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[Subsidiary]
(Cap. 106.)
Interference with telegraphic communications.
Signalling.
CAP. 241] Emergency (Principal) Regulations.
(1967 Ed.
proceedings which may be taken against any other person) the occupier of the premises on which the apparatus is situated or, where the apparatus is on board any vessel or aircraft, the master of the vessel or the pilot of the aircraft, as the case may be, shall each be guilty of an offence:
Provided that, in any proceedings which, by virtue of this paragraph, are taken against any person in respect of the use of any apparatus by some other person in contravention of such an order, it shall be a defence for the defendant to prove that the apparatus was so used without his permission and that he exercised all due diligence to prevent any contravention of the order.
(9) An authorized officer may, in relation to any ship or aircraft, take such steps, and use such force, as may appear to that person to be reasonably necessary for securing compliance with any order under paragraph (8) relating to the ship or aircraft, or, where a contravention of such an order has occurred in the case of the ship or aircraft, for enabling proceedings in respect of the contravention to be effectually taken.
(10) The Governor in Council or the Governor, as the case may be, in his discretion may refuse to grant a licence under the Telecommunication Ordinance, and may revoke at any time a licence granted under such Ordinance.
22. No person shall knowingly—
(a) cause interference with the sending or receiving of communications by means of wireless telegraphy, wireless telephony or wireless television; or
(b) cause interference with, or intercept, telegraphic or telephonic communications made otherwise than by the said means:
Provided that this regulation shall not apply to anything done by, or with the permission or under the direction of, any servant of Her Majesty or authorized officer acting in the course of his duty as such.
23. (1) Subject as hereinafter provided no person shall make any signal in such circumstances as to show that the signal—
(a) is intended to be received by a person on board a vessel at sea or an aircraft in flight; or
(b) is made for a purpose prejudicial to the public interest:
Provided that the preceding provisions of this regulation shall not restrict the making of any signal by any servant of Her Majesty or police officer acting in the course of his duty as such, the making of any signal for the purpose only of saving life or of regulating or aiding the navigation, on the water or in the air, of any vessel or
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