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Information and Communication
Technologies

(2) The Authority shall, before suspending or cancelling a licence
in accordance with sub section (1), give written notice to the
holder thereof of its intention to suspend or cancel the licence and
shall—
give the reasons for the intended suspension or
cancellation; and
require the holder to show cause, within a period of not
more than thirty days, why the licence should not be
suspended or cancelled.
(3) The Authority shall not suspend or cancel a licence under
this section if the licensee takes remedial measures to the
satisfaction of the Authority within the period referred to in
subsection (2).
The Authority shall, in making its final determination on
the suspension or cancellation of a licence, consider the submissions
made by the licensee under subsection (2).
The Authority may suspend or cancel a licence if the
holder after being notified under sub section (2) fails to show cause
or does not take any remedial measures, to the satisfaction of the
Authority, within the time specified in that sub section.
A licensee shall, where the licence is suspended, cease
to be entitled to the rights and benefits conferred under this Act
for the period of the suspension of the licence.
Where a licence is cancelled, the holder of the licence
shall cease to be entitled to the rights and benefits conferred under
this Act, with effect from the date of such cancellation and shall
return the licence to the Authority.
(8) The Authority shall, where it suspends or cancels a licence
under this section, publish the suspension or cancellation, as the
case may be, in a daily newspaper of general circulation in Zambia.
Renewal of
licence

19. (1) A licensee may, not less than three months before the
expiry of a licence, apply for the renewal of the licence in the
prescribed manner and form, upon payment of the prescribed fee.
(2) The Authority shall, where a licensee makes an application
under subsection (1), renew the licence if the licensee—
continues to fulfil the eligibility requirements under this
Act;
continues to be financially and technically capable of
meeting the licensee's obligations under this Act and
any other law; and
(c) has not, during the term of the licence, contravened the

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