70 (3) The Authority may, by action in a competent court, recover the amount of a licence fee or contribution payable in terms of this Act. 102 Proceedings on failure of Authority to comply with Act or direction (1) If at any time it appears to the Minister that the Authority has failed to comply with this Act or with a direction given to it in terms of section twenty-five or twenty-six, he may, by notice in writing, require the Board to make good the default within a specified period. (2) If an act or thing required to be done in terms of this Act is omitted to be done or is not done in the manner or within the time so required, the Minister may order all such steps to be taken as in his opinion are necessary or desirable to rectify such act or thing, and the said act or thing when done in terms of the said order shall be of the same force and validity as if originally done in accordance with the appropriate provisions of this Act. (3) Any expenses incurred by the Minister in the exercise of his powers in terms of subsection (2) shall be defrayed from the funds of the Authority. 10333 [Directions to licensees in the interests of national security] …. 104 Disclosure of confidential information and use of information acquired by inspectors, etc., for personal gain (1) If an inspector or member or employee of the Authority in the course of his duties as such acquires information relating to the financial affairs of any person, or to any commercial secret, he shall not for personal gain make use of such information, nor disclose it to any other person except⎯ (a) for the purpose of legal proceedings under this Act or any other law; and (b) to the extent that it may be necessary to do so for the purpose of this Act or any other law, to another inspector or member or employee of the Authority. (2) No inspector or member or employee of the Authority shall, for personal gain, make use of any information acquired by him in the course of his duties as such for a period of five years after the date on which he ceased to be an inspector, member or employee. (3) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence and liable to the forfeiture of any proceeds accruing to him on account of the contravention and to a fine not exceeding level ten or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding two years or to both such fine and such imprisonment.34 PART XIII TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS, AMENDMENTS, REPEALS AND SAVINGS 33 This section, together with section 98(2), was declared invalid by the Supreme Court in Law Society of Zimbabwe v Minister of Transport and Communications and Attorney-General of Zimbabwe, SC 59/03, 3rd March, 2004. Formally repealed by section 19 of Act 6/2005. 34 Subsection amended by s. 4 of Act 22/2001.

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