s.8National Emergency Notification System
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Section 8Part —

National Emergency Notification System

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The National Emergency Notification System shall enable the Government to broadcast emergency announcements to the public on such frequency or in such manner as is specified in a memorandum of understanding between the Government and a person who is licensed to operate an ICT Network under the Information and Communications Technology Authority Law (2019 Revision).
No announcement shall be broadcast on the National Emergency Notification System unless it is in writing and approved and signed by a Chairman of the Management Executive or the Chairman of the Management Council in consultation with the Director, except in the event of a sudden onset event specified in subsection (2A).
In the event of a sudden onset event like a tsunami or an earthquake, which requires swift notification to the public, the Director may authorise the broadcast of an emergency announcement and shall notify the Chairman of the Management Executive or the Chairman of the Management Council of the broadcast as soon as is practicable thereafter.
Subject to subsection (6), a person who contravenes subsection (2) —
commits an offence and is liable, on summary conviction, to a fine of five thousand dollars; and
is, without prejudice to the power of the court to make any other order or grant any other relief, liable in civil proceedings to pay damages to any person who suffers injury, loss or damage as a result of relying on the announcement.
The Director shall keep an original signed copy of all announcements broadcast on the National Emergency Notification System and shall, upon application in writing, provide the applicant with a certified copy of any such original signed copy.
All announcements broadcast on the National Emergency Notification System shall be presumed to be broadcast in accordance with subsection (2).
A person with whom the Government has entered into a memorandum of understanding referred to in subsection (1) —
is entitled to presume that all announcements being broadcast on the National Emergency Notification System are being broadcast in accordance with subsection (2); and
shall not be liable under subsection (3) unless the person knew or had reason to believe that the announcement was not being broadcast in accordance with subsection (2).

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