Section 2H: Chairperson and members not to engage themselves in certain business, etc.

2H. Chairperson and members not to engage themselves in certain business, etc.__ (l) The Chairperson or any member, shall not, during the term of office, engage himself in any other service, business, vocation or employment, or enter into the employment of, or accept any advisory or consultancy relationship with any person or entity engaged in applying for the registration from the Authority or operating any media related business within the purview of the Authority or in providing services or products to the Authority on any of the projects, schemes, proposals or plans undertaken, executed or supervised by the Authority or any related undertaking of such aforesaid person or entity. The Chairperson or any member shall not have any direct or indirect financial interest or any connection which might reasonably be viewed as giving rise to a conflict of interest with any person, entity or related undertaking involved in any regulated activity under this Act. (2) The Chairperson or any member, other than ex-officio members, shall neither, for so long as he holds office and for a period of one year thereafter, seek or hold any office or employment nor acquire or purchase whether in his name or otherwise any interest in any company, corporation, partnership, trust, firm or company carrying on business in any regulated activity or the business of providing consultancy or advisory services to any person undertaking any regulated activity under this Act.

Effective date: 2016-08-18

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