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44 :(b) be extended or renewed, if the Minister is satisfied that the circumstances warrant it, but not beyond the time the activation order ceases to have effect.

(4) If satisfied that a direction under section 32 has been complied with, the Minister must revoke the direction and give written notice of the revocation in the same manner in which the direction was given or served.

(5) Subsection (4) does not prevent a further direction being made under section 32 in the same terms as a direction that has expired.

(6) A direction under section 32 is sufficiently served as follows:
 * (a) for a direction that is addressed to a telecommunication licensee, if it is given in the manner prescribed in section 52;
 * (b) for a direction that is addressed to a class of telecommunication licensees if it is served on each of the licensees in the class in accordance with paragraph (a).

(7) A direction under section 32 that is served—
 * (a) in accordance with subsection (6)(a) takes effect when it is served; or
 * (b) in accordance with subsection (6)(b) takes effect when it is served on all the persons in the class in question.

Obligations of addressee, etc., of section 32 direction

34.—(1) A telecommunication licensee to whom the direction under section 32 is given must give effect to the direction despite any other duty imposed on the licensee by or under any other written law.

(2) Any telecommunication licensee who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $50,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both.

(3) A telecommunication licensee to whom the direction under section 32 is given, and an employee or a contractor of such a telecommunication licensee, must not, without reasonable excuse, disclose the receipt by the telecommunication licensee of the direction