(1) Notwithstanding anything contained elsewhere in this Act, any provisions contained in this Act shall not apply to such communication enterprises as may, in consultation with the Committee, be specified by the Government of
Nepal, by publishing a Notification in the Nepal Gazette.
(2) In specifying any communication enterprises to be exempted from any provisions of this Act pursuant to Sub-section (1), the Government of Nepal may take the following grounds into consideration:
(a) Volume of sale of newspapers;
(b) Capacity of radio equipment;
(c) Number of customers of cable television;
(d) Number of hits on-line magazines;
(e) Number of production of programmes;
(f) Number of distribution of news.