Section 5: Powers of Authority
consolidated text (as at 2016, amended since). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
5. Powers of Authority
(1) The Authority may, for the purposes of this Act, give written directions to the Corporation or any licensee and they shall comply with those
directions.
(2) The Authority may require the Corporation or any licensee to provide
such information as it may determine in relation to its broadcasting operations.
(3) The Authority may, in writing, authorise a member, or any person, to
enter the premises of the Corporation, or of any licensee, to—
(a) inspect any equipment, apparatus, or material which may be
found on the premises;
(b) take possession of the recording of a broadcast programme
where the Corporation or any licensee has, pursuant to a direction under subsection (1), been directed to produce the recording
and it has failed to do so.
(4) The Authority may—
(a) set up such committees as it may determine to assist in
implementing this Act;
(b) subject to sections 29 and 30, delegate to any such committee
such of its powers as it may determine other than the power—
(i) to issue licences; or
(ii) to borrow money or incur expenditure exceeding
10,000 rupees.