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Programme Code: (1) No programme should be carried in the cable service which-

(a) offends against good taste or decency;

(b) contains criticism of friendly countries;

(c) contains attack on religions or communities or visuals or words contemptuous of religious groups or which promote communal attitudes;

(d) contains anything obscene, defamatory, deliberate, false and suggestive innuendos and half truths;

(e) is likely to encourage or incite violence or contains anything, against maintenance of law and order or which promote anti-national attitudes;

(l) denigrates children;

(m) contains visual or words which reflect a slandering, ironical and snobbish attitude in the portrayal of certain ethnic, linguistic and regional groups;

(n) contravenes the provisions of the Cinematograph Act, 1952 (37 of 1952) ;

(o) is not suitable for unrestricted public exhibition.

22. Rule 7 deals with the Advertising Code which reads thus :

(1) Advertising carried in the cable service shall be so designed as to conform to the laws of the country and should not offend morality, decency and religious susceptibilities of the subscribers.

(2) No advertisement shall be permitted which-

(i) derides any race, caste, colour, creed and nationality;

(ii) is against any provision of the Constitution of India;

(iii) tends to incite people to crime, cause disorder or violence or breach of law or glorifies violence or obscenity in any way;

(iv) presents criminality as desirable;

(v) exploits the national emblem or any part of the Constitution or the person or personality of national leader or a State dignitary;

(vi) in its depiction of women violates the Constitutional guarantees to all citizens. In particular, no advertisement shall be permitted which projects a derogatory image of women. Women must not be portrayed in a manner that emphasises passive, submissive qualities and encourages them to play a subordinate, secondary role in the family and society. The cable operator shall ensure that the portrayal of the female form in the programmes carried in his cable service is tasteful and aesthetic, and is within the well established norms of good taste and decency; (vii) exploits social evils like dowry, child marriage;