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No. 9 of 1925.
TELEPHONE.
TELEPHONE.
No. 9 of 1925.
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Overhead wires to be earried at height of ut
least 18 feet.
Telephone
lines to be maintained in safe condition,
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Insulation
resistance.
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(4) Every plan so made or corrected or
a copy thereof marked with the date when it was so made or corrected shall be kept by the company at its principal office or place of business within the area of operation and shail at all reasonable times be open to the inspection of any person.
(5) The company shall if required by the Director supply to the Director free of charge a copy of every such plan, duly corrected so as to agree with the original kept at the principal office or place of business of the company.
17. Every overhead wire or cable in any main thoroughfare shall be carried at a height of not less than eighteen feet above the ground except with the previous consent in writing of the Director.
18. Every telephone line shall be maintained in a safe con- dition both electrically and mechanically.
19. The insulation resistance of the company's apparatus shall not fall below the following standards as between con- ductors or between conductors and earth-
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Main underground cables
Cast iron distribution boxes fitted with vacuum dis- charges and glass fuses...
Lead sheathed leading-in
cable
Coil windings and wires of the
telephone set
Subscribers' circuits
Exchange switchboard circuits
500 megohms per mile.
10 megohms.
100 megohms per mile.
10 megohms.
200,000 ohms.
2 megohms.
The Governor in Council may however, by order published in the Gazette, direct that any of the provisions of this section be relaxed in any particular instance to such extent and subject to such conditions (if any) as he may think reasonable and proper in all the circumstances.
+ As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1939, Supp. Sched.
circuits and
20. All circuits and apparatus shall be so arranged that there Pressure on shall be no danger of any part thereof becoming accidentally apparatus to charged to any pressure beyond the limits of pressure for which be limited. it is intended.
services of
21. Whenever the company leads a telephone or aerial line Crossed across or in proximity to any telephone or telegraph wire or others to be aerial line belonging to any person the company shall ensure protected. that its telephone or aerial line is so protected as to guard against the possibility of its coming into contact with the telephone or telegraph wire or aerial line of any such person.
22. After the company has opened or broken up any public. street it shall be under the following further obligations-
(a) it shall with all convenient speed complete the work on account of which it has opened or broken up the same, and fill
Provisions
pletion and protection
as to com-
of works in public
streets and payment of costs of
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in the ground and remove all rubbish occasioned by its work:
(b) the surface of such street shall be made good by the surfacing. Director and the company shall pay on demand to the Accountant-General such sum as the Director may certify to be the cost of such making good;
(c) it shall in the meantime cause the place where such street is opened or broken up to be fenced and watched and to be properly lighted at night;
(d) it shall pay to the Accountant-General any such sum as may be certified by the Director to be the reasonable cost of keeping such portion of the street in repair for six months after the same is restored so far as such cost may be applicable to and increased, by such opening or breaking up:
Provided always that, if the company fails, within such period as the Director considers reasonable in the circumstances, to complete the work on account whereof it has opened or broken up such street and to fill in the ground, it shall be lawful for the Director, forthwith and without notice to the company, to fill in the ground and remove all rubbish, and the cost as certified by the Director of any work executed by the Director under the terms of this proviso shall be paid by the company on demand to the Accountant-General.
+ As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1939, Supp. Sched.
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