(b) a body corporate in which a controlling interest is not held, directly or indirectly,
whether through any individual, company or association or otherwise, by one or more
individuals who are citizens of Zimbabwe or are regarded as permanently resident in
Zimbabwe by virtue of the Immigration Act [Chapter 4:02];
may hold or acquire any shares in a mass media service.
(3) Nothing contained in this section shall prevent any person who is an existing mass
media owner as at 31st January, 2002, from continuing to be a mass media owner after that date
to the extent of his ownership on that date.
66 Registration of mass media services
(1) A mass media owner shall carry on the activities of a mass media service only after
registering and receiving a certificate of registration in terms of this Act:
Provided that this section shall not apply to—
(a) the activities of a person holding a licence issued in terms of the Broadcasting Services
Act [Chapter 12:06] to the extent that such activities are permitted by such licence; or
(b) a representative office of a foreign mass media service permitted to operate in
Zimbabwe in terms of section ninety; or
(c) in-house publications of an organisation which is not mass media service.
(2) An application for the registration of a mass media service whose products are intended
for dissemination in Zimbabwe shall be submitted by its owner to the Commission in the form
and manner prescribed and accompanied by the prescribed fee.
(3) The Commission shall, upon receiving an application for registration, send a
notification of receipt of the application to the owner or person authorised by him indicating the
date when the application was received, and the Commission shall consider such application
within a month of receiving it.
(4) A mass media service shall be registered when it is issued with a certificate of
registration by the Commission.
(5) A certificate issued in terms of subsection (4) shall be valid for a period of two years
and may be renewed thereafter.
(6) The registered owner shall start circulating his mass media's products six months from
the date of the issue of the registration certificate, failing which the registration certificate shall
be deemed to be cancelled.
67 Notification of changes
A mass media service shall be required to notify the Commission of any changes if—
(a) the owner is replaced;
(b) the co-owners change;
(c) the name, language, form and frequency of the periodical dissemination of mass media
products is altered;
(d) the area where the mass media products are circulated is changed;
(e) the editorial office changes its place of location and form.

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