Section l60J (“Conduct of news media during election period”) of the principal Act is amended-

(a) in subsection (1) by the try the deletion of “During an election period” and the substitution of “Subject to subsection (2), during an election period”;

(b) by the insertion of the following subsection, the existing section becoming subsection (1)-

“(2) The Commission may, after consultation with the Minister, by notice in the Gazette, activate the operation of subsection (1) and of any specified provision of this Part before an election period, so, however, that subsection (1) and the specified provisions take effect from any specified date on or after the beginning of the period of six months before the end of the five-year term of Parliament as specified in section 143 of the Constitution.”.