# Telecommunications Act 1984, Section 43: Improper use of public telecommunication system.

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) A person who—
(a) sends, by means of a public telecommunication system, a message or other matter that is grossly offensive or of an indecent, obscene or menacing character; or
(b) sends by those means, for the purpose of causing annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety to another, a message that he knows to be false or persistently makes use for that purpose of a public telecommunication system,
shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or both.
(2) Subsection (1) above does not apply to anything done in the course of providing a programme service (within the meaning of the Broadcasting Act 1990).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/12/section/43 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/telecommunications-act-1984/section-43
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