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"Grant or holding of

licences to or by certain

companies prohibited (Cap. 32)

5.

TELEVISION (AMENDMENT)

Ord. No. 72/88

A437

6A. A licence shall neither be granted to nor held by a company which, by virtue of section 2 of the Companies Ordinance, is, for the purposes of that Ordinance, deemed to be a subsidiary of another company.".

Section 8 is amended-

(a) by repealing subsection (2) and substituting—

“(2) (a) Having considered the recommendations submitted under subsection (1), the Governor in Council may grant a licence which shall be subject, in addition to the conditions set out in this Ordinance, to such conditions as he may specify, which conditions may relate to any matter contained in the application form submitted by the licensee under

section 7.

(b) Subject to paragraph (c) and without affecting the generality of paragraph (a), conditions attached to a licence may in- clude-

(c)

(i) a condition requiring the licensee to broadcast such programmes, announcements and other material as the Broadcasting Authority shall require and at such time or times, or within such period or periods and on such pro- gramme service or programme services as that authority shall specify when making the requirement;

(ii) a condition prohibiting or restricting, in a manner specified in the condition, the broadcasting by the licensee of advertising material which is of a class or description so specified.

(i) In case material, pursuant to a condition attached to a licence, is required to be broadcast at any time between the hours of 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. in any period from Monday to Friday inclusive, it shall not, without the consent of the licensee concerned, on any day either exceed, or exceed in the aggregate, 30 minutes in duration.

(ii) The periods during which broadcasting material, pursuant to a condition attached to a licence, is required to be broadcast shall in the aggregate not exceed any of the following

(A) 24 hours in any period of 24 hours commencing at

6 a.m.;

(B) 24 hours in the 15 hours between the hours of 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. in any period from Monday to Friday inclusive in any week;

(C) in case the programme service is a Chinese service,

12 hours in any week; and

(D) in case the programme service is an English service,

6 hours in any week."; and

(b) in subsection (3) by adding at the end-

Grant of

licences