The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (i)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 374] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23,1983/ASHVINA 1, 1905 Separate Paging to given to this Part in order that it may be filed as a separate
compilation
2 THE GAZETTE OF TNDIA : EXTRAORDINARY TPARI II—SET. JO)] 2. In the Indian Telegraph Rules, 1951, in rule 434, after Section XV, the following Sections shall be inserted, mimely :— 'Section XVI—DATA SERVICE :(u) The charges for data service on telephone exchange
system shall be as follows :—
(i) Fee for using the telephone line for data
transmission at speeds upto 1200 BPS in- clusive of rental for a date modem Rs. 6,000 per annum
(ii) Fee for using the telephone line for data transmission at speeds upto 1,200 BPS, when the data modem i1. provided by the subscriber himself Rs. 3,000 per annum
(lii) Installation charge for data modem Rs. 600
(b) The charges for leased data circuka shall be leMed at 1.25 "times the charge specified in clause (a) of sub-rule (1) of rule 496 of these rules.
Explanation:—For the purposes of this Section,
(_ 1 j "data service" means communication of aided
infoi rnation ;
(2) "data modem" is an equipment used for convening
speech signals Into coded signals and vice versa.
Section XVII.—FACSIMILE SERVICE :
(a) The charges for facsimile service, on telephone ex-
change systems shall be as' follows :—
Fee for using the telephone lino for facsimile
transmision at speeds upto 1200 BPS Rs. 3,000 per annum
(b) The charges for leased facsimile circuits shall be levied at 1.25 times the charge specified in clause (a) of sub-rule (1) of rule 496 of these rules.
Explanation :—For the purposes of this Section,
"facsimile means picture transmission."
[F. No, 24-1/83-PHC]
IF. No. 4-17/83-R]
K, THOMAS KORA, Addl. Secy, to Govt. of India and
Member, PAT Bnaid,
M1MISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS
(Posts & Telegraphs Board)
Note :—Principal notifications amending the said Rules on the subject after the publication of the P&T Manual Vol. 1, Legislative Enactments lJail II (Fifth Edi- tion) Corrected upto 1-11-1978, are as follows :—
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 23rd September, 1983
G.S.R. 740(E).-—In exercise of the powers conferred by section 7 of the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 (13 of 1885) the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Indian Telegraph Rules, 1951, namely :—
1. (1) Those rules may be called the Indian Telegraph
(Seventh Amendment) Rules, 1983.
(2) They shall come into force on the 1st day of
October, 1983.