OFFENCES & PUNISHMENT UNDER BANGLADESH

TELECOMMUNICATION ACT-2001
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Offence

Punishment

1.

Penalty for sending false

message etc. by using radio
or telecommunication(66)
Penalty for causing
interference in radio
communication and
telecommunication. (67)
Penalty for misuse of radio or
telecommunication apparatus
by employee. (68)
Penalty for sending obscene,
indecent message etc. (69)

imprisonment for a term not

exceeding 3 (three) years or to a fine not exceeding 3
(three) lac taka or to both.
imprisonment for a term not
exceeding 3 (three) years or to a fine not exceeding 3
(three) lac taka or to both.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

Penalty for causing

annoyance by telephone
calls. (70)
Penalty for eavesdropping
telephone conversation. (71)
Penalty for trespass, unlawful
stay, causing damage to
apparatus, obstruction to
operation activity etc. (72)
Other offences and
penalties{73(a-e)}

9.

Where a person contravenes

a provision of this Act or the
regulations made there under
for which no penalty is
prescribed in this Act or the
regulations. (73:3)

10
.

Penalty for abetment of

offence etc.. (74)

11
.

Violation of regulations made

by the commission on
identifying the conditions of
a licence or permit, (75)

12
.

imprisonment for a term not

exceeding 5 (Five) years or to a fine not exceeding 5
(five) lac taka or to both.
imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 (six) months
or to a fine not exceeding 50 (fifty) thousand taka or
to both.
a fine not exceeding 25 (twenty five) thousand taka
and, in default of payment of fine, to an imprisonment
for a term not exceeding 3 (three) months.
imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 (six) months
or to a fine not exceeding 50 (fifty) thousand taka or
to both.
imprisonment for a term not exceeding 7 (seven)
years or to a fine not exceeding 7 (seven) lac taka or
to both.
imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 (five) years
or to a fine not exceeding 5 (five) lac taka or to both;
if such offence is a continuous one, an additional fine
not exceeding 25 thousand taka for each day of the
continuous period after the first day.
for the first-time violation, imprisonment for a term not
exceeding
2 years or to a fine not exceeding 2 lac taka or to
both;
for each subsequent violation to a fine not exceeding 3
lac taka or an imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3
years or to both.
to the same penalty prescribed for the commission of
that offence.
imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 (two) years
or fine not exceeding 2 (two) lac taka or both.

OFFENCES & PUNISHMENT UNDER BANGLADESH

TELECOMMUNICATION ACT-2001

Offence by company: If a Company contravenes a provision contained in or made under

this Act, every owner, director, manager, secretary or other officer or employee or
representative of the company shall be deemed to have violated that provision, unless he
proves that the violation took place beyond his knowledge or that he took all possible
steps within his capacity to prevent the violation.
A Court of Sessions shall be competent to hold the trial of an offence under this Act or
regulations.
Only a Magistrate of the first class or a Metropolitan Magistrate or a court superior to such
Magistrate shall be competent to take cognizance of an offence under this Act on the basis
of a report of an Inspector or a person authorized by the Commission.