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

Regulations

Radio Frequency Spectrum Amendment Regulations, 2021

Part VI - Specific Services

32. Indecent Language and Fraudulent Transmissions over Stations

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(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.