communicated to the applicant, refuse to
grant registration to him if it is satisfied that he does not fulfil
the conditions specified in clause (e) of section 2.
5. No person shall
transmit or re-transmit through a cable service any programme
unless such programme is in conformity with the prescribed programme
code;
[
proviso omitted]
6. No person shall transmit or
re-transmit through a cable service any
advertisement unless such advertisement is in conformity with the
prescribed advertisement code:
[
proviso omitted ]
7. Every cable operator
shall maintain a
register in the prescribed
form indicating therein in brief the programmes transmitted
or re-transmitted through
the cable service during a month and such register shall be
maintained by the cable operator for a period of one year after the
actual transmission or re-transmission of the said programmes.
8.(I)
Every cable operator shall, from the commencement of the Cable
Television Networks (Regulation) Amendment Act, 2000, re-transmit at
least two Doordarshan terrestrial channels and one regional language
channel of a State in the prime band, in satellite mode on
frequencies other than those carrying terrestrial frequencies.
(2)
The Doordarshan channels referred to in sub-section (1) shall be
re-transmitted without any deletion or alteration of any programme
transmitted on such channels.
(3)The Prasar
Bharati (Broadcasting Corporation of India) established under
sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Prasar Bharati (Broadcasting
Corporation of India) Act, 1990 may, by notification in the Official
Gazette, specify the number and name of every Doordarshan channel to
be re-transmitted by cable operators in their cable service and the
manner of reception and re-transmission of such channels.
9. No cable operator shall, on and
from the date of the expiry of a period of three years from the date
of the establishment and publication of the Indian Standard by the
Bureau of Indian Standards in accordance with the provisions of the
Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 1986, use any equipment in his cable
television network unless such equipment conforms to the said Indian
Standard.
10. Every cable
operator shall ensure that the cable television network being
operated by him does not interfere, in any way, with the functioning
of the authorised telecommunication systems.
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Cable television network not to be operated
except after registration
Registration as cable operator.
Programme code.
Advertisement
Code.
Maintenance of
register .
36 of 2000
Compulsory
transmission of
Doordarshan channels
25 of 1990
Use of standard
equipment in cable television network.
63 of 1986
Cable television
network not to interfere with any telecommunication system.
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CHAPTER III
SEIZURE AND
CONFISCATION OF CERTAIN EQUIPMENT
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11. (I) If any authorised
officer has reason to believe that the provisions of sections 3, 5,
6 or 8 have been or are being contravened by any cable operator, he
may seize the equipment being used by such cable operator for
operating the cable television network.
(2) No such equipment shall
be retained by the authorised officer for a period exceeding ten
days from the date of its seizure unless the approval of the District Judge, within
the local limits of whose jurisdiction such seizure has been made,
has been obtained for such retention.
12. The
equipment seized under sub-section (1) of section 11 shall be liable
to confiscation unless the cable operator from whom the equipment
has been seized registers himself as a cable operator under
section 4 within a period of thirty days from the date of seizure of
the said equipment.
13. No seizure
or confiscation of equipment referred to in section 11 or section 12
shall prevent the infliction of any punishment to which the person
affected thereby is liable under the provisions of this Act.
14. (I) No order adjudicating
confiscation of the equipment referred to in section 12 shall be
made unless the cable operator has been given a notice in writing,
informing him of the grounds on which it is proposed to confiscate
such equipment and giving him a reasonable opportunity of making a
representation in writing, within such reasonable time as may be
specified in the notice against the confiscation and if he so
desires of being heard in the matter :
Provided that where no such notice is given within a period
of ten days from the date of the seizure of the equipment, such
equipment shall be returned after the expiry of that period to the
cable operator from whose possession it was seized.
(2) Save as otherwise
provided in sub-section (1), the provisions of the Code of Civil
Procedure, 1908 shall, so far as may be, apply to every proceeding
referred to in sub-section (1).
15. (1) Any person aggrieved by
any decision of the court adjudicating a confiscation of the
equipment may prefer an appeal to the court to which an appeal lies
from the decision of such Court.
