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The West Bengal Finance Act, 2014 Complete Act

State: West Bengal

Year: 2014

.....as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint, and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act. Amendment of Bengal Act V of 1922:- 2. In the Bengal Amusements Tax Act, 1922, in section 8C, in clause (a),- (1) for sub-clause (i), the following sub-clause shall be substituted:- (i) in the case of a new multiplex theatre complex,- (A) if it is situated under the jurisdiction of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation or the municipalities of Baranagar, Dum Dum, South Dum Dum and Bidhannagar, four years, where it constitutes not less than three theatres and three years, where it constitutes two theatres, (B) if it is situated in the districts of Howrah, Hooghly, Burdwan, Nadia, Purba Medinipur, Paschim Medinipur, North 24-Parganas excluding the areas mentioned in item (A) and the areas under Sunderbans and South 24-Parganas excluding the areas under the Kolkata Municipal Corporation mentioned in item (A) and Sunderbans, six years, where it constitutes not less than three theatres and five years, where it constitutes two theatres, and (C) if it is situated in an area other than those areas specified in items (A) and (B) above, seven.....

Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1995

CABLE TELEVISION NETWORKS (REGULATION) ACT, 1995 CABLE TELEVISION NETWORKS (REGULATION) ACT, 1995 [Act No. 7 of Year 1995, dated 25-3-1995] Promulgated by the President in the Forty-fifth Year of the Republic of India. An Act to regulate the operation of cable television networks in the country and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. Be it enacted by Parliament in the Forty-sixth year of the Republic of India as follows: - CHAPTER 1: PRELIMINARY SECTION 01: SHORT TITLE, EXTENT AND COMMENCEMENT (1) This Act may be called the Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act,1995. (2) It extends to the whole of India. (3) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 29th day of September, 1994. SECTION 02: DEFINITIONS In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) "cable operator' means any person who provides cable service through a cable television network or otherwise controls or is responsible for the management and operation of a cable television network; (b) "cable service" means the transmission by cables of programmes including re-transmission by cable of any broadcast television signals; (c) "cable television network" means.....

Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995 Chapter 2

Title: Regulation of Cable Television Network

State: Central

Year: 1995

.....4 within the said period, till he is registered under that section or the registering authority refuses to grant registration to him under that section. Section 4 - Registration as cable operator (1) Any person who is operating or is desirous of operating a cable television network may apply for registration as a cable operator to the registering authority. (2) An application under sub-section (1) shall be made in such form and be accompanied by such fees as may be prescribed. (3) On receipt of the application, the registering authority shall satisfy itself that the applicant has furnished all the required information and on being so satisfied, register the applicant as a cable operator and grant to him a certificate of such registration; Provided that the registering authority may, for reasons to be recorded in writing and communicated to the applicant, refuse to grant registration to him if it is satisfied that he does not fulfil the conditions specified in clause (e) of section 2. Section 4A - Transmission of programmes through addressable system, etc. 1[ 4 A. Transmission of programmes through addressable system, etc.- ( 1) Where the Central Government is.....

Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995 Chapter 5

Title: Miscellaneous

State: Central

Year: 1995

.....done or taken under the corresponding provision of this Act. Amending Act 1 - AMENDMENT ACT THE CABLE TELEVISION NETWORKS (REGULATION) AMENDMENT ACT, 2002 [Act No. 2 of 2003] [31st December, 2002] PREAMBLE An Act further to amend the Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-third Year of the Republic of India as follows:-- 1. Short title This Act may be called the Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Amendment Act, 2002. 2. Insertion of new section 4A In the Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995 (7 of 1995) (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), after section 4, the following section shall be inserted, namely:-- '4A. Transmission of programmes through addressable system, etc.-- (1) Where the Central Government is satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, it may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make it obligatory for every cable operator to transmit or retransmit programme of any pay channel through an addressable system with effect from such date as may be specified in the notification and different dates may be specified for different States, cities,.....

Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Amendment Act, 2011, (Central) Section 5A

Title: Substitution of New Sections for Section 4a

State: Central

Year: 2011

.....channels or bouquets of channels subscribed to by the subscriber, price of such channels or bouquets of channels as defined in the system, the activation or deactivation dates and time for any channel or bouquets of channels, a log of all actions performed on a subscriber's record, invoices raised on each subscriber and the amounts paid or discount allowed to the subscriber for each billing period. 4B. Right of way for cable operators and permission by public authority.-- (1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, any cable operator entitled for providing cable services may, from time to time, lay and establish cables and erect posts under, over, along, across, in or upon any immovable property vested in or under the control or management of a public authority. (2) Any public authority under whose control or management any immovable property is vested may, on receipt of a request from a cable operator permit the cable operator to do all or any of the following acts, namely:- (a) to place and maintain underground cables or posts; and (b) to enter on the property, from time to time, in order to place, examine, repair, alter or remove such cables or posts. (3) The.....

Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995 Amending Act 1

Title: Amendment Act

State: Central

Year: 1995

..... 2. Insertion of new section 4A In the Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995 (7 of 1995) (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), after section 4, the following section shall be inserted, namely:-- '4A. Transmission of programmes through addressable system, etc.-- (1) Where the Central Government is satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, it may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make it obligatory for every cable operator to transmit or retransmit programme of any pay channel through an addressable system with effect from such date as may be specified in the notification and different dates may be specified for different States, cities, towns or areas, as the case may be. (2) If the Central Government is satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, it may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify one or more free-to-air channels to be included in the package of channels forming basic service tier and any or more such channels may be specified, in the notification, genre-wise for providing a programme mix of entertainment, information, education and such other programmes. (3) The Central.....

Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Amendment Act, 2002 Section 2

Title: Insertion of New Section 4a

State: Central

Year: 2002

In the Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995 (7 of 1995) (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), after section 4, the following section shall be inserted, namely:-- '4A. Transmission of pro-grammes through addressable system, etc.-- (1) Where the Central Government is satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, it may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make it obligatory for every cable operator to transmit or retransmit programme of any pay channel through an addressable system with effect from such date as may be specified in the notification and different dates may be specified for different States, cities, towns or areas, as the case may be. (2) If the Central Government is satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, it may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify one or more free-to-air channels to be included in the package of channels forming basic service tier and any or more such channels may be specified, in the notification, genre-wise for providing a programme mix of entertainment, information, education and such other programmes. (3) The Central Government may specify in the.....

Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995 Section 4A

Title: Transmission of Programmes Through Addressable System, Etc.

State: Central

Year: 1995

.....by such cable operator. ( 5) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section ( 4), the Central Government may, for the purposes of that sub-section, specify in the notification referred to in that sub-section different maximum amounts for different States, cities, towns or areas, as the case may be ( 6) Notwithstanding anything contained in this section, programmes of basic service tier shall be receivable by any subscriber on the receiver set of a type existing immediately before the commencement of the Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Amendment Act, 2002 without any addressable system attached with such receiver set in any manner. ( 7) Every cable operator shall publicise, in the prescribed manner, to the subscribers the subscription rates and the periodic intervals at which such subscriptions are payable for receiving each pay channel provided by such cable operator. ( 8) The cable operator shall not require any subscriber to have a receiver set of a particular type to receive signals of cable television network: Provided that the subscriber shall use an addressable system to be attached to his receiver set for receiving programmes transmitted on pay.....

Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995 Section 12

Title: Confiscation

State: Central

Year: 1995

The equipment seized under sub-section (1) of section 11 shall be liable to confiscation unless the cable operator from whom the equipment has been seized registers himself as a cable operator under section 4 within a period of thirty days from the date of seizure of the said equipment.

Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995 Complete Act

Title: Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995

State: Central

Year: 1995

.....not to interfere with any telecommunication system Chapter 3 Section11 - Power to seize equipment used for operating the cable television network Section12 - Confiscation Section13 - Seizure or confiscation of equipment not to interfere with other punishment Section14 - Giving of opportunity to the cable operator of seized equipment Section15 - Appeal Chapter 4 Section16 - Punishment for contravention of provisions of this Act Section17 - Offences by companies Section18 - Cognizance of offences Chapter 5 Section19 - Power to prohibit transmission of certain programmes in public interest Section20 - Power to prohibit operation of cable television network in public interest Section21 - Application of other laws not barred Section22 - Power to make rules Section23 - Repeal and saving Amending Act1 - AMENDMENT ACT Amending Act2 - CABLE TELEVISION NETWORKS (REGULATION) AMENDMENT ACT, 2007