New Law Enforced as from Oct. 1: Fine of $200
Over 10,000 radio sets were regis tered on Monday, when their owners filled "the offices of the Chinese Bureau of International Telegraphs Peking Road in a Inst-minute rush. From Tuesday, the Bureau has announced its intention of enforcing the new law, Section 21 of the Chinese Telegraph Act.
By this act, all radio sets must be registered with the Bureau, failing which sets are Hable to confiscation Jand fines will be imposed on their owners ranging from $5 to $200. Registration ise free, and over 52,000 sets have been registered, including about 3,000 owned by foreigners, an official of the Bureau stated.
Applicants for the licences, which are' free, are required to fill in a form reading:—
"1, the undersigned, request to have 4 licence Issued for my radio brondeast= Ing Fecetwer which 1s located at.sssvs> Win the following particulars:—Type of receiver, (a) crystal, (b) bed, (by The Bureau of International Tele~ graphs emphasizes that no fee will charged for registration, but, until it knows where the majority fof sots are concentrated, it is, im possible for it the teca. tion of broadcasting stations to the most convenience of the greatest amount of users. The U.S, Consulate-General hag notified local American residents "that the new law, as Promulgated, does not apply to them. No objections, however, will raised if they voluntarily register thei sets, Meanwhile, the Bureau is, tunable to state what steps, if any, will be taken en the case of foreigners who refuse to register, as the matter Is still under negotiation,
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