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Table A2.1 (continued) Main law governing telecom sector
Date
Namibia
Namibian Communications Commission Act 1992
1992
Niger
Ordonnance no. 99-045 du 26 Octobre 1999 Portant réglementation des Télécommunications
Nigeria
Nigerian Communications Act 2003
Rwanda
Law no. 44/2001 of 30/11/2001 Governing Telecommunications
São Tomé and Lei no. 3/04 Lei que define as regras Príncipe aplicáveis ao estabelecimento, à gestão e à exploração de redes de telecomunicações nacionais e ao fornecimento de serviços de telecomunicações Senegal Loi no. 2001-15 du 27 décembre 2001 portant code des télécommunications Seychelles Broadcasting and Telecommunication Act South Africa The Electronic Communications Act, no. 36 of 2005
Sudan
Telecommunication Act 2001
Remarks
Although there have been several amendments, the 1992 Act remains in force 1999 Replaces all earlier regulations to the contrary as well as the 1996 Ordinance regulating telecommunications 2003 Supersedes previous act of 1992 2001 All previous legal provisions contrary to the new law are abrogated including law no. 8/92 relating to Institutional Reform of telecommunications 2004 Revokes all previous laws contrary to this one
2001
Supersedes the 1996 Telecommunications Code
2000 2006
Replaces 1996 Telecommunications Act and large sections of the 1999 Broadcasting Act 2001 Repeals the 1974 Telecommunications Act Separate law in the South of Sudan (The Telecommunication Corporation Act, 2004). The relationship between this and the national Telecommunication Act 2001 is currently unclear. (continued next page)