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Section 30, The Telecommunications Act, 2006
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(1) The Commission may suspend or cancel a licence onany of the following grounds:–
(a) serious and repeated breaches of this Act or
of the licence conditions;
(b) any fraud or intentional misrepresentation by
the licensee in applying for the licence;
(c) when the licensee engages in or supports
any activity amounting to an offence under
the Treason and State Offences Act, 1963;
(d) where the licensee has ceased to be an
operator.
(e) where the licensee has failed to comply with
any regulations made under this Act;
(f) where the licensee enters into receivership
or liquidation or takes any action for its
voluntary winding-up or dissolution or if any
order is made by a court for its compulsory
winding-up or dissolution, or
(g) where the suspension or cancellation is in
the public interest.
(2) A licence shall not be suspended or cancelled under
subsection (1) unless the Commission has given the operator–
(a) written notice specifying in it the grounds
therefor and, in the case of breach of licence
conditions, the acts or omissions constituting the breach and the directions of the
Commission for the rectification of such acts
or omissions and the action proposed to be
taken by the Commission in the event of noncompliance with the notice;
(b) an opportunity to be heard, by submitting a
notice not later than twenty-one days, and
where necessary, within such period as the
Commission considers reasonable for the
operator to comply with the directives of the
(3) In determining whether it is necessary to suspend or
cancel a licence granted under this Act, the Commission shall consider
the extent to which any person other than the licensee is likely to
sustain loss or damage as a result of the suspension or cancellation.
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