210. (1) Every application for registration shall be made to the Board in
such form and manner, containing such particulars, and accompanied by such
fee, as may be specified by regulations:
Provided that every application received by the Board shall be acknowledged
withinseven days of its receipt.
(2) On receipt of the application under sub-section (1), the Board may, on
being satisfied that the application conforms to all requirements specified
under sub-section (1), grant a certificate of registration to the applicant
or else, reject, by order, such application.
(3) The Board may issue a certificate of registration to the applicant in
such form and manner and subject to such terms and conditions as may be
specified.
(4) The Board may renew the certificate of registration from time to time in
such manner and on payment of such fee as may be specified by regulations.
(5) The Board may, by order, suspend or cancel the certificate of
registration granted to an information utility on any of the following
grounds, namely:-
(a) that it has obtained registration by making a false statement or
misrepresentation or any other unlawful means;
(b) that it has failed to comply with the requirements of the regulations
made by the Board;
(c) that it has contravened any of the provisions of the Act or the rules or
the regulations made thereunder;
(d) on any other ground as may be specified by regulations:
Provided that no order shall be made under this sub-section unless the
information utility concerned has been given a reasonable opportunity of
being heard:
Provided further that no such order shall be passed by any member except
whole-time members of the Board