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Telecommunication Authority of Singapore Act 1992
(No. 12 of 1992)
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Published in Acts Supplement
on 31 Mar 1992
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Telecommunication Authority of Singapore Act 1992
Status:
 
Published in Acts Supplement
on 31 Mar 1992
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Telecommunication Authority of Singapore Act 1992
(No. 12 of 1992)
Long Title Enacting Formula Part I PRELIMINARY
 
1 Short title and commencement
 
2 Interpretation
Part II RECONSTITUTION, FUNCTIONS AND POWERS OF AUTHORITY
 
3 Reconstitution of Authority
 
4 Common seal
 
5 Constitution of Authority
 
6 Functions and duties of Authority
 
7 Powers of Authority
 
8 Power to act in relation to proposals for privatisation
 
9 Annual report
 
10 Appointment of officers and employees
 
11 Public servants
 
12 Protection from personal liability
 
13 Power to issue shares, etc.
 
14 Power to capitalise
 
15 Power to borrow
 
16 Duty of Authority in financial matters
 
17 Application of revenue
 
18 Investment of funds
 
19 Financial provisions
 
20 Symbol, design or representation of Authority
 
21 Exclusion of liability of Authority
 
22 Charges and other terms for services provided by Authority
 
23 Power to acquire and dispose of property
Part III EXCLUSIVE PRIVILEGE AND LICENSING, ETC., OF TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS
 
24 Exclusive privilege with respect to telecommunications
 
25 Exceptions to section 24
 
26 Power to license telecommunication systems and services
 
27 Designation of public telecommunication licensees
 
28 Modification of licence conditions
 
29 Suspension or cancellation of licence, etc.
 
30 Approval of equipment
 
31 Vesting of telecommunication undertaking in telecommunication successor company
 
32 Initial Government holding in telecommunication successor company
 
33 Financial structure of telecommunication successor company or postal successor company
 
34 Application of law in relation to offer of shares or debentures of telecommunication successor company or postal successor company
 
35 Application of Trustees Act in relation to investment in telecommunication successor company or postal successor company
 
36 Transfer of employees to telecommunication successor company
 
37 Conditions of service
 
38 Continuation and completion of disciplinary proceedings
 
39 Existing agreements and pending proceedings
Part IV EXCLUSIVE PRIVILEGE AND LICENSING, ETC., OF POSTAL SERVICES
 
40 Exclusive privilege with respect to conveyance, etc., of letters
 
41 Exceptions to section 40
 
42 Power to license conveyance of letters, etc.
 
43 Designation of public postal licensees
 
44 Modification of licence conditions
 
45 Suspension or cancellation of licence, etc.
 
46 Vesting of postal undertaking in postal successor company
 
47 Initial Government holding in postal successor company
 
48 Transfer of employees to postal successor company
 
49 Application of sections 37, 38 and 39 to postal successor company and persons transferred to its service
 
50 Duty of master of vessel or aircraft departing from Singapore to convey mail bags
 
51 Duty of master of vessel or aircraft arriving in Singapore for postal articles and mail bags
 
52 Penalty for failing to comply with section 50 or 51
 
53 Notice to be given of departure of vessel or aircraft
 
54 Gratuities to master or owner of vessel or aircraft for conveyance of mail bags and postal articles
 
55 Liability of master, owner or agent of vessel or aircraft for theft, loss or damage to registered or insured postal articles or parcels
 
56 Power to specify documents and terms and conditions for remittance of money
 
57 Recovery of money paid in excess or wrongly paid
 
58 Documents to be deemed valuable securities
 
59 Examination of postal articles
 
60 Forfeiture of postal articles
 
61 Presumption as to importer
 
62 Import and export control of franking machines
 
63 Delivery of postal articles
 
64 Posting boxes
 
65 Provision of postage stamps
 
66 Official marks to be prima facie evidence of certain facts denoted
 
67 Recovery of postage and other sums due in respect of postal articles
 
68 Suspension of postal services
 
69 Power to deal with postal articles posted in contravention of this Act
Part V OFFENCES AND PENALTIES
 
70 Unlawful operation of telecommunication system
 
71 Prohibitions in respect of radio-communication and telecommunication equipment
 
72 Penalty for unlicensed station
 
73 Exemption from sections 70, 71 and 72
 
74 Powers of search and seizure
 
75 Using unlawful telecommunication system or service
 
76 Obstruction of public telecommunication or postal licensees
 
77 Intentional damage to installation or plant used for telecommunications or posts
 
78 Offences by officer, employee or agent of public telecommunication licensees
 
79 Fraudulent use of telecommunication system
 
80 Sending false message
 
81 Fraudulent retention of messages
 
82 Protection of installation or plant used by public telecommunication or public postal licensees
 
83 Prohibition of false notice relating to public telecommunication or postal licensees’ installation or plant
 
84 Charging for use of services provided by public telecommunication or postal licensees
 
85 Damage to public telecommunication or postal licensees’ installation or plant
 
86 Compensation for damage caused to public telecommunication or postal licensees’ installation or plant
 
87 Penalty for removing any mark denoting used device for telephony purposes
 
88 Failure to disconnect equipment not approved under section 30
 
89 Unlawful operation of postal services
 
90 Offences by officer, employee or agent of public postal licensees
 
91 Fraudulent sending of postal article
 
92 Fraudulent retention of postal article
 
93 Penalty for sending anything indecent, etc., by post
 
94 Penalty for making any facsimile, imitation or representation of any postage stamp
 
95 Penalty for erasure of mark denoting used postage stamp
Part VI MISCELLANEOUS AND GENERAL
 
96 Power to enter on and examine land
 
97 Power to enter on State land for purposes of installation
 
98 Power to enter on other land for purposes of installation
 
99 Inspection, maintenance and repair of installation or plant for telecommunications
 
100 Removal or alteration of installation or plant for telecommunications
 
101 Removal of trees dangerous to or obstructing any installation or plant for telecommunications
 
102 Provision of building space by developer or owner
 
103 Provision of facilities for radio-communication
 
104 Disputes as to compensation
 
105 Precautions in execution of work
 
106 Savings of wayleave agreements
 
107 Existing installation or plant
 
108 Right to conduct international business dealings
 
109 Government’s overriding international rights
 
110 Liability for international financial obligations
 
111 Contribution by Government
 
112 Provision to Government of telecommunication or postal services, etc.
 
113 Exemption from distress and attachment
 
114 Exclusion of liability of public telecommunication licensees
 
115 Exclusion of liability of public postal licensees
 
116 Directions by Minister
 
117 Furnishing of information
 
118 Jurisdiction of Courts
 
119 Offences by bodies of persons
 
120 Powers of arrest and search in respect of seizable offences
 
121 Powers of search and arrest in respect of offences under section 70 or 89
 
122 Obstruction of police officer or Chief Executive or employee of Authority
 
123 No costs or damages or other relief arising from seizure to be recoverable unless seizure without reasonable or probable cause
 
124 Power to compound
 
125 General penalties
 
126 Public Prosecutor to sanction prosecution
 
127 Saving of prosecutions under other laws
 
128 Service of documents
 
129 Excluded matters
 
130 Exemption by Minister
 
131 Regulations
 
132 Repeal, amendments and transitional provisions
FIRST SCHEDULE Constitution and Proceedings of Authority SECOND SCHEDULE Powers of Authority THIRD SCHEDULE Financial Provisions FOURTH SCHEDULE Consequential Amendments
Telecommunication Authority of Singapore Act 1992
Status:
Published in Acts Supplement on 31 Mar 1992
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