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Minimum service.

Advertising.

(4 of 1953).

News, announce- Ments and programmes for school.

Governmen programutes.

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(2) The directors and servants of the licensee shall assist any person exercising powers under this section.

PART V.

PROGRAMMES.

22. A licensee shall broadcast one programme service in the English language and one programune service in the Chinese language. Each programme service shall be broadcast for at least five hours cach day.

23. (1) A licensee may broadcast advertising material for periods not exceeding seven minutes in any bour so that the daily total of such periods does not exceed ten per cent of the time during which broad- casting takes place in the twenty-four hour period commencing at 6 o'clock in the morning.

(2) Subject to the limit imposed by subsection (1) on the total period of advertising in each day, the Television Authority may permit the limit of seven minutes in any hour to be exceeded where he is satisfied that the programme arrangements so require.

(3) In addition to the broadcasting of advertising material per- mitted by subsection (1), a licensee may broadcast not more than two advertising magazine programmes in any seven day period and each such programme shall not exceed fifteen minutes in duration.

(4) A licensee shall publish, in such manner as the Television Authority may direct, the charges for broadcasting advertising material.

(5) In broadcasting advertising material a licensee shall comply with any regulations made by the Governor in Council and with any Code of Practice and the Undesirable Medical Advertisements Ordin- ance, 1953, sball apply to such broadcasts.

24. The programmes broadcast under section 22 shall include such news programmes, programmes for schools and announcements of public interest, supplied by the Government, as may be required by the Television Authority. Such material shall be broadcast without charge and at such time as may be specified by the Television Authority. Nothing in this section shall prevent a licensee from broadcasting adver- tising material in accordance with section 23.

25. In addition to the programmes broadcast under section 24, a licensee shall broadcast in each programme service any material sup- plied by the Government up to a maximum of one hour in each period of twenty four hours commencing at 6 o'clock in the morning. Such material shall be broadcast without charge and at such time as may be

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specified by the Television Authority. Nothing in this section shall prevent a licensee from broadcasting advertising material in accordance with section 23.

26. A licensee shall at all times be responsible for ensuring that Standards of the programmes broadcast shall, except in respect of material supplied programmes. by the Government—–

(a) comply with regulations made under section 27;

(b) conform with the standards established by Codes of Practice: (c) comply with directions issued by the Television Authority

under section 34; and

(d) maintain a proper balance in their subject matter and a high

general standard of quality.

Approval of any material to be broadcast by the panel of film censors or the public exhibition thereof shall not relieve the licensee of such responsibility.

27. (1) The Governor in Council may make regulations establish- ing standards for the programmes to be broadcast by licensees.

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(2) Without derogating from the generality of subsection (1) the Governor in Council may make regulations establishing standards for-

(a) the broadcasting of advertising material; and

(b) the broadcasting of programmes containing political or religious

material.

Standards established by regulations

made by Governer in Council.

28. The Television Authority may from time to time issue Codes Standards of Practice relating to programme and advertising standards.

Such Stablished by

Codes of Codes of Practice shall not be inconsistent with the standards estab- Practice lished by regulations made under section 27 and shall be supplemented issued by or varied as may be required to comply with any directions issued by Authority. the Governor in Council under section 29,

Television

they issue

29. The Governor in Council may from time to time, in addition Governor in to and not inconsistent with regulations made under section 27, issue Council directions to the Television Authority regarding the standards of pro- directions to grammes or advertisements being broadcast by a licensee, including the Television content and balance of such programmes, and in such directions may Authority. require the Television Authority to ensure compliance with the stand- ards established.

30. Notwithstanding the provisions of the Gambling Ordinance Broadcasting contests may be organized in connexion with programmes broadcast by

contasis. a licensee and may form part of such programmes where-

(Cap. 149).

(a) no fee is payable either in money or money's worth for par-

ticipation in such contests;