No. 12
Media Services
2016
(4) Where a period of accreditation granted under
subsection (3) expires, and the purpose for accreditation is
not completed, the journalist who pursues that purpose
may apply to the Board for extension of time for a further
period not exceeding twenty one days.
(5) The Board may cancel the accreditation of a
journalist if its satisfied that:
(a) the journalist has committed
gross
professional misconduct as prescribed in the
code of ethics for journalist profession; and
(b) in case of a foreign journalist, such journalist
does not pursue the purpose for which
accreditation was granted.
Press card
20.-(1) A journalist accredited in terms of this Act
shall be issued with a press card by the Board.
(2) A press card shall be evidence that the holder
is an accredited journalist and shall be valid for a period
prescribed in the Regulations.
(3) The holder of a press card may, upon the expiry
of the press card and payment of prescribed fees, make
application to the Board for renewal.
Roll of journalists
21.-(1) The Board shall maintain a roll of
journalists containing all names and particulars of existing
accredited journalists.
(2) A person who ceased to be an accredited
journalist as a result of his name being expunged from the
roll of Journalists or is suspended from practicing as an
accredited journalist shall not practice, whether directly or
indirectly, as a journalist.
(3) An accredited journalist whose name is
expunged from the roll of Journalists or is suspended shall
not practice as journalist for a period of not less than three
months.
(4)
Notwithstanding the provisions of
subsections (2) and (3), where the name of any journalist
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