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Transitional
provisions

Communications

No. 34

(a) shall remain in force, unless in conflict with this Act, and
shall be deemed to be subsidiary legislation made under this Act;
and

(b) may be replaced, amended, revoked or repealed by
subsidiary legislation made under this Act.
204.__(1) Any licence issued or permission granted in
accordance with the repealed Act shall, unless otherwise expressly
provided for in this Act or in any other written law, continue
to be in force and be deemed to have been issued or granted by the
Authority or the Minister, as the case may be, under this Act.

(2) Any frequency assignment made under the repealed Act shall
continue to be in force and be deemed to have been made under this
Act, provided that__
(a) the information relating to the frequency assignment is
made available to the Authority; and

(b) any conditions contained in a frequency licence applicable
to the frequency assignment are complied with.

(3) Any approval for equipment given under the repealed Act
shall continue to be in force and be deemed to have been made
under this Act.
(4) Members of the Authority, the Malawi Broadcasting
Corporation, and the Malawi Posts Corporation as constituted
immediately before the coming into force of this Act, shall continue
to hold office as Members until the appointment of new Members in
accordance with this Act.

Legal
proceedings

(5) The Authority shall, within twenty-four months from the
commencement of this Act, convert all licences issued or granted
under the repealed Act, and the Authority may extend the
twenty-four months period by a period not exceeding six months
after the expiry of the twenty-four months period.

205. Any legal proceedings commenced immediately before
the coming into force of this Act by or against the Malawi
Communications Regulatory Authority, the Malawi Broadcasting
Corporation, or the Malawi Posts Corporation established under the
repealed Act, shall be deemed to have been commenced by or
against the Authority, the Malawi Broadcasting Corporation, or
the Malawi Posts Corporation, respectively established under this
Act.

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