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TELEPHONE.
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(2) that the Company has neglected to provide and maintain an efficient and continuous service of public telephonic communication) and in particular has neglected to comply with the provisions of sections 30 and 32 or any of them),
them and in any such event the Government shall issue a notice in writing calling upon the Company to show cause why the concession should not be cancelled forthwith. The Company shall on receipt of such notice satisfy the Gov- ernor in Council that it will rectify the default or negelect, failing which the concession may be cancelled by the Governor in Council. In the event of any dispute arising under this section the matter shall be referred to arbitra- tion as provided for in section 49.
Upon such cancellation the rights powers benefit and privileges of the Company under this Ordinance shall cease and determine forthwith and it shall be lawful but not obligatory for the Government (without prejudice to any remedy against the Company for failure to comply with any of the provisions of this Ordinance or of any Regulation made hereunder) at any time within three months after the service of such notice either (a) by notice in writing to require the Company to remove forthwith all works of a like nature to those specified in section 8 (with which notice the Company shall comply as soon as reasonably may be) or (b) on notice in writing to the Company in that behalf immediately to take over and pur- chase from the Company the undertaking of the Company.
If the Government shall elect to take over and purchase the Company's undertaking the Company shall be deemed to have sold such undertaking to the Government on the date upon which the Government shall give notice of its intention to take over and purchase the same, and it shall be lawful for the Government forthwith to enter in and upon the premises of the Company wheresover situate and to exercise all acts of ownership over all exchanges, plant, apparatus, lines and cables and all other property of the Company of whatsoever nature including any con- tractual rights or obligations and all books of account or other documents used by the Company in its undertaking.
Upon any such taking over and purchase and at all times thereafter the Company shall on demand execute and do all such assurances and things as may be reasonably required by the Government for assuring and vesting its undertaking in the Government or as it shall direct.
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