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NO. 50 OF 1996: BROADCASTING AMENDMENT ACT, 1996.
PRESIDENT'S OFFICE
No. 1598.
2 October 1996
NO. 50 OF 1996: BROADCASTING AMENDMENT ACT, 1996.
It is hereby notified that the President has assented to the following Act
which is hereby published for general information:-
GENERAL EXPLANATORY NOTE:
Words in bold type indicate omissions from existing enactments.
Words in italics indicate insertions in existing enactments.
ACT
To amend the Broadcasting Act, 1976, so as to reduce the membership of the
Board of the South African Broadcasting Corporation; to expressly provide that
the Board only controls the affairs of the Corporation and that the
Director-General manages those affairs; to effect a correction in the English
text; and to provide for incidental matters.
(English text signed by the President.)
(Assented to 27 September 1996.)
BE IT ENACTED by the Parliament of the Republic of South Africa, a follows:-
Substitution of section 3 of Act 73 of 1976
1. The following section is hereby substituted for section 3 of the
Broadcasting Act, 1976:
"Board of the corporation
3. The affairs of the corporation shall be managed and
controlled by a board to be called the Board of the South African
Broadcasting Corporation.".
Amendment of section 4 of Act 73 of 1976, as amended by section 2 of Act 61 of
1982 and section 1 of Act 73 of 1993
2. Section 4 of the Broadcasting Act, 1976, is hereby amended by the
substitution for paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of the following paragraph:
"(a) not less than 21 15 and not more than 25 21
members; and".
Amendment of section 9 of Act 73 of 1976, as substituted by section 4 of Act 61
of 1982
3. Section 9 of the Broadcasting Act, 1976, is hereby amended-
(a) by the substitution for subsection (4) of the following subsection:
"(4) Subject to the directions of the board and the provisions of
this Act, the director-general-
(a) shall manage the affairs of the corporation;
(b) shall exercise control and supervision over the staff of the
corporation; and
(c) shall perform the functions and exercise the powers assigned to him
by the board."; and
(b) by the substitution in subsection (6)(b) for the expression "(3)" of the
expression "(5)".
Short title
4. This Act shall be called the Broadcasting Amendment Act, 1996.$
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