(2) The appellate court may.
after giving the appellant an opportunity of being heard, pass such
order as it thinks fit confirming, modifying or revising the
decision appealed against or may send back the case with such
directions as it may think fit for a fresh decision or adjudication,
as the case may be, after taking additional evidence if necessary.
(3) No further appeal shall
lie against the order of the court made under sub-section (2).
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Power to seize
equipment used for operating the cable television network.
Confiscation
Seizure or
confiscation of equipment not to interfere with other punishment.
Giving of opportunity
to the cable operator of seized equipment.
5 of 1908
Appeal.
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CHAPTER
IV
OFFENCES AND
PENALTIES
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16. Whoever
contravenes any of the provisions of this Act shall be punishable,
-
(a) for
the first offence, with imprisonment for a term which may extend to
two years or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees or
with both;
(b) for every
subsequent offence, with imprisonment for a term which may extend to
five years and with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees.
17. (I) Where an offence under this
Act has been committed by a company, every person who, at the time
the offence was committed, was in charge of, and was responsible to,
the company for the conduct of the business of the company, as well
as the company, shall
be deemed to be guilty
of the offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and
punished accordingly;
Provided that nothing contained in this sub-section shall
render any such person liable to any punishment, if he proves that
the offence was committed without his knowledge or that he had
exercised all due diligence to prevent the commission
of
such
offence.
(2) Notwithstanding anything
contained in sub-section (1), where any offence under this Act has
been committed by a company and it is proved that the offence has
been committed with the consent or connivance of, or is attributable
to any negligence on
the part of, any director, manager, secretary or order
officer of the company, such director, manager, secretary or other
officer shall also be deemed to be guilty of that offence and shall
be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.
Explanation :
For the purposes of this section,-
(a) “company”
means any body corporate and includes a firm or other association of
individuals; and
(b) “director”
in relation to a firm, means a partner in the
firm.
18. No court shall
take cognizance of any offence punishable under this Act except upon
a complaint in writing made “by any authorised
officer”.
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Punishment for
contravention of the provisions of this Act.
Offences by
companies
Cognizance of offences.
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CHAPTER V
MISCELLANEOUS
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19. Where “any authorised officer”
thinks it necessary or expedient so to do in public interest, he
may, by order, prohibit any cable operator from transmitting or
re-transmitting “any
programme or channel if, it is not in conformity with the prescribed
programme code referred to in section 5 and advertisement code
referred to in section 6 or if it is” likely to promote, on grounds
of religion, race, language, caste or community or any other ground
whatsoever, disharmony or feelings of enmity, hatred or ill-will
between different religious, racial, linguistic or regional groups
or castes or communities or which is likely to disturb the public
tranquillity.
20. (1)Where
the Central Government thinks it necessary or expedient so to do in
public interest, it may prohibit the operation of any cable
television network in such areas as it may, by notification in the
Official Gazette, specify in this behalf.
(2)
Where the Central Government thinks it necessary or expedient so to
do in the interest of the-
(i)
sovereignty or integrity of India; or
(ii)
security of India; or
(iii)
friendly relations of India with any foreign State;
or
(iv)
public order, decency or morality,
it may, by
order, regulate or prohibit the transmission or re-transmission of
any channel or programme.
(3)
Where the Central Government considers that any programme of any
channel is not in conformity with the prescribed programme code
referred to in section 5 or the prescribed advertisement code
referred to in section 6, it may by order, regulate or prohibit the
transmission or re-transmission of such
programme”.
21. The provisions of
this Act shall be in addition to, and not in derogation of, the
Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940, the Pharmacy Act, 1948, the Emblems
and Names (Prevention of Improper Use) Act, 1950, the Drugs
(Control) Act, 1950, the Cinematograph Act, 1952, the Drugs and
Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) Act, 1954, the
Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954, the Prize Competitions
Act, 1955, the Copyright Act, 1957, the Trade and Merchandise Marks
Act, 1958, the Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act,
1986 and the Consumer Protection Act, 1986.
22. (1) The Central Government
may, by notification in the official Gazette, make rules to carry
out the provisions of this Act.
