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procedure to be heard on the facts which have given cause to the procedure. The
broadcaster’s representative has the right to attend the Council session at which the
revocation of the licence is discussed and to orally plead the broadcaster’s defence at that
opportunity.
The Council decision on revoking the broadcasting licence shall be reached by a twothirds
majority of all the Council members.
The decision in para 3 of this Article must be duly reasoned.
The broadcaster, whose broadcasting licence has been revoked, has the right to file an
objection to the Council within eight days after the Council has delivered it the decision.
The objection stays the implementation of the decision.
An administrative lawsuit may be launched against the Council decision on the objection.
The broadcaster shall forthwith obey the final Council decision on licence revocation,
and if it fails to comply, the procedure of forced Council decision execution shall be
applied in keeping with this Law.
Broadcasting Licence Revocation as a Sanction for Violating Broadcaster
Obligations
Article 63
The Council shall pronounce a temporary broadcasting licence revocation lasting up to 30
(thirty) days against a broadcaster which, despite the warning pronounced in terms to
Article 18 of this Law, continues failing to abide by the provisions of this Law or
regulations passed on the basis of it or does not abide by the terms embodied in the
broadcasting licence or does not act pursuant to measures for remedying the violations
specified in the Council warning.
The permanent revocation of a broadcasting licence shall be pronounced against a
broadcaster which has not fulfilled its obligations and has previously been punished at
least three times by temporary broadcasting licence revocation.
Broadcasting Licence Expiration
Article 64
A broadcasting licence shall no longer be valid upon expiration of the term for which the
broadcasting licence was issued unless the Agency has reached a decision on its
extension in keeping with Article 59 of this Law.
Procedure of Forced Execution of Council Decision
Article 64a
The Council decision on licence revocation, or on prohibition of programme
broadcasting, shall be delivered forthwith to the broadcaster, or the natural or legal
person broadcasting the programme without the broadcasting licence.
If the authorised person of the broadcaster, or the natural person or the authorised person
of the legal person broadcasting the programme without the licence, refuses to receive the
Agency decision referred to in para 1 of this Article, that decision shall be deemed
delivered when attached by the Agency's authorised person to the entrance door of the
business premises used by the broadcaster, or the natural or legal person broadcasting the
programme without the licence.
The broadcaster whose broadcasting licence has been temporarily or permanently
revoked, as well as the legal or natural person broadcasting the programme without the
licence, shall cease broadcasting the programme immediately after the Council decision
on licence revocation or the decision on prohibition of programme broadcasting becomes
final.
If the broadcaster, or the natural or legal person broadcasting the programme without the
licence, does not cease broadcasting the programme themselves within the time limit
referred to in para 3 of this Article, the Council decision shall be executed by the person
employed with the Agency and authorised by the Council, by sealing the premises
containing the telecommunication equipment of the broadcaster, or the natural or legal
person broadcasting the programme without the licence, including the radio station.
The person authorised for forced execution of the Council decision shall be issued an
identification card which that person shall present to the broadcaster's authorised person
or other interested person, or the natural person or the authorised person of the legal
person broadcasting the programme without the licence, when entering their business
premises for the purpose of forced execution of the Council decision.
The contents and form of the identification card referred to in para 5 of this Article shall
be prescribed by the Council.
In executing the procedure referred to in para 5 of this Article, the Agency shall be
entitled to seek help of the Ministry of Interior, if needed.
Revision of Terms Set in the Radio Station Licence
Article 65
The terms set in the radio station licence may be revised by the telecommunications
regulatory authority during the work of that radio station only in keeping with a separate
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