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Once criminal proceedings have been instituted
for offences committed through media periodical
or a book or an application is made to the court
for a periodical or a book to be confiscated, the
court shall have the power to order the publication
to be impounded and its further dissemination be
barred, or revoke an order , that has been issued
under sub article 3 .
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If an offence has been committed by a mass media
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penal code for the offence, the public prosecutor
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publication confiscated instead of instituting
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An order for the impoundment of a periodical
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9/ An order for the Impoundment of a periodical
or book shall relate only to copies intended
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The prosecutor shall be legally liable for a
malicious exercise his powers under
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Manner of Instituting and Hearing Mass Media
Related Cases
1/
Unless the attorney general decides otherwise
any person who is suspected of committing
an offence through the mass media shall be
brought before the court without being
remanded for further investigation in
accordance with Article (59)/2/ and /3/ of the
Criminal Procedure Code.