Section 9: Duty to broadcast government announcements

(1) The Corporation shall, whenever so requested by an authorised public officer, broadcast a Government programme, at the Corporation's own expense, which such officer may request the Corporation to broadcast and shall also, whenever so requested by any such officer in whose opinion an emergency has arisen or continues, at the like expense, broadcast as aforesaid any other matter which the officer may request the Corporation to broadcast and the Corporation may in its discretion announce or refrain from announcing that such a notice has been given or has been varied or revoked.
(2) In this section, "authorised public officer" means any officer in any of the public services in the Federation declared to be such by the President.