(2) In particular, and
without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such
rules may provide for all or any of the following matters,
namely:-
(a) the
form of application and the fee payable under sub-section (2) of
section 4;
(b) the
programme code under section 5;
(c) the
advertisement code under section 6;
(d) the form of
register to be maintained by a cable operator under section 7;
(e) any
other matter which is required to be, or may be, prescribed.
(3) Every
rule made under this Act shall be laid, as soon as may be after it
is made, before each House of Parliament, while it is in sessions, for a total period
of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or
more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session
immediately following the session or the successive sessions
aforesaid, both Houses agree in making any modification in the rule
or both Houses agree that the rule should not be made, the rule
shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be
of no effect, as the
case may be; so, however, that any such modification of annulment
shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously
done under that rule.
23.(1) The Cable Television
Networks (Regulation) Ordinance, 1995 is hereby repealed.
(2)
Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken under
the said Ordinance, shall be deemed to have been done or taken under
the corresponding provision of this Act.
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Power to prohibit
transmission of certain programmes in public interest.
Power to prohibit
operation of cable television network in public interest.
Application of other
laws not barred.
23 of 1940, 8 of 1948, 12 of 1950, 26 of 1950,
37 of 1952, 21 of 1954, 37 of 1954, 42 of 1955, 14 of 1957, 43
of 1958, 60 of 1986, 68
of 1986
Power to make
rules.
Ord .3 of 1995
Repeal and
savings.
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CABLE
TELEVISION NETWORKS RULES, 1994
(as amended
upto 8.9.2000)
TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF
INDIA
(EXTRAORDINARY) PART
II, SECTION 3, SUB-SECTION (i)
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF
INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the
29th September, 1994
G.S.R. 729 (E) – In
exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 22 of the
Cable Television Networks
(Regulation) Ordinance, 1994 (Ordinance No.9 of 1994) the Central
Government makes the following Rules namely:
1.
Short title and commencement .- (1) These rules may be called
the Cable Television Networks Rules, 1994.
(2) They shall come
into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2.
Definitions – In these rules unless the context otherwise
requires:-
(a) “cable
operator” means any person who provides cable service through a cable
television network or otherwise control or is responsible for the
management and operation of a cable television network;
(b) “cable
service” means the transmission by cables of programmes including
re-transmission by cables of any broadcast television signals;
(c) “cable
television network” means any system consisting of a set of closed
transmission paths and associated signals generation, control and
distribution equipment, designed to provide cable service for reception by
multiple subscribers;
(d) “company”
means a company defined in section 3 of the Companies Act, 1956;
(e) “form”
means form appended to these rules;
(f)
“person “ means –
(i) an individual who
is a citizen of India;
(ii) an association of individuals or body of individuals, whether
incorporated or not,
whose members are citizens of India;
(iii) a company in
which not less fifty-one percent of the paid-up share capital is held by
the citizens of India :
(g)
“programme” means any
television broadcast and includes;
(i)
exhibition of films, features, dramas, advertisements and serials
through video cassette recorders or video cassette players;
(ii) any audio or
visual or audio-visual live performance or
presentation;
and the
expression “programming service” shall be construed accordingly;
(h)
“registering authority” means the registering authority notified
under clause (h) of section 2 of the Cable Television Networks
(Regulation) Ordinance 1994;
(i)
“subscriber” means a person who receives the signal of cable
television network at a place indicated by him to the cable operator,
without further transmitting it to any other person.
3.
Application for registration as a cable television network in
India. - (1) Every
application for registration as a cable television network in India shall
be made in writing in Form I and shall be renewable after every twelve
months.
(2) The application shall be
addressed to the Registering Authority and delivered to his office in Form
1.
(3) (a) Every application for
registration or renewal of registration shall be accompanied by –
(i) a
fee
of rupees five hundred only; and
(ii) the requisite documents mentioned
in Form 1 and Form 2.
(b) Every application
for issue of duplicate certificate of registration shall be accompanied by
–
(i) a fee of rupees two hundred and
fifty only; and
(ii) the requisite documents mentioned in Form
1.
