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(a) be announced in a similar manner; and
(b) not be pre-packaged or pre-recorded.
(7) No party political notice shall be broadcast immediately before or
after news items or current affairs programmes.
(8) No party political notice shall include any political party
manifesto content, party slogan or campaign messages.

Prohibition on
party-political
broadcasts

27. (1) A licensee shall not permit party-political broadcasts under any
circumstances except during an election period.
(2) A licensee shall not permit party-political adverts under any
circumstances.

Broadcasting
during elections

28. (1) A licensee shall air contesting party-political broadcasts and
afford all contesting political parties similar opportunities.
(2) If, during an election period, the programming of any
licensee extends to the elections, political parties and issues relevant
thereto, the licensee shall provide reasonable opportunities for the
discussion of conflicting views and shall treat all political parties
equitably.
(3) In the event of any criticism against a political party being
levelled in a particular programme of any licensee without such party
having been afforded an opportunity to respond thereto in the same
programme or without the view of such political party being reflected
therein, the licensee concerned shall afford such party a reasonable
opportunity to reply to the criticism.
(4) If, within 48 hours before the commencement of the polling
period, a licensee intends broadcasting a programme in which a
particular political party is criticised, the licensee shall afford the
political party a reasonable opportunity to reply thereto in the same
programme, or as soon as is reasonably practicable before polling day.
(5) The opportunity to reply referred to in subregulations (3) and
(4) shall be broadcast with the same degree of prominence and, where
applicable, in substantially the same timeslot as the initial criticism.
(6) The Authority shall in consultation with the relevant
stakeholders develop a code of conduct for broadcasting during the
election period.

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