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6305 GI/202 3 (1) रजिस्ट्री सं. डी.एल.- 33004/99 REGD. No . D. L. -33004/99
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II —Section 3 —Sub-section ( i)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 566] NEW DELHI, THURS DAY , OCTOBER 5, 2023/ ASVINA 13, 1945
CG-DL-E-05102023-249158
MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 3rd October , 2023
G.S.R . 719(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by sub -section (1) and (2) of section 22 of the Cable
Television Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995 (7 of 1995), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules
further to amend the Cable Television Networks Rules, 1994, namely: -
1. (1) These rules may be called the Cable Television Networks ( Second Amendment) Rules, 2023.
(2) They shall come into force on the d ate of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the Cable Television Networks Rules, 1994, in rule 2, -
(I) after claus e (a), the following clause shall be inserted, namely : -
‘(aa) “designated officer” means -
(i) in relation to local cable operator , the District Magistrate of the area within whose
territorial jurisdiction the registered office of the local cable o perator is situated;
(ii) in relation to the multi -system operator, the District Magistrate of the area within whose
territori al jurisdiction the registered office of the multi -system operator is situated , in so far as it relates to the
following, namel y :-
(A) for contravention of Programme Code specified under section 5 and
Advertisement Code specified under section 6 of the A ct in relation to
platform services;
(B) for contravention of maintenance of register under section 7 of the Act; and
(iii) in relation to any other case, an off icer not below the rank of Deputy Secretary to the
Government of India ;’;
(II) after clau se (b), the following clause shall be inserted, namely : -
‘(ba) “local cable operator” means the cable operator registered under rule 5;’;
(III) after clause ( d), the following clauses shall be inserted, namely: -
‘(da) “Platform Services” means the pro grammes transmitted by a Multi -System Operator
exclusively to his own subscribers and does not include Doordarshan channels, registered television channels and
foreign television channels which are not registered in India;
(db) “Registered Office” means the office of a person registered in the records maintained by the
registering authority;’.
[F. No. N-45011/23/2020 -DAS (Vol. I) -Part (I) ]
SANJIV SHANKAR , Jt. Secy .
Note: The Principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary Part -II, Section 3, Sub -section (i)
vide number G.S.R. 729(E), dated the 29thSeptember, 1994 and were subsequently amended vide:-
(1) G.S.R 453 (E), dated 29th May, 1995 .
(2) G.S.R 820 (E), dated 29th December, 1995 .
(3) G.S.R. 459(E), dated the 8th October, 19 96.
(4) G.S.R 597 (E), dated 20th Au gust, 1999
(5) G.S.R. 710(E), dated the 8th September, 2000.
(6) G.S.R. 719(E), dated the 13th September, 2000.
(7) G.S.R. 26(E), dated the 18th January, 2001.
(8) G.S.R. 282(E), dated the 11th May, 2006.
(9) G.S.R . 452(E), dated the 31st July, 2006.
(10) G.S.R. 459(E), dated the 2nd August, 2006.
(11) G.S.R. 469(E), dated the 9th August, 2006.
(12) G.S.R. 697(E), dated the 11th November, 2006.
(13) G.S.R. 286(E), dated the 11th April, 2007.
(14) G.S.R. 482(E), dated the 12th July, 2007.
(15) G.S.R. 774(E), dated the 3rd December, 2007.
(16) G.S.R. 104(E), dated the 25th February, 2008.
(17) G.S.R. 413(E), dated the 29th May, 2008.
(18) G.S.R. 138(E), dated the 27th February, 2009.
(19) G.S.. 411(E), dated the 12th June, 2009.
(20) S.O. 940( E), dated the 28th April, 2012.
(21) S.O. 1521(E), dated the 6th July, 2012.
(22) G.S.R. 216(E), dated the 21st March, 2015.
(23) G.S.R. 804(E), dated the 19th August, 2016.
(24) G.S.R. 416(E), dated the 17th June 2 021.
(25) G.S.R. 121, dated the 18th September 2023.
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