MALAWI COMMUNICATIONS LAW 1998                                                                      MALAWI SDNP
 
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 PART VII - MALAWI TELECOM

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PART VII-MALAWI TELECOM
70.-(l) The Minister of Finance shall form and register in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, a company limit-ed by shares to be known as Malawi Telecommunications Limited (in this Act otherwise referred to as "Malawi Telecom"). 
   
(2) The Memorandum and Articles of Association of Malawi Telecom shall contain provisions which limit its activities to the operation of a telecommunication network, the provision of telecommunication services and other activities related thereto. 
 
Incorporation 
of Malawi 
Telecom 
Cap. 46:03 
 
 
71.-(I) Before the transfer date, the Malawi Posts and Telecommunications Corporation shall take steps to separate the postal network and postal services from the telecommunication network and telecommunication services.  
   
(2) On the transfer date , all property, rights, duties, obligations and liabilities which were comprised in the part of the undertakings of the Malawi Posts and Telecommunications Corporation concerned with the operation of the public telecommunications network and the provision of telecommunication services shall be transferred to Malawi Telecom. 
Transfer of 
assets, etc. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
72.--(1) Any employee of the Malawi Posts and Telecommunications Corporation whose duties relate wholly or mainly to the operation of a telecommunication network or the provision of telecommunication services may elect to transfer to the service of Malawi Telecom. 
  
(2) Any person who- 
 (a) was in the service of the Malawi Posts and Telecommunications Corporation immediately before the transfer date; and  
(b) has elected to transfer to the service of Malawi Telecom not less than ninety days before the transfer date, 
  
shall enjoy terms and conditions of service after his transfer that are no less favourable than those he enjoyed before his transfer, and his previous service with the Malawi Posts and Telecommunications Corporation shall be treated as service with Malawi Telecom for the purpose of determining his rights to or eligibility for any pension, gratuity, leave or other benefits. 

(3) Any person who transfers to the service of Malawi Telecom in accordance with the provisions of subsection (2) shall not be entitled to receive any other compensation for having left the service of Malawi Posts and Telecommunications Corporation. 
 
 

Election to 
transfer to 
employment  
with Malawi 
Telecom 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
73. The Authority shall be consulted before the Minister of  
Finance may dispose of all or part of the Government interest in the  
shares of Malawi Telecom. 
 
Sale of shares  
in Malawi Telecom  
 
 
B. No. 17
 
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