Article 75: The Ministry of Culture is responsible for issuing the bylaws regulating the
granting of licences for practice of public relations and advertising, and the premises for that
purpose. It shall define the conditions necessary upon applying for such a licence.
Section Four: Provisions governing printing presses, publishing houses
and the legal repository
PART ONE: PRINTING PRESSES
Article 76: A licence from the Ministry of Culture shall be obtained to set up and invest in a
printing press and the application, which shall be directed to the appropriate department of
the Ministry, shall contain the following information:
a) The name, residence address and date of birth of the owner of the printing press,
b) The name of the printing press, the number and types of machines installed, its location
and address of, its administration,
c) The name, address and date of birth of the person responsible for running the printing
press,
d) The number in the commercial register.
Article 77: The responsible director of a printing press shall:
a) possess full citizen’s rights,
b) not have been found guilty of a criminal offence concerned with this profession unless
his/her reputation has been restored through due process of the law,
c) be at least 25 years of age, (i) have no less than five years experience in printing presses,
(ii) not be the director of another printing press at the same time.
d) Where the printing press takes the form of an establishment or a shareholding company:
(i) the shares must carry the names of the owners, (ii) the necessary information on the owner
of the printing press and its board of directors and structure must be presented to the Ministry
of Culture.
Article 78: The Ministry of Culture shall take the decision on the licence application within 30
days of its presentation. If 30 days passes without a decision or if the application is refused
the applicant has the right to appeal directly to the courts 30 within days of notification of the
refusal or of the passage of without a reply.
Article 79: The owner or responsible director of a printing company must inform the Ministry
of Culture of any changes which may occur in the information contained in the application for
a printing press a week before the changes become effective, or if the change was
unexpected, within a week of its occurrence.
Article 80: The owner of a printing press may divest him/herself of ownership subject to
obtaining prior written authorisation from the Ministry. The application for authorisation shall
contain the information and supporting documents as may be necessary to fulfil the
conditions.
Article 81: Should the owner of a printing press die, his/her heirs shall inform the Ministry of
Culture in writing within two months of the date of death and the licence will accordingly be
transferred to them unless they express their desire to discontinue the business.
Article 82:
a) The owner of a printing press or the responsible director shall maintain a register stamped
by the Ministry of Culture in which all details of material printed on the press are recorded.
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