Transmission by telecommunication officer of message not paid for. 26. A telecommunication officer who, with intent to defraud, transmits by telecommunication a message in respect of which the charge prescribed by or under this Ordinance has not been paid 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.
Damaging telecommunication installation with intent. 27. Any person who damages, removes or interferes in any way whatsoever with a telecommunication installation with intent to—
- (a) prevent or obstruct the transmission or delivery of a message; or
- (b) intercept or discover the contents of a message,
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.
Transmission of false messages. 28. Any person who transmits, or causes to be transmitted, by telecommunication a message that he knows to be false shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of one thousand dollars and to imprisonment for two years.
Entry on certain land without permission. 29. Any person who, without lawful authority or excuse, enters or remains on any land in the occupation of a person who provides a telecommunication service shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of two hundred and fifty dollars.
Penalty for contravention of order under section 33. 30. Any person who fails to comply with an order under section 33 shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of two thousand dollars and to imprisonment for twelve months.
Obstruction of Authority, etc. 31. Any person who wilfully obstructs the Authority or any public officer in the exercise of any power conferred upon him by this Ordinance shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of one thousand dollars and to imprisonment for six months.
Liability of directors, etc. where offence committed by corporation. 32. Where a person by whom an offence under this Ordinance is committed is a corporation and it is proved that the offence was committed with the consent or connivance of a director or other officer concerned in the management of the corporation, the director or other officer shall be guilty of the like offence.
PART VI.
Supplementary and miscellaneous.
Power of Governor to prohibit transmission of messages, etc.
33. Whenever he considers that the public interest so requires, the Governor, or any public officer authorized in that behalf by the Governor either generally or for any particular occasion, may order that any message or any class of messages brought for transmission by telecommunication shall not be transmitted or that any message or any