(4) The amount of fee shall be
deposited in the Head Post Office where the application for registration
or renewal of registration or issue of duplicate certificate of
registration is being made.
(5) The amount of the fees shall be
deposited under the Head ‘Un-Classified Receipts
(U.C.R.)’.
4.
Examination of Applications: (1) On receipt of an application
under rule 3, the registering authority shall examine the application
having regard to the provisions of section 4 of the Ordinance.
5.
Registration:- (1) On being satisfied that the
applicant fulfills the provisions of the Ordinance, the registering
authority shall issue a registration certificate in Form
3.
Provided that where the registering authority
is satisfied that the registration cannot be granted to the applicant, he
shall inform the applicant in Form 4.
(2) On receipt of an
application under clause (b) of sub-rule (3) of rule 3 for issue of
duplicate certificate the Registering Authority shall examine the
application having regard to the provisions of rule 3 and shall issue a
duplicate Registration Certificate in Form 3 A.
6.
Programme Code. – (1) No programme should be carried
in the cable service which:-
(a)
Offends against good taste or decency:
(b)
Contains criticism of friendly countries;
(c)
Contains attack on religions or communities or visuals or words
contemptuous of religious groups or which promote communal attitudes;
(d)
Contains anything obscene, defamatory, deliberate, false and
suggestive innuendos and half truths;
(e)
Is likely to encourage or incite violence or contains anything
against maintenance of law and order or which promote-anti-national
attitudes;
(f)
Contains anything amounting to contempt of court;
(g)
Contains aspersions against the integrity of the President and
Judiciary;
(h)
Contains anything affecting the integrity of the Nation;
(i)
Criticises, maligns or slanders any individual in person or certain
groups, segments of social, public and moral life of the country ;
(j)
Encourages superstition or blind belief;
(k)
Denigrates women through the depiction in any manner of the figure
of a women, her form or body or any part thereof in such a way as to have
the effect of being indecent, or derogatory to women, or is likely to
deprave, corrupt or injure the public morality or morals;
(l)
Denigrates children;
(m) Contains
visuals or words which reflect a slandering, ironical and snobbish
attitude in the portrayal of certain ethnic, linguistic and regional
groups
(n)
Contravenes the provisions of the Cinematograph Act,
1952.
(o) is not suitable for
unrestricted public exhibition.
Explanation – For the
purpose of this clause, the expression “unrestricted public exhibition”
shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in the Cinematograph Act,
1952 (37 of 1952);
(2) The cable operator should
strive to carry programmes in his cable service which project women in a
positive, leadership role of sobriety, moral and character building
qualities.
(3) No cable operator shall carry
or include in his cable service any programme in respect of which
copyright subsists under the Copyright Act, 1972 (14 of 1972) unless he
has been granted a licence by owners of copyright under the Act in rest of
such programme.
(4) Care should be taken to ensure
that programmes meant for children do not contain any bad language or
explicit scenes of violence.
(5) Programmes unsuitable for
children must not be carried in the cable service at times when the
largest numbers of children are viewing.
7.
Advertising Code. - (1) Advertising carried in the
cable service shall be so designed as to conform to the laws of the
country and should not offend morality, decency and religious
susceptibilities of the subscribers.
(2) No advertisement shall be
permitted which-
(i) derides any race, caste, colour,
creed and nationality;
(ii) is against any provision of the Constitution of India.
(iii) tends to incite people to crime,
cause disorder or violence, or breach of law or
glorifies violence or obscenity in any way ;
(iv) presents criminality as desirable;
(v) exploits the national emblem, or
any part of the Constitution or the person or personality of a national
leader or a State dignitary;
(vi) in its depiction of women violates
the constitutional guarantees to all citizens. In particular, no
advertisement shall be permitted which projects a derogatory image of
women. Women must not be portrayed in a manner that emphasises passive,
submissive qualities and encourages them to play a subordinate, secondary
role in the family and society. The cable operator shall ensure that the
portrayal of the female form, in the programmes carried in his cable
service, is tasteful and aesthetic, and is within the well established
norms of good taste and decency;
(vii) exploits social
evils like dowry, child marriage.
