The provisions of Article 2, paragraphs two and three, apply
in a similar manner to deputies. If the appointment of a
responsible editor is terminated, an appointment as deputy also
lapses.
Art. 10. Once the appointment of a deputy has been notified,
the responsible editor may authorise such a deputy, or, if there
are two or more deputies, any one of them, to exercise in his or
her place the powers vested in the responsible editor under
Article 3.
If it can be presumed that a responsible editor will be
continuously pre-vented for at least one month, by reason of ill
health or for any other temporary cause, from exercising the
powers vested in him or her as responsible editor, he or she
shall delegate these powers to a deputy forthwith. If no deputy
exists, or if the appointment of the person or persons designated
as a deputy or deputies is approaching termination, it shall be
the responsibility of the responsible editor to provide as quickly
as possible for the appointment of a deputy and to notify the
appointment as laid down in Article 9.
Art. 11. The name of the responsible editor shall appear on
each separate issue or instalment of a periodical.
If the responsible editor’s powers have been delegated to a
deputy, each issue or instalment of the periodical concerned
shall state that the deputy is acting as responsible editor; if this
is done, the name of the responsible editor need not be given as
well.
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Art. 12. If the owner of a periodical publishes the periodical
without having a certificate of no legal impediment to
publication, or without being qualified;
or if the owner fails to provide for the appointment of a new
responsible editor or notify such an appointment as laid down
in Article 8;
or if, in a case under Article 10, paragraph two, a responsible
editor neglects to delegate his or her powers to a deputy;
or if a person publishes a periodical the publication of which
has been declared prohibited under this Act, or which is
manifestly a continuation of such a periodical;
or if a person allows his or her name to appear on a periodical
as responsible editor or responsible deputy editor without being
qualified;
the penalty is a fine. If the contents of the periodical have
been declared to be criminal, or if the circumstances are