Is not relieved of the criminal responsibility related to what it was stated in previous article only because what was written or drawn or photographed or any other means of expression either it be transferred or translated via publication issued in the .Kingdom of Bahrain or abroad, or it be rumors or stories conveyed by others (Article (74 Without the violation of criminal responsibility related to the writer of the article or author or that had placed the drawing or any other means of expression. The editor.in-chief is punished on what had been published Newspapers are also responsible to stand-by their editors related to compensations .they are sentenced with due to publication (Article (75 If the editor-in-chief was sentenced or the editor in charge in the crime of publishing conducted through the newspaper the court had the right in suspending the newspaper's work not more six months. If the editor-in-chief or editor is sentence a second time in a crime that had been mentioned in the second consecutive year of the issuance of the previous sentence the newspaper is suspend for three months and does not exceed one year with the authority of invalidating the license. It is .prohibited to suspend or invalidate the license only after the sentence is final Chapter 7 Penal procedures and trials relating to publishing crimes Article 76 Publishing crimes via newspapers and other publications are subjected to the law on .penal trials, taking into account the provisions stipulated in the following articles Article 77 The High Civil Court has the authority to deal with the above-mentioned crimes and . .its verdicts are appealable before the High Civil Court of Appeal Article 78 The High Civil Court has the right – upon request from the Public Prosecution or the plaintiffs- to order the temporary suspension of a publication in case it publishes .what amounts to a crime It has also the authority to order – by its own accord- the suspension of the .publication if it deems that its issuance endangers national security Article 79 Penal cases involving publishing cases stipulated in this law can't be lodged in cases of elapse of three months as per the day of publishing. Compensation claims will be Official Gazette – Issue No.: 2554 – Wednesday 30 October 2002ADP a g e | 19