 the telegraph laws (amendment) bill, 1960(as introduced in loi sabra on 19th dbcimbbr, 1960) ojrri'genda               to              the telsgraph laws (amendment)         bill, 1960 (to belas introduced jjllok sabhal 1 page 1,-in ser tat too top "bill no 89 of 19§q fi 2 page 2, line 28,-~ ''mean'' read "me ans" 3 corre ct line nwn bar on page 2 new delhi:, decem berl3_il _19 00 - agr ahayana ~2, 1882 (8 aka j  billfunher- 110 ame-bd the iftdian telegraph act, 1885 and the indian  wireless telegraphy act, 1933 be it enacted by parliament in the eleventh year of the republic of india as follows:-1 this act may be called the t~legraph laws (amendment) short title act~ 196q s 2 iii the indian telegrapn act, 1885 (hereinafter referred to as amenf ~t  - the tdegraph act), m section 3, for clause (1), the following clause 0 section 3 shan be substituted, namely:-'(1) "telegraph" means any appliance, instrument, material or apparatlis used or capable of use for transmission or reception 10 of signs, signals, writing, images and sounds or intelligence of any nature by wire, visual or other electro-magnetic emissions, radi~ waves or hertzian waves, galvanic, electric or magnetic means; erplanation-uradio waves" or "hertzian waves" means is electro-magnetic waves of frequencies lower than 3,000 gigacycles per seeodd propagated in space without artificial guide: ' 3 in section 7 of the telegraph act,-:ra::~~ (i) in sub-section (2), after clause (j), the following clause shall be inserteq, namely:-20 "(jj) the qualifications to be possessed and the examinations, if any, to be passed by the persons employed for the establishment, maintenance or working of any teiegraph and the fees to be charged for admission to such examinations;"; (ii) for sub-section (5), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:-$ "(5) every rule made under this section shall be laid as soon as may be after it is made before each house of parliament while it is in session for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session in which 10 it is so laid or the session immediately following, both houses agree in making any modification in the rule or both houses agree that the rule should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so however, that any 15 such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule" amendment '- in the indian wireless telegraphy act, 1933 (hereinafter 17 of of icction a referred to as the telegraphy act), in section 2,-(a) for clause (1), the following clause shall be substituted, 30 namely:-'(1) "wireless communication" means any transmission, emission or reception of signs, signals, writing, images and sounds, or intelligence of any nature by means of electricity, magnetism, or radio waves or hertzian waves, without the 25 use of wires or other continuous electrical conductors between the transmitting and the receiving apparatus; expzanation-"radio waves" or "hertzian waves" mean electro-magnetic waves of frequencies lower than 3,000 gigacycles per second propagated in space without arti1lcial 20 guide;'; (b) for clause (2a) , the following clause shall be substituted, namely:-- (2a) "wireless transmitter" means any apparatus, appliance, instrument or material used or capable of use for 55 transmission or emission of wireless communication;' anaendment 5 in the telegraphy act, in section 10, afte,r sub-section (3), the of aedion 10 following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:-ii (4) every rule made under this section shall be laid as soon as may be after it is made before, each house of parliament 40 5 while it is in session for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session in which it is so laid or the session immediately following, both houses agree in making any modification in the rule or both houses agree that the rule should not be made, the :rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule" jo  statement of objects and reasonswith the introduction of television in india, it has become necessary to licence the possession and working of television apparatus although the definition of "telegraph" in the indian telegraph act, 1885 and the definition of 4'wireless communication" in the indian wireless telegraphy act, 1933 appear to be wide enough to cover transmission and reception of visual images by television, it is considered desixable to place, the matter beyond controversy by a suitable amendment of these two acts opportunity has also been taken to amend section 7 of the indian telegraph act, 1885 so as to take power to prescribe by rules the qualifications for persons employed in establishing, maintaining or working wireless telegraph systems, the examinations to be passed by them and the fees to be charged for admission to such examinations new delhi; p subbarayan the 15th november, 1960  memorandum regarding delegated legislationclause 3 of the bill which seeks to amend section 7 <c1f the indian telesraph act, 1885, confers on the central government the power to make rwes prescribing the qualifications to be possessed and the examinatioos, if any, to be pamled by the persons employed in the establishment, maintenance or working of any telegraph and the fees to be charged for admission to such examinations these are matters of detail and the delegation of legislative power with respect to them is of a nonna! character ,  annexureextracts from nm indian telegraph act, 1885 (13 of 1885) - - - - dcftllltioqa 3 in this act, unless there is something repugnant in the subject or context,-(1) "telegraph" means an electric, galvanic or magnetic telegraph, and includes appliances and apparatus for making, transmitting or receiving telegraphic, telephonic or other communications by means af electricity, galvanism or magnetism: - - - - 7 power to make rules   - - fortbe conducthoftele-(5) all rules made under this section shall be laid for not less ,rap s  than thirty days before each house of parliament as soon as possible after they are made and shall be subject to such modifications 88 parliament may make during the session in which they are so laid or the session immediately following -  - -  extracts from the indian wireless telegraphy act, 1933 (17 or 1933) - •  •ddloftion z in this act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,-(1) "wireless communication" means the making, transmitting or receiving of telegraphic, telephonic or other communications by means of electricity or magnetism without the use of wires or other continuous electrical conductors between the transmitting and the receiving apparatus; - - - - (2a) "wireless transmitter" means any apparatus, appliance, instrument or material used or capable of use in making or transmitting telegraphic, telephonic or other communication by means of electricity or magnetism without the use of wires or other continuous electrical condjuctors between the tranamittini mel the receiving apparatus; and - - - - a bill further to amend the indian telegraph act, 1885 and the indian wireless telegraphy act, 1933 minister oj transport and communications) 