Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Amendment Act, 2007 [Repealed]
ACTNO. 7 OF 1995
05 April, 2009
[Repealed by Act 23 of 20162]
An Act further to amend the Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act, 1955
Be it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-eighth Year of the Republic of India as follows:
Section 1. Short title
This Act may be called the Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Amendment Act, 2007.
Section 2. Amendment of Section 8 of Act 7 of 1995
In the Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995, in Section 8, for sub-sections (1) and (2), the following sub-sections shall be substituted, namely:
(1) Every cable operator shall re-transmit,
(i) channels operated by or on behalf of Parliament in the manner and name as may be specified by the Central Government by notification in the Official Gazette;
(ii) at least two Doordarshan terrestrial channels and one regional language channel of a State in the prime band,
in satellite mode on frequencies other than those carrying terrestrial frequencies.
(2) The channels referred to in sub-section (1) shall be re-transmitted without any deletion or alteration of any programme transmitted on such channels. .