As per a decision by the minister, it is possible to bar any publication issued abroad from entering and circulating in the kingdom so as to maintain public order, morals, .religions or due to any other reasons related to the public interest Concerned parties can appeal the decision of prohibition before the High Civil Court within 15 days of its issuance or notification and the court shall settle the case on an .urgent basis Article 21 Copies of any publication which has been banned from being circulated or brought in .as per the previous two articles shall be seized and confiscated administratively Article 22 Anyone who opens or runs a library, publishes or circulates unlicensed publications shall face a maximum one-year imprisonment or be fined a maximum of BD 1000 or .have both penalties combined Chapter 3 Controlling cinematic movies and recorded publications Article 23 No movie, reference to a movie or commercial ad shall be displayed on a cinematic poster at cinemas unless a license is obtained from the cinematic movies and recorded publications control committee pointed to in the following article. Recorded publications shall not be circulated either before a written permission is obtained from the directorate beforehand. The directorate can place the recorded .publication before the afore-mentioned committee before licensing its circulation Article 24 A panel called "the Cinematic Movies and Recorded Publications Control Panel" shall be set up under the presidency of the Press and Publications Director and feature .members from concerned ministries who will be nominated by the ministers .The minister shall issue a decision to form the committee and define its activities The committee will take charge of controlling movies as well as recorded publications referred to it from the directorate in terms of political, social, health, .moral and religious aspects A cinema hall proprietor or user shall inform the directorate about the importation of any film and shall proceed with a special show of the movie before the committee .before it is shown to the public or circulated Official Gazette – Issue No.: 2554 – Wednesday 30 October 2002ADP a g e | 7