Films and Publications Act, 1996 (Act No. 65 of 1996)RulesEnforcement Committee Rules, 2022Schedule 1Part 3 : Enforcement Committee Procedures13. Withdrawal |
| (1) | The applicant may withdraw its case only with the permission of the Enforcement Committee, or if no Enforcement Committee has been constituted, the chairperson. |
| (2) | Where permission is granted under sub-rule 13 (1) of Schedule 1, the Enforcement Committee or the chairperson (collectively referred to as the “grantor”), as the case may be, may— |
| (a) | do so on such terms as the grantor thinks fit; |
| (b) | instruct the registrar to publish a notice of the withdrawal on the FPB website, which shall appear on the FPB website for at least 5 (five) days, or in such other manner as the grantor may direct; and |
| (c) | publish any decision which the grantor would have made had the case not been withdrawn. |
| (3) | Where a case is withdrawn— |
| (a) | any interim order of the Enforcement Committee, other than an order made in respect of costs, immediately ceases to have effect; and |
| (b) | no fresh case may be brought by the applicant in relation to the decision which was the subject of the case without the permission of the Enforcement Committee. |