(2) Any order of a magistrate in proceedings under subsection (1) shall be final.
Work affecting telecommunication line. 18. (1) Any person who proposes to carry out on any land work that may affect a telecommunication line maintained by the Authority or a licensee in, over, upon or near the land shall give to the Authority or the licensee, as the case may be, notice in writing of his intention to carry out the work.
(2) All reasonable precautions shall be taken in the carrying out of such work to prevent damage to any telecommunication line in, over, upon, or near the land, and the Authority or the licensee, as the case may be, may recover from the person on whose behalf the work is carried out any expenses incurred in making good any damage to a telecommunication line caused by a failure to take such precautions.
(3) In any proceedings under subsection (2) for the recovery of the expenses incurred by the Authority or the licensee, it shall be presumed, until the contrary is proved, that the work was carried out on behalf of the owner of the land.
Power to enter on land to inspect, repair, etc., telecommunication lines. 19. The Authority and a licensee may at such times as may be necessary enter upon any land, in, over or upon which he maintains a telecommunication line or a post for the purpose of inspecting, repairing, removing or altering such line or post.
PART V.
Offences and penalties.
Contravention of section 8 an offence. 20. (1) Save as provided in subsection (2), any person who contravenes subsection (1) of section 8 shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable—
- (a) on summary conviction, to a fine of five thousand dollars and to imprisonment for two years; and
- (b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine of ten thousand dollars and to imprisonment for five years.
(2) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) of section 8 in respect of a broadcast receiver 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.
Contravention of section 9 an offence. 21. Any person who contravenes section 9 shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of three thousand dollars and to imprisonment for twelve months.
