Penalty in event of contravention of 11 or 12. 22. In the event of a contravention of subsection (1) of section 10 the captain of the aircraft, as the case may be, or the person at whose direction the radiocommunication apparatus was used, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of five thousand dollars.
Transmitting or receiving messages, etc. by unlicensed means of telecommunication. 23. Any person who, knowing or having reason to believe that a means of telecommunication is being maintained in contravention of this Ordinance, transmits or receives any message by such means of telecommunication or performs any service incidental to the transmission or reception of any such message or delivers any message for transmission by such means of telecommunication or takes delivery of any message sent thereby shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of five thousand dollars.
Offences by telecommunication officer, etc. 24. A telecommunication officer, or any person who, though not a telecommunication officer, has official duties in connexion with a telecommunication service, who—
- (a) wilfully destroys, secretes or alters any message that he has received for transmission or delivery;
- (b) forges any message or utters any message that he knows to be forged or altered;
- (c) wilfully abstains from transmitting any message or wilfully intercepts or detains or delays any message;
- (d) otherwise than in pursuance of his duty or as directed by a court, copies any message or discloses any message or the purport of any message to any person other than the person to whom the message is addressed,
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of two thousand dollars and to imprisonment for two years.
Destruction, etc. of messages by persons other than telecommunication officers. 25. Any person, not being a telecommunication officer, or a person who, though not a telecommunication officer, has official duties in connexion with a telecommunication service, who—
- (a) wilfully destroys, secretes, detains or delays a message intended for delivery to some other person; or
- (b) having been required by a telecommunication officer to deliver up to him a message in the possession of that person and intended for delivery to some other person, refuses or neglects to do so,
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of one thousand dollars and to imprisonment for twelve months.
