Broadcasting (Offences) Act, 1968
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Prohibition of acts facilitating broadcasting from ships, aircraft, etc. |
5.—(1) A person who does any of the acts mentioned in subsection (3) of this section, while satisfying the condition as to knowledge or belief mentioned in the case of that act, shall be guilty of an offence if— | |
(a) he does the act in the State or sea waters adjacent to the State or in a ship registered in the State or an aircraft so registered while the ship or aircraft is elsewhere than in or over the State or sea waters adjacent to the State, or | ||
(b) being a citizen of Ireland, he does the act on or over the high seas. | ||
(2) A person who, in the State, procures another person to do, outside the State, anything which, if it had been done in the State by the last-mentioned person, would have constituted an offence under the foregoing subsection shall be guilty of an offence. | ||
(3) The acts, and conditions as to knowledge or belief, referred to in subsection (1) of this section are the following: | ||
(a) furnishing or agreeing to furnish to another a ship or aircraft knowing, or having reasonable cause to believe, that broadcasts are to be made from it in contravention of section 2 (1) of this Act or while it is on or over the high seas; | ||
(b) carrying or agreeing to carry in a ship or aircraft apparatus for wireless telegraphy knowing, or having reasonable cause to believe, that by means thereof broadcasts are to be made from the ship or aircraft as aforesaid; | ||
(c) supplying to, or installing in, a ship or aircraft apparatus for wireless telegraphy knowing, or having reasonable cause to believe, that by means thereof broadcasts are to be made from the ship or aircraft as aforesaid; | ||
(d) supplying any apparatus for wireless telegraphy for installation on or in, or installing any such apparatus on or in, any structure or other object (not being, in either case, a ship or aircraft) knowing, or having reasonable cause to believe, that by means of that apparatus broadcasts are to be made from the object in contravention of section 3 (1) of this Act or while the object is on the high seas; | ||
(e) repairing or maintaining any apparatus for wireless telegraphy knowing, or having reasonable cause to believe, that, by means thereof, broadcasts are made, or are to be made, in contravention of section 2 (1) or 3 (1) of this Act or as mentioned in section 4 (1) of this Act; | ||
(f) knowing, or having reasonable cause to believe, in the case of a ship or aircraft, that broadcasts are made, or are to be made, from it in contravention of section 2 (1) of this Act or while it is on or over the high seas— | ||
(i) supplying any goods or materials for its operation or maintenance, for the operation or maintenance of apparatus for wireless telegraphy installed therein or for the sustentation or comfort of the persons on board of it; | ||
(ii) carrying by water or air goods or persons to or from it; | ||
(iii) engaging a person as an officer or one of the crew of it; | ||
(g) knowing or having reasonable cause to believe, in the case of a structure or other object (not being, in either case, a ship or aircraft), that broadcasts are made, or are to be made, from it in contravention of section 3 (1) of this Act or while it is on the high seas— | ||
(i) supplying any goods or materials for its maintenance, for the operation or maintenance of apparatus for wireless telegraphy installed therein or thereon or for the sustentation or comfort of the persons therein or thereon; | ||
(ii) carrying by water or air goods or persons thereto or therefrom; | ||
(iii) engaging a person to render services therein or thereon. |