PART IX
DUTIES AND GENERAL OBLIGATIONS
Inspection of radio-communication equipment
66.—(1)  It is a condition of every licence that the licensee shall permit or ensure that permission is granted to an authorised officer, upon production of proof of identity, to enter any building, premises, compound or other place, vehicle, vessel or aircraft where any station or network is installed, or is being installed, to enable that officer to inspect, examine or test any equipment comprised in the station or network.
(2)  Where the owner or user of a station or network requests the Authority to inspect, for the second or subsequent time, any station or network licensed or to be licensed under these Regulations to verify that the station or network or any equipment designed, constructed, installed, established, maintained or operated in accordance with any of the provisions of the Act, these Regulations or any condition of the licence, the Authority may impose a fee of $150 for the inspection.
Inspection of licence
67.  A licensee of a station or network shall permit an authorised officer or a police officer not below the rank of sergeant, upon production of proof of identity, to examine his licence, or if it is not immediately available, produce the licence at the office of the Authority or a police station named by the police officer within a reasonable period.
Secrecy
68.—(1)  Except as may be provided by section 42(2) of the Act, no person shall intercept or acquaint himself with the contents of any radio-communication other than those transmitted for general information or for the information of licensees belonging to the same licensed network.
(2)  Except as otherwise provided in these Regulations or by the conditions of a licence granted under these Regulations, every person having access to radio-communications shall hold strictly secret all radio-communications, other than those transmitted for general information, which may pass through his hands or come to his knowledge.
(3)  Every person referred to in paragraph (2) shall not —
(a)directly or indirectly, disclose the contents of the radio-communications referred to in that paragraph except to a person entitled to become acquainted with the radio-communications or to an authorised officer or to a court; or
(b)make any other use of such radio-communications.
(4)  No person having unauthorised access to radio-communications shall print or publish or cause to be printed or published in any newspaper, pamphlet, book or document, any radio-communication that may pass through his hands or come to his knowledge, whether such radio-communication is for private or general reception.
Station and network to be used for lawful purposes
69.  No person shall operate or use any station or network for or in furtherance of any unlawful purpose.
Restrictions on transmission
70.—(1)  The transmission of superfluous signals by a station or network is prohibited.
(2)  No test, trial or practical transmission shall be permitted except in such circumstances as to preclude the possibility of interference with any other station or network.
(3)  All tests, unless prior approval from the Authority has been obtained, shall be conducted on dummy load.
(4)  No person shall transmit —
(a)any message containing indecent, obscene or offensive language;
(b)any message for an improper or illegal purpose;
(c)any message which interferes with the operation of any authorised station or network; or
(d)any message which, to his knowledge, is false or misleading and likely to prejudice the efficiency of any life-service or endanger the safety of any person or of a place or premises, vessel, aircraft or vehicle.
(5)  A licensee shall ensure that his station or network is worked in a manner which is safe and which does not impair or interfere with —
(a)any Armed Forces Communication; or
(b)the efficient and convenient working or maintenance of any other station or network, or telecommunication system or service in Singapore authorised by the Authority under the Act or these Regulations.
(6)  A licensee shall cease operating his station or network and shall take any other immediate action which the Authority stipulates as soon as the licensee observes, or when the licensee has been informed by the Authority or any other competent authority, that the working of the station or network causes interference to radio-communication.
(7)  The licensee shall, where so directed by the Authority in writing, cease to operate all or any of the equipment comprised in his station for such period or periods of time as may be required by the Authority for the purposes of investigation of interference to radio-communications.
International Telecommunication Convention
71.—(1)  The provisions of the International Telecommunication Convention and the regulations for the time being in force thereunder shall, so far as they are applicable, apply to any station or network established or operated in Singapore and to any message transmitted or received by such station or network.
(2)  The Authority may, in its discretion, waive the application of any of the provisions or regulations referred to in paragraph (1) to any station, network or message.
Inspection to determine cause of interference
72.  It is a condition of every licence that any owner or user of electrical, electronic or radio-communication equipment under the licence causing or suspected of causing electrical or radiated interference or disturbance to telecommunication equipment, stations, networks or systems belonging to or authorised or approved by the Authority shall permit an authorised officer to inspect his equipment in order to determine whether the interference is in fact caused by the equipment.
Investigation by Authority upon request
73.—(1)  The Authority may, where requested by any person to —
(a)investigate, for the second or subsequent time, the cause of electrical or radiated interference or disturbance to telecommunication equipment, stations, networks or systems; or
(b)measure and compute the field strength of radiated electromagnetic energy of any electrical, electronic or radio-communication equipment,
charge a fee of $100 per hour or part thereof for work done.
(2)  Where the Authority undertakes to measure and compute the field strength of radiated electromagnetic energy under paragraph (1), the Authority shall determine the measuring device to be used, the method by which and the conditions under which tests are to be conducted and the manner in which the field strength from readings afforded by the measuring device is computed.
Instructions to eliminate or reduce interference
74.—(1)  Where the Authority determines that interference or disturbance to telecommunication equipment, stations, networks or systems is or may be caused by any particular electrical, electronic or radio-communication equipment, the Authority may, by notice in writing, direct the owner or user of that electrical, electronic or radio-communication equipment to do, at his own expense, any one or more of the following:
(a)take suitable measures to eliminate or reduce the inter­ference or disturbance;
(b)remedy a fault in or the improper operation of the equipment;
(c)modify or alter the equipment; or
(d)disconnect the equipment.
(2)  The Authority may require any action required to be taken under paragraph (1) to be effected within such period of time as the Authority may determine having regard to the circumstances of each case.
(3)  In addition to any action the Authority may take under this regulation, the Authority may —
(a)by notice in writing, prohibit the installation or use of that electrical, electronic or radio-communication equipment unless and until the directions under paragraphs (1) and (2) are complied with; and
(b)where it considers it necessary, seal or remove the equipment or any part thereof referred to in paragraph (1).
Fees for ad hoc temporary radio frequency assignment
75.—(1)  The Authority may permit any person to use any radio frequency band in respect of any network or station for a period not exceeding 90 days at a time upon payment of the fees specified in Part V of the First Schedule.
(2)  Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any use of radio frequency band granted under a spectrum right, or permitted under a station (spectrum) licence, a network (spectrum) licence, a station licence, a network licence or a class licence.