(viii)
promotes directly or indirectly production, sale or consumption
of-
(A) cigarettes, tobacco
products, wine, alcohol, liquor or other
intoxicants;
(B) infant milk substitutes,
feeding bottle or infant food.
(3) No
advertisement shall be permitted, the objects whereof, are wholly or
mainly of a religious or political nature; advertisements must not be
directed towards any religious or political end.
(3A)
No advertisement shall contain references which hurt religious
sentiments.
(4) The goods or
services advertised shall not suffer from any defect or deficiency as
mentioned in Consumer Protection Act, 1986.
(5) No
advertisement shall contain references which are likely to lead the public
to infer that the product advertised or any of its ingredients has some
special or miraculous or super-natural property or quality, which is
difficult of being proved.
(6) The picture
and the audible matter of the advertisement shall not be excessively
‘loud;
(7) No
advertisement which endangers the safety of children or creates in them
any interest in unhealthy practices or shows them begging or in an
undignified or indecent manner shall not be carried in the cable
service.
(8) Indecent,
vulgar, suggestive, repulsive or offensive themes or treatment shall be avoided in all
advertisements.
(9) No
advertisement which violates the standards of practice for advertising
agencies as approved by the Advertising Agencies Association of India,
Bombay, from time to time shall be carried in the cable service.
(10)
All advertisement should be clearly distinguishable from the
programme and should not in any manner interfere with the programme viz.,
use of lower part of screen to carry captions, static or moving alongside
the programme.
8.
Register.- Each cable operator shall maintain a register in
Form 5 for each month of the year for which the registration is granted.
FORM 1
(See rule 3
(1))
(To be submitted in
duplicate)
Form of application
for *registration/renewal of registration/issue of duplicate certificate
of registration as a cable operator.
To
The Head Postmaster
Head Post Office
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Application for *registration/renewal of registration/issue of
duplicate certificate of registration as a cable operator.
1.
(a) Name
of Applicant (individual/firm/company/association of persons/body of
individuals)*
(b)
*Age/Date of establishment/Date of incorporation.
2.
(a)
Address (office)
(b)
Telephone number (if any)
3.
(a)
Nationality (for individual applicants/body of
individuals)
(b) By
birth/domicile.
4. (a)
Amount of fee paid for *registration/renewal/issue of duplicate
certificate
Rs……….
(b) Name
of Head Post Office……………..
(Attach copy of challan vide which the fees have been
deposited)
5.
Area in which cable television
network is
working/proposed to be set up…….
6.
Date from which the cable television network is operating/proposed
to be set up…….
7.
Number
of channels being provided/
proposed to be
provided (with names)…………..
8.
(a)
Whether using Television Receive Only(TVRO)
Yes/No
(b)
If yes, number and size of TVRO……..
(c) Location………
9.
Names of Doordarshan satellite
channels included in
cable service……….
10. Copy
of earlier registration certificate enclosed.
Yes/No
(To be filled in only
for renewal of registration).
11. (a)
State reasons for issue of duplicate certificate of
registration…..
(attach mutilated or defaced original certificate of
registration/copy of report made to the
police in case of theft or loss of the original
certificate)
(b) Period of validity
of the original Registration Certificate for which the duplicate
Registration Certificate is being sought……….
(To be filled in only
for issue of duplicate Registration Certificate)
12. Declaration in Form 2 enclosed.
Yes/No
(To be filled in for *registration/renewal of registration
only)
I/We
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the
applicant(s)
*(Individual/firm/company/association
of persons/body of individuals) do hereby declare that the above facts are
correct in all respects.
Signature of Applicant
*(Individual/firm/company/association of
persons/body of individuals )
Place:
Name -------------------------
Date:
Address ------------------------
·
Score out the word or
words which are not applicable.
