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32J.
—(1) If, on an application made to the Minister by the Authority in relation to any specified telecommunication licensee, the Minister is satisfied that any one or more of the grounds specified in subsection (2) are satisfied in relation to that licensee, the Minister may make any one or more of the following orders:
(a)
a special administration order in relation to that licensee;
(b)
an order requiring the licensee immediately to take any action or to do or not to do any act or thing in relation to its business as the Minister may consider necessary;
(c)
an order appointing a person to advise that licensee in the proper conduct of its business.
(2) The grounds referred to in subsection (1) are that —
(a)
there has been, is or is likely to be a contravention by the specified telecommunication licensee of the conditions of its licence or of this Act which is serious enough to make it inappropriate for the licensee to continue to hold the licence;
(b)
the specified telecommunication licensee is or is likely to be unable to pay its debts;
(c)
the Minister considers it in the interest of the security and reliability of the supply of telecommunication services in Singapore; and
(d)
the Minister considers it to be in the public interest.
(3) The Minister may make a special administration order in relation to a specified telecommunication licensee notwithstanding the commencement of —
(a)
any proceedings relating to the making of an order under section 210 of the Companies Act (Cap. 50) in relation to the specified telecommunication licensee;
(b)
any proceedings relating to the making of a judicial management order under the Companies Act in relation to the specified telecommunication licensee; or
(c)
any proceedings under the Companies Act relating to the winding up of the affairs of the specified telecommunication licensee.
(4) Notice of any application under subsection (1) shall be given immediately by the Authority to such persons and in such manner as may be determined by the Authority.
(5) Any decision of the Minister under subsection (1) shall be final.
(6) For the purposes of this section, a specified telecommunication licensee, being a company, is unable to pay its debts if it is deemed to be unable to pay its debts under section 254(2) of the Companies Act.
(7) The Minister may at any time (whether or not the appointment of the person has terminated) fix the remuneration and expenses to be paid by a specified telecommunication licensee to any person appointed by the Minister under subsection (1)(c) to advise the licensee in the proper conduct of its business.
(8) Where the Minister issues an order to a specified telecommunication licensee under subsection (1) and the licensee fails to comply with that order, the licensee shall be guilty of an offence.