A candidate for admission to an examination for the grant of certificates specified the Rule 3 shall pay fees in the following scale namely:
(i) For First Class Radio Electronic Certificate of proficiency and Licence or Second Class Radio Electronic Certificate of proficiency and Licence:- a) for Part-I Rupees 1000/- b) for Part-I] and/or Part-II] Rupees 1000/- For General Operator's Certificate of Proficiency and Licence or Restricted Operator's Certificate of Proficiency and Licence:
For Part-I and/or Part-II Rupees 500/- (Fee for an examination specified above is subject to revision by Central Government from time to time).
7. EXAMINATION:
(1) The examination for the award of Global Maritime Distress and Safety System certificates specified under rule 3 shall be held in accordance with the terms of the convention and in the manner determined. from time to time, by the Central Government who shall notify the place at which and the date on which such an examination shall be held.
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(2) Any person admitted to the examination and found guilty of impersonation of submitting fabricated documents which have been tempered with or making statements which are in correct or false or suppressing material information or otherwise resorting to any other irregular or improper means for obtaining admissions to the examination may, in addition to rendering him/herself liable to criminal prosecution, be debarred either permanently or’ for a specified period from appearing in any of the examination held for the award of Global Maritime Distress and Safety System certificate specified under Rule
(3). Provided that order under this rule shall not be made unless the person has been given a reasonable opportunity of making a representation against the action proposed to be taken.
8. VALIDITY OF LICENCES:
Every Licence specified under rule 3 shall be valid for a period of ten years from the date of issue of the certificate for such licence.
On the expiry of the initial period of the validity of licence under sub-rule (1) it may be renewed for a further period of five years at a time. if the person to whom such licence is issued.
i) Pays a fee of Rs. 500/- 1) Has a total experience of not less than 6 months within 5 years immediately preceding the date of expiry of a licence and or ili) Satisfies the Central Government by re-examination or otherwise that he still possesses all the eligibilities required for issue of the certificate.
If the holder of a licence. in the opinion of the Central Government has willfully or negligently provided incorrect or false information for the purpose of re-validation of the licence, the Central Government may endorse, suspend or cancel the licence.
Provided that no order to suspend or cancel the licence under this rule shall be made unless the person concerned has been given a reasonable opportunity of making a representation against the action proposed to be taken.
Explanation:- For the purposes of this rule, the expression “experience” means the experience gained at a mobile station in the Maritime or Aeronautical Mobile Service using GMDSS.
9. ISSUE OF DUPLICATE OR REPLACEMENT OF CERTIFICATES AND LICENCES:
A holder whose certificate or licence under these rules has been lost, mutilated or destroyed shall immediately notify the loss to the Central Government. A properly executed application for duplicate certificate shall be made to the Central Government embodying a statement of the circumstances involved in the loss, mutilation or destruction of the certificate or licence for which a duplicate is required. If the certificate or licence has been lost, the applicant must state that reasonable search has been made for it and further, that in the event it be found, either the original or the duplicate shall be returned for cancellation.
The Central Government may issue duplicate copy of any certificate or licence on the payment of Rs. 500/-.
10. DISCIPLINE OF OPERATORS:
(1) If in the opinion of the Central Government the holders of the Certificate or licence has wilfully or negligently failed to comply with the provisions of the convention, or of these rules or of any regulations lawfully applicable to him/her in respect of operation of Radio Apparatus the Central Government may endorse, suspend or cancel the certificate.
(2) The Central Government may under these rules at any time require the holder of a certificate of proficiency to produce the same and the holder shall comply with such requisition.
(3) The Central Government may at any time require the holder of a certificate of proficiency or licence to be re-examined in order to test his knowledge and ability and may as a result of such examination, endorse, suspend or cancel the proficiency or the licence. No fee shall be chargeable for such examination. ,
(4) Every holder of the certificate under these rules shall observe secrecy of the correspondence. A declaration to this effect shall be made by such holder in the application for admission to the examination for such certificate:
Provided that the Central Government may modify, vary, cancel or revoke any of the conditions governing the issue of GMDSS certificate under these rules either by sending notice in writing to the holder or by a general notice published in the Official Gazette or News Paper in New Delhi.
11. Admission and award of proficiency and ‘licence to operate’ to foreigners:
Notwithstanding anything contained in these Rules, the Central Government may, subject to such conditions as it may impose from time to time:
( 1) admit a person, who is not a citizen of India to an examination held under these rules, and (II) award him/her a certificate of proficiency in wireless telegraphy or certificate of licence to operate wireless telegraphy or (III) award him only a certificate of proficiency in wireless telegraphy.
12. RECOGNITION OF CERTIFICATES ISSUED BY OTHER COUNTRIES:
The Central Government may recognize, subject to any conditions as it may prescribe from time to time, certificate specified under rule 3 issued by a competent authority in any other country as a certificate of proficiency or licence of the same class issued by it.
13. PROVISIONAL CERTIFICATE:
The Central Government may issue a provisional certificate to the successful candidates immediately on declaration of the results before issue of regular certificate under these rules.
14. LANGUAGE:
The Language of the examinations conducted under these rules shall be English.
Sd/- (T.K. Varada Krishnan) Assistant Wireless Adviser to the Government of India No. R-11014/13/97-LR