அதிகாரப்பூர்வ மொழிபெயர்ப்புDepartment of Government Printing-இலிருந்து, மாற்றமின்றி
(1)
There shall be levied for every year commencing from January 1, 2019, from every mobile telephone operator who owns a cellular tower, a levy to be called the “Cellular
Tower Levy” (hereinafter in this Part referred to as “the levy”)
of rupees two hundred thousand per annum for each cellular tower.
(2)
The levy shall be paid by such mobile telephone operator, to the Telecommunication Regulatory
Commission (hereinafter in this Part referred to as “the
Commission”) in four equal instalments, respectively as follows:—
(a)
first instalment on or before the fifteenth day of
April of the relevant year;
(b)
second instalment on or before the fifteenth day of
July of the relevant year;
(c)
third instalment on or before the fifteenth day of
October of the relevant year;
(d)
fourth instalment on or before the fifteenth day of
January of the year succeeding the relevant year.
(3)
(a)
The levy payable under subsection (1) in respect of any cellular tower not owned by any mobile telephone operator, shall be paid by the mobile telephone operator who uses the cellular tower.
(b)
Where the cellular tower is used by more than one mobile telephone operator, the levy shall be paid by such mobile telephone operators in equal shares.
(4)
The Commission shall remit the amount of the levy so collected to the Consolidated Fund within fifteen days from the date of collection.