Article 17:
The Ministry of Information shall be informed of any changes made to
the data indicated in the application for the license within fifteen days of
their occurrence.
Article 18:
Save the exceptions made to some prints pursuant to article (3) paragraph
(1), the Ministry of Information shall be the sole licensing authority for
distribution, circulation and publishing prints.
Article 19:
The peddlers are prohibited from promoting the sale of press prints by
hawking false or non existing news in the newspaper, or in a manner that
offending ethics or breaches the Public Order
Article 20:
Any distribution and circulation house shall provide the Ministry of
Information, free of charge, with five copies of the prints they import,
against relevant receipt of such submissions the made.
Article 21:
Prohibited shall be the import of any prints in breach with the Public
Order or in contradiction with the general ethics. They shall further be
prohibited from distribution and circulation in the Sultanate. Such
prohibition shall be by virtue of a decision to be issued by the Minister of
Information or by whom he authorizes.
Article 22:
The Minister of Information shall prohibit the circulation in the Sultanate
of Oman the prints that are in contradiction with morals and general
ethics or that infringe the Public Order or that breach the principles of
true Islam or the traditions and the rules in force.
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