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TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT 1975 No. 55 of 1975 - SECT 89 Obstructing officers.

TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT 1975 No. 55 of 1975 - SECT 89

Obstructing officers.
89. (1) A person shall not wilfully assault or obstruct an officer or employee
in the execution of his duty.

Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years.

(2) A person shall not, while in or upon any premises used in connexion with
performance of its functions, behave in a disorderly manner or obstruct or
hinder the doing, by or on behalf of the Commission, of any act or thing that
the Commission is authorized by this Act to do, including the provision of any
service that the Commission is so authorized to provide.

Penalty: $200.

(3) An officer or employee who has reasonable grounds for believing that a
person is acting in contravention of sub-section (2) may require the person to
leave the premises and, if the person refuses or fails to comply with the
request, may, with such assistance as he deems necessary, remove the person
from that place.