No. 12
Media Services
(c)
(d)
2016
to determine print media content complaints;
to collaborate with stakeholders in promoting
media accountability; and
(e)
to perform such other related promotional
functions as the Council may by resolution
determine
(2) The Council shall, in the execution of its
functions, adhere to national unity, national security,
sovereignty, integrity, and public morals.
Committees of the
Council
27.-(1) The Council shall, for the purposes of
facilitation of performance of its functions under this Act,
establish such number of committees to perform specific
functions as may be determined by the Council.
(2)
The committees to be established by the
Council shall include a complaints committee to deal with
print media content complaints.
Handling of
complaints
28.-(1) A person aggrieved by content of a print
media may, within three months from the date of
publication of the content, make a written complaint to the
complaints committee established pursuant to section
27(2) of this Act.
(2) The Council shall, for the purpose of this
section, make rules prescribing(a) the conduct and procedure for determination of
print media content complaints; and
(b) matters to be awarded by the complaints
committee.
Appeals
29.-(1) Save as provided for in section 41, a person
who is not satisfied with an award by the Council, may
appeal to the High Court.
(2) The complaint shall contain a copy of the print
media content complained of.
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