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- (c) in the case of the broadcast of any information or picture, every person who transmits or provides the programme in which the information or picture is broadcast and every person having functions in relation to the programme corresponding to those of the editor of a newspaper or periodical publication,
shall each be guilty of an offence and shall each be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 and, in the case of a second or subsequent conviction, to a fine not exceeding $10,000.
(7) The court may, in addition to any punishment mentioned in subsection (6), order a person to remove the publication, or cease the broadcast, of any information or picture that is in contravention of subsection (1) or (2).
(8) To avoid doubt, this section does not apply to, or in relation to the publication of a notice mentioned in section 14(2)(b)(ii).
(9) In this section—
- “broadcast” means sounds or visual images—
- (a) broadcast by wireless telegraphy, or by means of a high frequency distribution system over wire or other paths provided by a material substance, and intended for general reception;
- (b) broadcast through the Internet or any website, web service or Internet application, whether or not intended for general reception; or
- (c) broadcast through any messaging system;
- “messaging system” means any system that enables the transmission of short text messages, or of any visual communication, voice communication or electronic mail—
- (a) from a digital mobile telephone to another digital mobile telephone; or
- (b) from an electronic mail address to a digital mobile telephone, and the other way around;