FORM
2
( see rule
3(1-3))
I/We ------ the applicant(s)
*(individual/firm/company/association of person/body of individuals) for
registration as a cable operator/renewal of registration as a cable
operator do hereby declare that:-
(i) I/We shall ensure
that my / our television network shall be run in accordance with the
provisions of the Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Ordinance 1994 at
all times.
(ii) I/We shall not
permit/associate any person who is not eligible to run a cable television
network under the Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Ordinance 1994 to
run/with the running of my/our cable television network.
(iii) I/We shall
strive to the best of my / our ability to provide cable service to the
satisfaction of the subscriber (s) of my/our cable television network.
(iv) I/We shall strive
to the best of my / our ability to ensure that my / our cable television
network is not used for any unlawful purpose.
(v) I/We shall obtain
the necessary approval/clearance from the relevant authority for the
running of my / our cable television network.
(vi) I/We shall abide
by any direction issued by the Central Government in respect of the
running of a cable television network within India.
Signature of Applicant
* (Individual/firm/company/association of persons / body of
individuals)
Place:
Name ---------------
Date:
Address -------------
* Score out the word or words
which are not applicable
FORM
3
(See rule
5)
Government of
India
Head Post Office
REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE NUMBER
1.
Shri/Shrimati/M/s --------------- resident of
---------------------is registered as a cable operator (individual,
firm,.*Company, association of persons or body of individuals) for running
a cable television network at the following address ----------------------
in the city/town of --------------- for a period of twelve months with
effect from -----------------------
His Registration Number is
-------------------------
2.
This Certificate is only valid for the premises stated above.
3.
This Registration Certificate is not transferable.
4.
The Certificate shall remain valid for the period indicated above
or till the holder carries on the cable service or where the surrender of
the certificate is accepted by the competent authority.
Head Post Master
Head Post Office
Place :
-------------------------- (town/city)
Date:
TO BE DISPLAYED
PROMINENTLY ON THE PREMISES OF THE CABLE OPERATOR.
* Tick whichever is
appropriate.
FORM 3A
(See Rule
5(2))
Government of India
Head Post
Office
DUPLICATE REGISTERATION
CERTIFICATE
1.
Shri/Shrimati/M/s……….resident of …………………is registered as a cable
operator *(individual/firm/company/association of persons or body of
individuals) for running a cable television network at the following
address ………..in the city/town of ………for a period of twelve months with
effect from…………(date from which the original Registration Certificate was
valid).
His Registration
number is ……………
2.
This Certificate is valid only for the premises stated
above.
3.
This Registration Certificate is not
transferable.
4.
The Certificate shall remain valid for the period indicated above
or till the holder carries on the cable service or where the surrender of
the certificate is accepted by the competent
authority.
Head Post Master
Head Post
Office
…..(town/city)
Place:
Date:
TO BE DISPLAYED PROMINENTLY ON THE
PREMISES OF THE CABLE OPERATOR
*Tick whichever is appropriate
FORM 4
(See proviso to rule 5
(1))
To
Sir,
Reference your application dated ------------- for registration as
a cable operator. The necessary registration cannot be granted to you for
the following reason (s): -
(i)
Application is incomplete.
(ii)
Registration fee has not been tendered.
(iii)
Applicant is not a citizen of India.
(iv)
Less than fifty one percent of the paid-up share capital of the
applicant company is held by citizens of India.
Head Post Master
Head Post Office
Place:
----------------------------
Date:
FORM 5
(See rule
8)
Form of register to be maintained by each cable operator.
SI. No. Encrypted
Duration
Date Month
Year
Channel/ From to
Programme
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Signature of cable operator
(TO BE PUBLISHED IN
THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY PART II, SECTION 3, SUB-SECTION
(ii))
GOVERNMENT OF IDNIA
MINISTRY OF
INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING
. . . .
New Delhi the
29th September, 94
NOTIFICATION
S.O. 718(E):
In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (h) of section 2 of
the Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Ordinance, 94, the Central
Government hereby notifies the Head Post Master of a Head Post Office, of
the area within whose territorial jurisdiction of office of the cable
operator is situated, as the Registering Authority for registering cable
television networks in the said area for the purposes of the said
ordinance.
