Section 36

Any person who digs, bores, trenches, grades, excavates or breaks any ground with any mechanical equipment or explosive or allows employee or agent of the person to do so without first ascertaining the location of any telecommunication cable belonging to or under the management or control of any telecommunication system licensee that may be interfered with shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $100,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or to both.[32