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,
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