Tekvlsloa PlOPdlmel (Claalllc:atlon Certlflallel) Replatiom, 1994

L.N. 44 of 1994

BROADCASTING ACT, I!W'

(ACT NO. XII 01-' I!W I)

Tekvlsloa PlOPdlmel (Claalllc:atlon Certlflallel) Replatiom, 1994

IN exercise of the powers conferred by IICction 3S of the

Broadcasting Act, 1991, tile BroadcasTing Autoority, in conjunction

wi th The Prime Min ister and the Mi niste r for Youth and the Ans, has

made the followi ng regu lations:-

These regulations may be cited as the Television Programmes a • .-.

(Oassification Cenificatcs) Regul ations. 1994.

In these: regulations

1. means the Broadcasting

Authority

~ the

AutooriTy~

established by section 118 of the Constitution;

~broadcaster~ means any penon providing tclcvision

broadcasting services as provided for in the Broadcasting Act,

1991 , Ind also indudes any person, body or authori ty providi ng

sudlservM:el under licence from or under arrangements with, the

Go~mmcnt ;

~ television broadcasting service~ means all the items within a

single television service provided by. given broadcastcr;

'"Work~ mea n •• cine m8tographicwork or a work created by a

procas analogous to cinematol"lphy and also includes any film

mlde for television Ind any acati~ audiovisual work .

J. No work shall be broadcast IS pan of a television

broadcasting service unleu it has been gran ted a classification

OI:nificate in writing under thes.e regulations and unleu the

broadcastercomplics with the conditions of luch ccni ficate .

.t, (1 ) Every broadcaster shall appoint a penon or pcI$OIlS

10 be raponsible for the iDue of dassiflcation ccniftcatCl under

these regu lations in respect of works broadca$t as pan of the

television bro&dcastingservice provided by the said broadcaste r.

(2) The bro.deaster shall inform the Autoori ty of the

name , surname. lac, pIaoe of raidcnee and Identity Card number

of any person appointed in terms 01 the previous paragraph of this

regulation immediately upon appointment.

(J) The broadcaster shan keep all classification

ccni6C1tes issued in re5pC(1 of his television broadcasting service in

terms of these repllations for a period of ninety days after any work

is last broadcast Ind he $haU hand over all or Iny of the y id

ccnifiCltCllo the Authority immediately upon demand .

(4) The Authority &hall have the rish110 disq ualify any

pe rson appointed in terms of Ill<: fin t paragraph of thil rc:gulation

from bei ng entitled 10 iss ue classification ce rtificates if, aher giviD,

opportunity \0 the broadcaste r , to the person appoi nted and lomy

other pe rson as it deems fillo m ake submissions to;\ on the 1T\aI:ta",

il is Alisified that the said a ppointment .... as 00{ mlde in aood faith

or that the person appointed is manifestly unable to perlOllll the

duties of his offi<:e or lbat he is gvi lly of serious miJcondutc iD the

perfo rmance of his d uticl.

(5)

No action for damages mall lic agaiMI the Autborily

for or by R:850n o f any decision taken by it 10 disqualify allY penon

from being entitled 10 issue classification certificate •.

Ma ghandujiuandarebda xogl'lol bbala parti minn serviui ta'

unair lelevitiv kcmm ·il darba ma jkunx ingllata etrtifikalla' khusifika

biJ·miklub bis-sabba la' dawn ir·regolamenli u kemm·iJ darba x·xandlr

ma jkunx ikkooforma rol'lu mal·kundinjonijiel \.11' dak io::-tertifikal,

(I) KuD xandir gI'Iandu jahlar penuna jew penuni Ii jkunu

responsabbli gIIaJl·l'lro* la' IXnifika li la' klusifika bhala pani mis·

servizz 11' undir televitiv provduli mill·i msemmi undlr.

(2) Ix·nndlr gI'Iandu jgharraf lilI·AWlorilA bl·isem, iI·

kunjom ,l-cIA, indiriu rejn joqghod u numro tal· Kana \.11' ]· ldentiIA ta'

kull penuna li linhalar stood ma hcmm fij ·paragrafu la' qabella' dan ir-

regolamenl minnufih kif din il_penuna linl'lall r.

(3) Ix-undlr ghandu jtomm kull etnifikll ta' klusifikl

lDitlIno* dwar is-servizz la ' nndir televitiv liegllu skond dawn ir-

resoiamenli ghal imien dischin JUID .... rlli l·aflhar jixxandar Ki xogbol u

lIuwa ghandu jaght; lill-AwtoritA e-a,nifi ltati msemmija kollha jew xi

wl\ud minnhom minnufih malli dawn jinlalbulu .

(") L-Awtoritl ghandha jed!! tiskwalifika ill kull pcnuoa

mahlura stond l-c_eI panografu la' dan ir-ft:gQlament milli jtollu jcdd

johroj tenifikati la ' klassifika jekt , Wlra ti (agha opportunill D ·

undlr , liU-pcl'$una mall.!ura u ID kilO pcl'$Una olIn.li bij.lo Iqis li lelltiet

iHottomi.jonijkt tag!lha dW7lr lli hail, Ibn IIOdisfi!,tta Ii ............ mija

halra ma Ikulllt suet ill boruI /tlk jcw Ii I-pcmml mabtun hij_

manifettamenl inhpaa milli Iwettaq id-dmirijiet tal-Drip raal'ha jew

I; tkun hlja ta' img;eb~ t.atina lI"'vi fiHwettiq la' dmirijitba.

(S) Ma jistghu jinbdew ebda pro6edimenti gIlaI daruIi toam

l-Awtoril~ glial dcoSt;on; Jew mintlabba rdctitjoni I; hija thm IIadet li

liskwalifika peRun. mill; jibqa' jtonk. jedd Ii IOhroi cZrtifib.ti 111'

k1assifika .

<I) A classification certificate issued under these

regulations shall contain

(a) a stateme nt that the work ODI\CIemed is witable for

,eneral viewing at any time (with or without advice ILl 10 the

desirabili ty of pal"Cnlal guidllllCe with reprd \0 the viewing of the

work by YOU"' children or as to the particular sui tability of the

work for mwing by children) ; or

(b) I stateme nt that the wo rk OOfl""med is suitable for

viewi ng only afte r a time stated in the ""nificate.

(2) Responsibili ty to issue a classification ""niflCllte shall

include the power to refuse to issue such ""rtificate when the penon

responsible for the it.5ue of the $ald certificaJe deelD$ that a work is not

suitable for television broadcasting.

Any person appointed in tenns of regulatio n 4 of these

regulations shall ucrcise his functioos haYing regard to public morality,

decency o r propriety , 10 the pro tection ofthe interests of minon, to the

q ualities of tile audience likel y to view the broadcasl also taking KOO\Int

of the means oft ransmis$ion, and to the provisions of the Broadcasting

Act and anything done thereunder.

Nothina in these regulations shall be consuued as relieYing lhe

broadcaster from any obligation, responsibility or liability imposed

upon him by o r under any law.

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