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and shall take effect not earlier than the date on which the appropriate successor company
publishes a notice of the increase in the Gazette:
Provided that the approval of the Minister shall not be required in the case of any tariff the
effect of which is solely to alter the rates of postage in order to conform with changes to postal
rates made by countries outside Zimbabwe.
(6) Regulations made in terms of subsection (2) may provide for the imposition of penalties
not exceeding five thousand dollars or, in default of payment, imprisonment for a period not
exceeding six months for contraventions of the regulations.
(7) Nothing in this section shall be construed as conferring any right on a person to be
supplied with or to be afforded the use of any telecommunication service or facilities connected
therewith or apparatus or equipment necessary for that purpose.
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Approval of tariffs by Authority
(1) At the time of applying for the issue or renewal of his licence, a cellular
telecommunication licensee, postal licensee or telecommunication licensee shall submit for the
approval of the Authority written particulars of his proposed tariff at the commencement of the
licensing period.
(2) If a cellular telecommunication licensee, postal licensee or telecommunication licensee
proposes to amend or replace the tariff that was approved at the time when his licence was issued
or renewed, he shall give notice to the Authority within such period and in such form and manner
as the Authority may require or as may be prescribed.
(3) The Authority shall, within fourteen days of the receipt of the proposal, respond in
writing confirming whether or not a proposal submitted in terms of subsection (2) is approved,
and where the Authority has not so responded within such period, the proposal shall be deemed to
have been approved by the Authority.
(4) The Authority shall not unreasonably refuse to approve a proposal submitted in terms of
subsection (1) or (2).
(5) No amended or substituted tariff shall come into operation before the expiry of seven
days following its approval by the Authority or the expiry of twenty-one days following the
submission of a proposal in terms of subsection (2) to which no response has been received.
(6) A licensee to whom this section applies shall publish his tariff by⎯
(a) making it available for inspection at his principal places of business during normal
business hours; and
(b) promptly sending the relevant parts of it at the request of any consumer of his services.
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Recovery of fees and contributions
(1) On the conviction of a person for an offence in terms of section thirty-one, thirty-two,
thirty-three, thirty-four or thirty-five, the court convicting the accused may, on the application of
the prosecutor and in addition to any penalty which it may impose, give summary judgment in
favour of the Authority for the amount of the appropriate licence fee.
(2) A judgment given by a court in terms of subsection (1) shall have the same force and
effect and may be executed in the same manner as if the judgment had been given in a civil action
instituted in the court.
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