Pakistan Telecommunication (Re-organization) Act, 1996

 THE PAKISTAN TELECOMMUNICATION (RE-ORGANIZATION) ACT,1996 ACT No. XVII OF 1996 An Act to provide for re-organisation of telecommunication system WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for re-organisation of telecommunication system in Pakistan by establishing the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority, the Frequency Allocation Board, National Telecommunication Corporation and the Pakistan Telecommunication Employees Trust, regulation of telecommunication industry, transfer of telecommunication services to private sector and for matter connected therewith or incidental thereto ; It is hereby enacted as follows:⎯  CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY 1. Short title, extent and commencement.⎯(1) This Act may be called the Pakistan Telecommunication (Re-organisation) Act, 1996. (2)    It extends to the whole of Pakistan. (3)    It shall come into force at once. 2. Definitions. In this Act unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,− (a)   [“Access Promotion Contribution (APC)” means the payments made by LDI Licensees to LL Licensees or to the Universal Service Fund pursuant to the rules made under this Act;]            1[(ab)  â€œappropriate Government” means⎯ (i)    in relation to a right of way owned or managed by any person, local authority within its territory, corporations or other public bodies created by or under any provincial law, the respective Provincial Government; and (ii)    in relation to any, right of way owned or managed by any person, local authority not within any province or corporation or other bodies created by or under any Federal law, the Federal Government; (ac)   “Approved Crypto Apparatus” means the hardware or software or combination of both, or the ciphering facilities, used for conversion of plain text into _____________________________________________________________________ cypher text and vice versa and of which Federal Government has granted approval and the Electronic Certification…