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Telecommunication.

"post" means a post, pole, standard, stay, strut or other above-ground contrivance for carrying, suspending or supporting a telegraph line;

"licensed person" means a person holding a licence granted by the Governor in Council under section 3 or section 30.

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PART II.

Privileges and powers of the government.

privilege in

3. (1) Within the Colony the Governor in Council Exclusive shall have the exclusive privilege of establishing, maintaining and working telegraphs.

(2) The Governor in Council may grant a licence, on such conditions and in consideration of such payments as he thinks fit, to any person or to the representative for the time being in the Colony of any corporation or administration to establish, maintain or work a telegraph within any part of the Colony, and to place, lay, carry or maintain any posts, cables or wires for the purpose of such telegraph in, along, through, across or under any roads or other property vested in the Crown.

(1) On the occurrence of any public emergency or in the interest of the public safety the Governor or any officer specially authorized in this behalf by the Governor may—

respect of

telegraphs and power to grant licences.

Power in to take

Government

possession of licensed telegraphs and to order

of messages.

(a) take temporary possession of any telegraph estab- interception

lished, maintained or worked by any person licensed under this Ordinance; or

(b) withdraw either partially or totally the use of any telephone trunk line or exchange system from any person or class of persons or from the public at large; or

(c) order that any message or class of messages to or from any person or class of persons or relating to any patricular subject, brought for transmission by or transmitted or received by any telegraph, shall not be transmitted or shall be intercepted or detained or shall be disclosed to the Government or an officer thereof mentioned in the order.

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