dropped if the plaintiff does not file a case within three months as per the date of .publishing / or the day of issuance of final court verdict Article 80 The Public Prosecution is the sole party legally vested to investigate, of its own accord, crimes which violate this law – or upon request of the ministry, the plaintiff or any party stipulated in this law, taking into account paragraph (d) of article (70) in .this law. Investigation into such crimes is the responsibility of the Public Prosecution Article 81 No journalist, a writer, an editor-in-chief or a responsible editor – if existent - shall be interrogated unless the minister and the journalists society are notified and in presence of a representative of a newspaper or the journalists' association to be chosen by the concerned journalist himself. No journalist shall be held in custody of involvement in press crimes unless the case concern a crime stipulated in article 214 .of the penal law Article 82 In case of a final indictment of the case of press crime, the court shall order the publication of the full text of the ruling or its summary in the following issue of the newspaper after the announcement of the verdict and in the same place in which .the controversial article had been published and with the same font Article 83 In case the publication involving the controversial article was issued abroad importers and distributors of the publication shall be held accountable and sanctioned as stipulated in this law. In case the writer or publisher is unknown, the publisher shall be punished as the initial perpetrator of the crime included in the .publication Article 84 The ministry has the authority to warn the newspaper in case it publishes material .that violates the provisions of this law or the provisions of the penal law The editor-in-chief or responsible editor shall publish the warning in the issue which follows the issuance of the warning. Sanctions stipulated in this law shall still be .imposed because of the material for which the warning was issued Article 85 Without violating the sanctions stipulated in this law, the newspaper can still be suspended for a period which does not exceed one year or have its license revoked if proven that it serves the interests of a foreign state or authority, or if proven that its policies contravene the national interest of the Kingdom of Bahrain, or if proven that it received, without authorization from the ministry, from any foreign state or party, Official Gazette – Issue No.: 2554 – Wednesday 30 October 2002ADP a g e | 20

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