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Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation Act (No. 6 of 1982) - Sect 17

Registration of persons engaged in the production and marketing of television programme material for broadcasting

17.
(1) No person shall on or after the appointed date, engage in the production and marketing of television programme material for broadcasting unless he has registered himself with the Corporation as hereinafter provided:
(2) Every application for registration shall be in the prescribed form and shall be accompanied by such documents and such fee as may be prescribed.
(3) The Corporation may refuse to register the applicant on application made under subsection (2) or may cancel an existing registration if the applicant or the registered person, as the case may be, is unable to maintain the requisite standards that would be required in the public interest.
(4) Where any person has been registered under this Act the Corporation shall issue to such person a certificate of registration in the prescribed form. Every such certificate shall contain the conditions that may be prescribed for ensuring the standards referred to in subsection (3).
(5) Where any person to whom a certificate is issued under this Act, acts in violation of any conditions set out therein the Corporation may make order canceling his certificate.
(6) Any person aggrieved by an order made under sub section (5) may appeal against the order to the Secretary to the Ministry of the Minister (hereinafter referred to as the " Secretary ") within thirty days of the making of the order. The decision of the Secretary on any such appeal shall be final.


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