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Electronic Communications Act, 2005 (Act No. 36 of 2005)

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Radio Frequency Spectrum Amendment Regulations, 2021

Part VI - Specific Services

32. Indecent Language and Fraudulent Transmissions over Stations

 

(1) No person shall transmit language which, judged within context:
(a) Violates the dignity or privacy of a person;
(b) Amounts to profanity;
(c) Amounts to obscenity;
(d) Amounts to propaganda for war;
(e) Amounts to incitement of imminent violence;
(f) Amounts to the advocacy of hatred based on race, ethnicity, religion or gender and that constitutes incitement to cause harm;

 

(2) Sub regulation (1) shall not apply to bona fide literature, drama, documentary or scientific material or to bona fide religious debate.