BROADCASTING SERVICES ACT [CHAPTER 12:06] (as at 11th January 2008) Authority. (4) The Authority shall prescribe the form and manner in which complaints shall be dealt with. 77 (5) The Authority shall not deal with a complaint that is the subject of litigation pending before a court. 40A Public hearings78 (1) Where the Authority or Board is required to hold a public hearing in terms of this Act, the Authority or Board, as the case may be, shall— (a) give reasonable public notice, at least two weeks before the hearing, of the date, time and venue of the hearing and the purpose for which it will be held; and (b) permit all members of the public who wish to do so to— (i) attend the hearing; and (ii) submit oral and written representations to the person conducting the hearing; subject to any restrictions that may be reasonably necessary to preserve order at the hearing and to prevent it being unduly prolonged. 41 Broadcasting licensees to keep records of programmes In addition to the requirements of paragraph 5 of the Fifth Schedule, every broadcasting licensee shall, in the prescribed manner⎯ (a) make and keep a record of every programme broadcast by it, which record shall at all times be made available for inspection by the Authority at its request; (b) provide a copy of each of its programmes free of charge to the National Archives of Zimbabwe referred to in section 3 of the National Archives of Zimbabwe Act [Chapter 25:06]. 42 Inspections (1) The Authority may appoint persons employed by it to be inspectors for the purposes of this Act and shall furnish each person so appointed with a certificate signed on behalf of the Authority stating that he has been appointed as an inspector. (2) An inspector or a police officer may require a person whom he has reasonable cause to suspect is a person required in terms of this Act to possess a licence to produce his licence. (3) If a person referred to in subsection (2)— (a) is unable to produce his licence on demand; or (b) cannot be located at his usual or last-known place of abode or business; the inspector or police officer concerned may serve on the person a notice in the prescribed form requiring that person to produce that notice and his licence to the police officer in charge of a police station within a period of seven days from the date of service of that notice. (4) A police officer to whom a notice and a licence have been produced in terms of subsection (3) shall forthwith— 77 78 Subsection substituted by s. 17 of Act 19/2007. Section inserted by s. 18 of Act 19/2007. - 34 -