Section 19. Power to notify standards

CHAPTER IV STANDARDS, PUBLIC SAFETY, NATIONAL SECURITY AND PROTECTION OF TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS 19. Power to notify standards.— The Central Government may notify standards and conformity assessment measures in respect of— (a) telecommunication equipment, telecommunication identifiers and telecommunication network; (b) telecommunication services, in consonance with any regulations notified by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India from time to time; (c) manufacture, import, distribution and sale of telecommunication equipment; (d) telecommunication security, including identification, analysis and prevention of intrusion in telecommunication services and telecommunication networks; (e) cyber security for telecommunication services and telecommunication networks; and (f) encryption and data processing in telecommunication. 19. Testing, trial, experimental, demonstration purposes for enabling implementation of new technologies, including for creation of one or more Regulatory Sandboxes. THE SECOND SCHEDULE [ See sections 32(1) (a) and 34 (8)] CIVIL PENALTIES FOR BREACH OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS UNDER SECTIONS 32 AND 34. |Categorisation|Civil Penalty| |---|---| |Severe|Up to Rs. 5 Crore| |Major|Up to Rs. 1 Crore| |Moderate|Up to Rs. 10 lakh| |Minor|Up to Rs. 1 lakh| |Non-severe|Written warning.| THE THIRD SCHEDULE [ See sections 33(1), (2), 34(1), (3), (5) and 34(8)] CIVIL PENALTIES FOR CERTAIN CONTRAVENTIONS |Sl.|No.|Contravention under the Act|Civil Penalty| |---|---|---|---| |1.||(a) Possessing radio equipment without an authorisation or|First Offence: Civil penalty up to| |||an exemption, except for the offence under clauses (d) and|fifty thousand rupees.| |||(f) of sub-section (3) of section 42;|| |||(b) Use of subscriber identity modules in excess of number|Each subsequent offence: Civil| |||notified.|penalty up to two lakh rupees for| ||||each such instance.| |2.||Use by any person or entity of a telecommunication service|Civil penalty up to ten lakh| |||or telecommunication network knowing or having reason|rupees.| |||to believe that such telecommunication service or|| |||telecommunication network does not have the required|| |||authorisation under this Act|| |3.||Contravention of the provisions of section 28 (Measures|First Offence: Civil penalty up to| |||for protection of users).|fifty thousand rupees.| ||||Each<br>subsequent<br>offence:| ||||Civil penalty up to two lakh| ||||rupees for each such instance, or| ||||suspension of telecommunication| ||||service, or a combination thereof| |4.||Contravention of any provision of this Act or rules, or any|First Offence: Civil penalty up to| |||terms or conditions of an assignment or authorisation in|twenty-five thousand rupees.| |||relation to any matter under this Act, for which no penalty|| |||or punishment is provided elsewhere in this Act.|| ||||Second or subsequent offence:| ||||Further Civil penalty up to fifty| ||||thousand rupees for every day| ||||after the first during which the| ||||contraventioncontinues.|